Fables

Fairy tales

[ENGLISH] Folklore and Fairy Tale Resources on the Web:
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/folklorefairytales/

Traditional anecdotes and jokes

Myths

[ENGLISH] Encyclopedia Mythica: 7,000 articles, mythology, folklore and special interest sections:
http://www.pantheon.org/

[ENGLISH] Mythology and folklore:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Mythology_and_Folklore/

[ENGLISH] Myths & Legends
http://www.myths.com/pub/myths/myth.html

[ENGLISH] Irish Mythology and Folklore
http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/

Traditional legends

[ENGLISH] Folklore, Myth and Legend
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html

[RUSSIAN] Thieves’ folklore, in Russian. The site contains texts, songs, references and links:
http://blat.dp.ua/blat.asp

Contemporary legends

[ENGLISH] David Emery's page. Emery introduces himself as a writer and an avid chronicler of urban folklore, with a special interest in the lore and folk life of the Internet:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/

[ENGLISH] Some terminology and a selection of legends:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-urbanlegend.htm

Riddles

Contemporary jokes

Miscellaneous

[ENGLISH] Stories about UFOs from different countries. Illustrated and supplied by "documentary proof":
http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/framemst.html

[ENGLISH] Various documents on triangular UFOs with stories from various countries:
http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx515.htm

[RUSSIAN] Russian folklore in modern records, in Russian with some material in English (site coordinated by T. Schepanskaia):
http://www.folk.ru/

[RUSSIAN] Folklore and Post-Folklore: Structure, Typology, and Semiotics, in Russian with some materials in English. The site is run by the Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore. It contains references to publications by the leading Russian folklorists, announcements of events and links to other folklore sites:
http://www.ruthenia.ru/folklore/