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 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Slow and Steady: Stor e Telling January, February, March 2012

Hare and Tortoise
from
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.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 2012

Women in American Folklore

Heroines, strong women, witches, ghosts and curious girls await you.
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/10/women_in_american_folklore.html

The Horned Women - Celtic

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft07.htm

The Miserly Old Woman – India
http://tinyurl.com/blwgcu6

The Old Woman and Her Pig - England
http://tinyurl.com/8yagce3

The Story of Two Old Women - Bangladesh

http://tinyurl.com/cdwxy7v

Old Wives Tales: an exhibition of women's fairy tale art, old and new
http://tinyurl.com/6reh7eb

A Celebration of Women Writers – “A comprehensive listing of links to bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.”
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html

January 23 ushers in the Chinese New Year and this is the Year of the Dragon.

Dragons - Mythical, Mystical, Magical Creatures! This link http://tinyurl.com/7nhwxhx will take you to a blog post on dragons I wrote in May of 2011. This post from 2008 offers information and the legend of the twelve animals of the zodiac.
http://tinyurl.com/yfqejbk

Chinese Folklore -Short Stories for Children
http://tinyurl.com/6rdsb92

Chinese Fables and Folk Stories – Download this book by Mary Hayes Davis, Chow-Leung, from 1908.

http://tinyurl.com/yda28q4

The Royal Bridegroom
http://tinyurl.com/bmr7s8p

The Young Head of the Family

http://tinyurl.com/dx8a9l3
 
The Willow Leaf Eyebrow
http://tinyurl.com/c9qlctj

Looking for some strong heroines to add to your storytelling repertoire? The books below are filled with stories of women who definitely don’t need rescuing!

Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale by Robert D. San Souci

Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton

The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women by Katrin Tchana

Tatterhood and Other Tales: Stories of Magic and Adventure by Johnston Phelps

The Woman in the Moon: And Other Tales of Forgotten Heroines by James Riordan

Women Folk and Fairy Tales by Rosemary Minard

Feminist Collection of Folktales – A Bibliography

http://www2.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/fem.htm

March is Women’s History Month. This link will take you to a blog post I wrote in March of 2010 with stories, curriculum and more. If you are developing a storytelling venue on women  history these sites will offer valuable resources.

Storybug.net – Women in ‘Her’story!
A blog post I wrote with many resources for Women’s History Month.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/03/women-in-herstory.html

February always brings Valentine’s Day to mind but did you know that February 27 is Polar Bear Day? Here are some stories to wake you up from your deep winter hibernation!

The Bear, the Eagle and the Fish – Czechoslovakian
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kog/kog10.htm

Bear Lake – United States

http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_bear_lake_monster.html

The Bear Who Married a Peasant’s Daughter - Latvia

http://www.4to40.com/folktales/index.asp?p=The_Bear_Who_Married_A_Peasants_Daughter

The Fisherman and the Bear – Maine
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/10/the_fisherman_and_the_bear.html

The Magic Bear - Inuit

http://learningtogive.org/materials/folktales/MagicBear.asp

Masha and the Bear - Russian

http://russian-crafts.com/tales/masha.html

March winds will blow our way soon; stories and more connected to the wind. You may find them here at the link.

The Wayward Wind: Folktales for March
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/03/the-wayward-wind-folktales-for-march.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

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.