FolktalesAmerica.com, publishing as FolktalesAmerica.com, is a growing digital archive of American storytelling, preserving the voices, wisdom, and imagination of generations past for readers today and for the future. Our mission is to collect, curate, and retell traditional American folktales from every region of the United States.
From Native American tribal legends and early colonial tales to frontier stories, Appalachian folklore, African American oral traditions, and regional myths of the West and Southwest, America’s storytelling heritage is rich, diverse, and deeply meaningful. These stories often carry powerful moral lessons, cultural values, and unforgettable characters, passed down through oral tradition, community gatherings, and family storytelling for centuries.
Figures such as the clever trickster, the resilient pioneer, the wise elder, the wandering outlaw, or the talking animal appear again and again, reflecting the hopes, fears, and values of the people who told these stories long before they were ever written down.
What We Do
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Collect and curate folktales from across all regions and cultural traditions of the United States
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Retell each story in clear, modern, and engaging language while preserving its historical and cultural authenticity
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Credit the origins of each tale, highlighting the communities, tribes, regions, or cultural groups they come from
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Add moral lessons, discussion questions, and answers to each story, making them useful for classrooms, families, and cultural education
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Create evergreen multimedia content, including narrated stories and performance-based adaptations that bring American folktales to life
Why It Matters
Oral storytelling in America has always been a way to teach values, preserve history, pass down survival wisdom, and strengthen community identity. Many of these stories were never formally recorded and risk being forgotten as generations pass.
At FolktalesAmerica.com, we believe American folktales should not fade into obscurity. They deserve to be celebrated, studied, and shared widely, both online and offline, as living pieces of cultural history.
Whether you are a student, researcher, teacher, parent, storyteller, or simply curious, FolktalesAmerica.com is your gateway into the heart of American folklore and traditional storytelling.
Who We Are
American Folktales (FolktalesAmerica.com) is a project by HN & Legacy Limited, a company dedicated to preserving global folklore heritage through digital storytelling, cultural documentation, and accessible educational resources.