Slow and Steady: Stor e Telling April May 2012

Hare and Tortoise
Children's Illustrations, 1880

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://tinyurl.com/llnn47y . I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.
Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

APRIL MAY 2012

It is fitting that the theme of this issue is Storytelling World. Buckle up and get ready for a story and song filled trip around the globe!

The Children of Odin by Padraic Column, 1920. Retellings of the Norse Eddas and the Volsung Saga for young adults.
http://tinyurl.com/6rmc8tc

 

Gypsy Folk-Tales by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899 - Welsh, English, Slovak, Bohemia Gypsy Stories and more. “…fascinating reading for everyone interested in the Roma people. These are not watered down 'fairy tales,' but sophisticated and often earthy stories, with 'Adult situations.'”
http://tinyurl.com/74gufue

Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-Lore by George McCall Theal, 1886 - From the South African Xhosa people, a scholarly collection of Xhosa tales; part of the cultural heritage of South Africa .
http://tinyurl.com/742v3cp

 

Korean Tales: Being a Collection of Stories Translated from Korean Folk Lore, 1889. Legends of Rabbit and Other Animals, The Faithful Dancing Girl-Wife, The Enchanted Wine Jug and other lesser known tales can be found her.

http://tinyurl.com/7oogx3a

 

Polish Legends, Folktales and Myths – “Many of these legends have been around for a thousand years or more. These legends, myths and stories recount the meaning behind Poland's national symbol and flag, about several of its early rulers and first king, and the dragon of Krakow.”

http://tinyurl.com/7v2p3mq

Portuguese folk-tales by Consiglieri Pedroso, 1882.  Meet The Enchanted Maiden, The Vain Queen, The Spell-bound Giant and more interesting characters among these thirty folktales. http://tinyurl.com/77ydwss

Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales -  “Art is not only a thing of bound volumes and of exhibitions; and the Scottish peasant has shown perhaps as keen a sense of it--of the story-teller's art…” Words shared by Sir George Douglas in the introduction to this lovely collection of Scottish fairy and folk tales. Printed in 1901 the work is now in the public domain.
http://tinyurl.com/5curxx

Story-telling Ballads by Frances Scott Jenkins, 1920. Seventy-seven storytelling ballads and poems; mermaids, witches, sad maidens and fearless lovers await.
http://tinyurl.com/7puk4hd

Tibetan Folk Tales by A.L. Shelton, 1925. “The little stories in this book are told as the people sit around their boiling tea made over a three stone camp-fire… through them all run a vein of humor and the teachings of a moral truth which is quite unexpected.”
http://tinyurl.com/7nlxdaa

West Irish folk-tales and Romances by William Larminie, 1893. County Mayo, Donegal, Galway are just a few of the places you will visit as you wind your way through the Irish countryside through story.
http://tinyurl.com/6qh9pt4

I wrote four blog posts in 2011 listing a wide variety of books, filled with legends, fairy tales, folklore, etc., that are now in the public domain. You may access them with a click of the keys, and in most cases, download the entire text directly to your computer.

Public Domain: Folktales, Fairytales, Myths and Legends

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/10/public-domain-iv-folktales-fairytales.html

Public Domain III: Folktales, Fairytales, Legends and Myths

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/09/public-domain-iii-folktales-fairy-tales.html

Public Domain II: Folktales, Myths and Legends Oh My!

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/09/public-domain-iii-folktales-fairy-tales.html

Public Domain: Folktales, Myths and Legends Oh My!

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/05/public-domain-folktales-myths-legends.html

 

And if you missed any of the previous “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the series so far.

 

2007

January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html

November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

2008

January February 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html

Summer 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

 

2009

January February 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html
September October 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
November December 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

 2010

January February 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html
April May 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_28.html

July August 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html

September October 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html
November December 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2011

January February 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html

April May 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-april.html 
July August 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html
September October 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html
November December 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-november.html

2012

January, February, March 2012

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

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