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Legends & Folklore

A	Abominable Snowman Acontius Aladdin Alcoforado, Marianna Ali Baba Allegory Andersen, Hans Christian Androcles Anecdote Animal Tale Appleseed, Johnny Arabian Nights Arjuna Arthur Arthurian Legend Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen Avalon (myth or legend)

B	Baba Yaga Banshee Bardic Tale Bermuda Triangle Berserker Bestiary Blicher, Steen Steensen Bluebeard (folklore) Brian Bórú Brut Bunyan, Paul

C	Camelot Camilla Chansons de Geste Cid, El Clancy of the Overflow Cockaigne, Land of Cockatrice Cole, Old King Coriolanus, Gnaeus Marcius Crockett, Davy Cú Chulainn

D	Davy Jones Deception Tale Deirdre Don Juan Dragon Dybbuk

E	El Dorado (chief) Epic Erl-King Eteocles Eulenspiegel, Till

F	Fable Fairy and Fairy Tale Faust Fink, Mike Fionn mac Cumhaill Flying Dutchman (myth) Folklore Folktales Fool’s Tale Frame Story Fritchie, Barbara Frontier Legend

G	Galahad Gawain Giant Gilgamesh Epic Godiva, Lady Golden Age Golem Good vs. Evil Tale Grendel Grimm Brothers Guillaume d’Orange Guinevere

H	Halcyon Days Harris, Joel Chandler Hero Legend Hiawatha Hippogriff Holy Grail Horatius Cocles Hurston, Zora Neale

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J	James, Jesse Woodson Joan, Pope Joke

K	Kireevsky, Pyotr Vasilyevich

L	Lancelot Legend (folklore) Legendary City Leprechaun Lohengrin Lucretia

M	Magic Tale Magical Being Magical Object Marianne Merlin Mermaid Mordred Morgan le Fay Mother Goose Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von

N	Ness, Loch Nursery Rhymes

O	Odysseus Opie (folklorists) Oral Tradition Ossian and Ossianic Ballads Otherworld Journey Outlaw Legend

P	Parable Pecos Bill Percival Proverb Pyramus and Thisbe

Q	Quetzalcoatl

R	Ravana Reincarnation Story Revere, Paul Reversal of Fortune Tale Reward and Punishment Tale Reynard the Fox Robin Hood Roland Romance Tale Rosie the Riveter Ross, Betsy Griscom Round Table Royalty and Nobility Tale

S	Saga (literature) Santa Claus Scheherazade Sindbad the Sailor Storytelling

T	Tell, William Tests in Folklore The Little Flowers of Saint Francis Trickster Tale Tristan Trojan Horse (legend) Trojan War

U	Uncle Sam Utnapishtim

V	Vampire Venusberg

W	Wandering Jew (legend) Warrior Legend Werewolf Wisdom Tale

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