Source Stories

Here are some source materials.  Some of our scripts are based on some of these stories.  How about turning one of these stories into a script, and using FreePlays.org to share with the world?  You may do it, or anything else you want.  These stories are all in the public domain.

200 Individual Grimm's Fairy Tales (plus 10 "Children's Legends"), with links to FreePlays.  Those stories, all in one zip file.

Another version of only about 75 Grimm's Fairy Tales, all in one HTML file.  Those same stories, in text format.

A nice Book of Nature Myths (PDF)

Aesop's Fables (over 300 of them!), from the public domain.

Jamaican Anansi Stories (over 150 of them!), from the public domain.  Anansi is an African trickster.  Anansi stories are sometimes known as "Nancy Stories".

Scandinavian Folklore and Legends from Project Gutenberg.  Also in text format.

Russian Folk Tales from Project Gutenberg.

Philippine Folk Tales plus Philippine Folk Tales in text format and more Philippine Folk Tales in text format.from Project Gutenberg.  These three sets don't seem to completely overlap.
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