AppLit's Annotated Index of Appalachian Folktaleswith parallel tales from other traditions |
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JACK TALES | TALES OF STRONG WOMEN AND GIRLS | NATIVE AMERICAN TALES | ||
TALL TALES | FOOLS | OTHER TALES, BALLADS & LEGENDS | AFRICAN AMERICAN TALES | |
See also: WV Teaching Unit with audio tales and songs has sections on GHOSTS, HUMOR, and FOLK HEROES. | ||||
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JACK
TALES For background, see Wonder Tales in Appalachia - essay by Grace Toney Edwards, and Timeline of Appalachian Folktales. Big Man Jack, Killed Seven at a Whack - see Jack and the Varmints The Endless Tale - and - The Tale Without an End Foolish Jack - or - Jack and His Lump of Silver, and The Swapping Song How Jack Got Tom To Do Will's Hard Work Jack and the Animals - see Jack and the Robbers Jack and the Cat / Catherine - or - Jack and the Fox - see Cat 'n Mouse Jack and the Devil - see Wicked John and the Devil Jack and the Flying Ship - see Hardy Hardhead Jack and the Frogs - or - The Three Feathers Jack and His Master - see Pretty Polly - or - Mister Fox Jack and the King's Girl (or King's Mountain) - and - Jack's First Job Jack and the Magic Mill - or - The Magic Sausage Mill Jack and the Miller's Daughter - see Mutsmag Jack (or Merrywise) and Old Greasy Beard Jack and the Robbers - or - Jack and the Animals - or - Jack Goes to Seek his Fortune Jack and the Sop Doll - and - Other Tales with Cats and Witches Jack and the Tale without End - see The Endless Tale - and - The Tale Without an End Jack and the Three Sillies - or - Jack's Wife Jack and the Varmints - or - The Lion and the Unicorn Jack and the Witch's Tale - and - Gallymanders Jack's Daughter Annie - see The Farmer's Daughter Jack's First Job and Jack and the King's Girl Jack's Hunting Trips - see Deer Antlers and Peach Trees Noteworthy Girls in Jack Tales Old Foster - see Pretty Polly - or - Mister Fox Old Stiff Dick - and - Stiff Dick - see Jack and the Varmints Quare Jack - see Jack and the Doctor's Girl Raglif Jaglif Tetartlif Pole - see Noteworthy Girls in Jack Tales Sheepskin - see The Farmer's Daughter The Thieving Boy - see Jack and the Doctor's Girl The Three Little Pigs and the Fox (called one of the "Jack-'n-Will-'n-Tom tales" in Chase's Grandfather Tales) Whickety-Whack, Into My Sack - see Soldier Jack Wicked Jack - or - Wicked John and the Devil Students Write Jack Tales - with a number of tales by fourth graders |
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TALES
OF STRONG WOMEN AND GIRLS
Ashpet and Other Cinderella Variants The Babes in the Woods - and - The Two Lost Babes Dancing Drum - or- The Daughter of the Sun Death and the Old Woman (foolish, not brave woman) The Devil and the Farmer's Wife - see Wicked John and the Devil The Enchanted Tree - see The Frog King The First Fire - or - How the Water Spider Captured Fire The First Strawberries - or - First Man and First Woman Frankie Silver (true crime legend) The Girl That Could Do Any Job of Work - see Ashpet Granny's Gifts - see More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival Jack's Wife - or - Jack and the Three Sillies John Henry's Wife - see John Henry The Legend of the Cherokee Rose Mister (or Tom) Fox - or - Pretty Polly Molly Fiddler - see Wicked John and the Devil (and list of other Anne Shelby Molly tales) Mutsmag - or Munsmeg, Muncimeg, Mutzmag, Mut(t)s Mag, or Molly - and Other Girls Who Outwit Giants Nine Cat Tails - see Jack and the Northwest Wind Noteworthy Girls in Jack Tales Omie Wise - see Pretty Polly - or - Mister Fox Polly Vaughn (audio files in WV teaching unit) Pretty Polly - or - Mister Fox (and other titles on escaping murdering suitors) The Princess in the Donkey Skin - see Catskins Rawhead and Bloodybones - see Gallymanders Rush Cape - and - Like Meat Loves Salt Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett (and Davy Crockett) Selu (The Corn Mother) - or - The Coming of Corn Snow White's Appalachian Descendants The Three Little Pigs and the Fox (with girl pigs in a few variants) The Three Girls with the Journey-Cakes - see Mutsmag Whitebear Whittington - or - The Three Gold Nuts - or - The Man that Turned Himself into a Bear |
