Wisdom
Parables, fairy tales, myths and aphorisms gathered from the world’s oral traditions — translated into English and illustrated. Every text is free to read.
9,853texts
275collections
4genres
Four shelves, one library
Each shelf gathers texts of one kind, organised further into collections by tradition and theme.
Six texts to begin with
A short walk through the stacks — Egyptian myth, Arabian nights, and a parable or two.
Wisdom is an English-language library of world folklore — translated with care, illustrated by machine, tended by hand.
Texts originate from the Russian folklore archive wisdomlib.ru. · Browse the full collection directory