Richard Masters: Other worlds
A collection of folk songs and stories
- Folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
- Incredible resource site for folk songs including midi files as well as words.
- World Folk tales and legends
- Max Hunter folk collection (Americana)
- Mudcat
- Hawaiin folk stories including the infamous Shark men
- Bodleian Ballads Resource
- "READ ALL ABOUT IT!" Songs from the tabloids of the past but be warned you have to know what you want when consulting the oracle.
- The bard of the Dimbovitza
- A collection of beautiful Romanian folk poety collected in the 19th Century and translated into English. I've used more than one poem from this collection, every time I go back to it something leaps out that didn't leap before. You can read it online or download it for free.
- The Kalevala
- The Finnish epic - need I say more?
- Traditional tales of trees from around the world
- Does what it says on the tin.
- Greek folk song collection