The phrase, "once upon a time" conjures up memories of anticipation - Who would be the hero? Who would be the heroine? And what would happen on their inevitable journey?

Often the tales include references to objects, to ideas, to animals, to birds, that contribute to the tale at a deeper level. Going beyond the surface helps us to understand the meaning of the tale at a far richer depth.

Students in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tenneessee who take our course, Information Network Applications, can annotate a fairy or folk tale as a part of their work. They have been captured with permission of the authors and gathered here. Enjoy!

For more information, contact Dr. Gretchen Whitney (gwhitney@utk.edu), School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA. Updated May 5, 1999.

Background image by Jeffrey K. Bedrick, his site, adapted by Fantasyland Graphics, in specific, Elysium.

The Tales

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1001 Nights, Karen D. Tate,

Bluebeard, Heidi Thomas

East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Mary Lou Mitchell

Inktomi, Sarah Houk (winner of the Best Project Award, 1998)