Mother Goose is the fictitious, archetypal rustic countrywoman or grandmother figure associated with the traditional collection of English nursery rhymes, lullabies, and fairy tales. While she never existed as a single historical author, "Mother Goose" became the beloved collective persona for centuries of oral folklore, passed down through generations of British and European nannies, mother…
Aesop's celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales and body truths so powerful, the titles of individual fables - the fox and the grapes, the dog in the major, the wolf in sheep's clothing and many other - have entered the languages and idioms of most european tongues.