Storytellers

Most of these people did not invent their stories. They travelled about, listened to people who had heard them from someone else, and wrote them down before they were lost.

The exceptions are worth knowing. Hans Christian Andersen made up most of his tales himself. The fables we call Aesop's were gathered and written down by other people, centuries after he is said to have lived. Each page below tells you who the storyteller was, when they lived, and which of their stories you can read here.