Trace the historical evolution of storytelling from ancient oral traditions to modern academic archives.
The earliest known collection of fables attributed to the legendary storyteller Aesop.
The oldest recorded variant of the Cinderella story, appearing in 'Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang'.
Giovanni Boccaccio's collection of 100 tales, many of which draw from oral folklore traditions.
Antoine Galland's French translation introduces Scheherazade's tales to the Western world.
The Brothers Grimm publish 'Children's and Household Tales', revolutionizing folklore studies.
Antti Aarne publishes the first systematic classification system for folktales.