The internet has some wonderful databases if you’re looking for inspiration for specfic stories. This week I’m starting with a few I use quite often – for both study and pleasure. These resources are free to use even though they are more academically inclined than some. This week’s resources have to do with Germanic myths and legends as well as fairy tales and folklore. Enjoy!
Reading the Past
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
This database was created by Professor D.L. Ashliman (retired) of the University of Pittsburgh and contains links to folklore, fairy tales, Germanic myths and as well as stories from various different cultures. Most of these texts are in English. The navigation is also quite user-friendly.
Eddas, Sagas and Vikings, oh my!
Heimskringla.no
Heimskringla (taking its name from the work by Snorri Sturluson) is a wonderful archive of Old Norse sagas, Eddas and secondary works about this subject. Texts and translations are available in a range of Germanic languages. The format is also that of a wiki, which makes it very easy to navigate and to make downloads.
Books, old books and online books
Septrionalia
This is a wonderful archive if you’re searching for old text in various languages; from Old Irish to Latin. The site also contains various dictionaries in addition to mythological texts and other tales. It may not be that exiting to look at, but it is quite easy to navigate and the content more than makes up for it.
Until next time, Á Agrai tellarias or s'agrélar silássa
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That Folklore and Mythology resource is just wonderful - I love the way it's all sorted under headings. I feel a lot of 'research' (aka time wasting...) coming on.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it.
My pleasure! In the following weeks there will be some more cool resources I've come across. Here is another post for fairy tale resources http://hersenskim.blogspot.com/2012/07/inspiration-from-fairy-tales.html
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