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Note that many other tales contain a minor character or incident depicting foolish behavior, gullible characters who are easily tricked, silly and bizarre tricks, or main characters who are thought to be foolish at first. These tales contain some of the best examples of fools, noodleheads, or "sillies." Dick and Dock - see Jack and the Three Sillies Fool Jack and the Talking Crow Jack and the Giants (giants often quite foolish) Jack and the King's Girl (or King's Mountain) - and - Jack's First Job Jack and the Three Sillies - or - Jack's Wife The King and Old George Buchanan - see The Farmer's Daughter Present Need, Bymeby, and Hereafter - see Jack and the Three Sillies Quare Jack - see Jack and the Doctor's Girl Sam and Sooky - see Jack and the Three Sillies The Swapping Song (and Foolish Jack - or - Jack and His Lump of Silver) The Three Foolish Bears - see Jack and the Three Sillies Three Sillies - see Jack and the Three Sillies - or - Jack's Wife The Two Old Women's Bet (foolish husbands) See also Harshman and Collins, Rocks in My Pocket, in Appalachian Folktale Picture Books |
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OTHER TALES, BALLADS, AND LEGENDS Billy Bobtail - see Jack and the Robbers Bobtail and the Devil - or - How Bobtail Beat the Devil - see Wicked John and the Devil The Cat That Went A-Traveling - see Jack and the Robbers The Crow Song (folk song) Down Come a Leg - see Jack and the Hainted House Freddy and his Fiddle - see Wicked Jack - or - Wicked John and the Devil Gingerbread Boys and Runaway Cakes Hansel and Gretel - see The Babes in the Woods and The Two Lost BabesThe Haunted House - see also Jack and the Hainted House The Hunters and the Giant - see Jack and the Giants The Little Babes In The Woods - see The Two Lost Babes - and - The Babes in the Woods The Longest Tale - see The Endless Tale - and - The Tale Without an End Lord RandalThe Magic Sausage Mill - or - Jack and the Magic Mill The Man and the Devil's Daughter - see Jack and King Marock The Man on the Moon - see Jack and the Bean Tree Merrywise - see Mutsmag and Jack (or Merrywise) and Old Greasy Beard My Golden Castle (folk ballad) Nippy and the Yankee Doodle - see Mutsmag The Old Man and His Seven Sons Old Scratch and the Mean Woman - see Wicked John and the Devil The One-Eyed Giant - see Jack and the Giants Runaway Cakes and Gingerbread Boys Snick and Snack - see Old Dry Frye The Swapping Song (and Foolish Jack - or - Jack and His Lump of Silver) The Tailor and the Giants - see Jack and the Varmints The Three Little Pigs and the Fox Tim and the Magic Articles - see Jack and the Bean Tree and Gallymanders Tom Fox - see Pretty Polly - or - Mister Fox The Two Lost Babes - and - The Babes in the Woods Whistling Jimmy - see Jack and the Heifer Hide |
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AFRICAN AMERICAN TALES IN APPALACHIA The Boy and the Ghost - see Jack and the Hainted House Jack and the Dentist's Daughter (African American cast in Davenport film) John Henry (audio files in WV teaching unit) Why Possum's Tale is Bare (Lyn Ford tale on this page under Related Appalachian Tales) See also Folklore in Books by Virginia Hamilton. See also, in Folktale Picture Book Bibliography, The Hired Hand by San Souci and Pinkney, and Mirandy and Brother Wind by McKissack and Pinkney. See also, in Appalachian Folktale Collections A-J, Affrilachian Tales by Lyn Ford, and Talking Treasures by Peggy Ann Griffin. |
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NATIVE
AMERICAN TALES FROM APPALACHIA
The Animal Ball Game - or - How the Bat and the Flying Squirrel Got Their Wings Corn - see Selu and The Legend of the Corn BeadsDancing Drum - or- The Daughter of the Sun The First Fire - or - How the Water Spider Captured Fire The First Strawberries - or - First Man and First Woman Forever Boy - see The Little People How the Deer Got His Horns (or Antlers) - see Deer Antlers and Peach Trees How Rabbit Lost His Tail - or - How Rabbit Stole Otter's Coat Kanahena - or - Why the Turtle's Shell is Cracked The Legend of the Cherokee Rose and The Legend of the Corn Beads Nunnehi, the Gentle People - see The Little People The Rabbit and Old Flint - see The Little People The Rabbit, the Otter, and Duck Hunting Selu (the Corn Mother) and Kana'Ti (the Hunter) - or -The Origin of Corn and Game Why the (O)Possum's Tale is Bare - or - How the Possum Lost His Tail |
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Davy Crockett and Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett John Henry (audio files in WV teaching unit) Pigeon Pie - see The Rabbit, the Otter, and Duck Hunting Tony Beaver (audio files in WV teaching unit) The Walking Catfish and Other Fish Tales See also Appalachian Picture Books: Tall Tales Note: Sometimes Jack Tales and other folktales with fantastic and exaggerated events are also referred to as tall tales. |
This page's last update: 4/26/19 Alphabetical
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