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Strawberries in the Snow
Arthur Rackham, 1812
Little Brother and Little Sister and other Tales
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“People think
that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.” - Terry Pratchett (from Witches Abroad)
I have written the Stor e Telling column for
Storytelling Magazine since 2002 and
recently updated and shared all of the columns from 2007 – 2013 on my blog. (See
links at end of this post) I began with 2007 since all of the previous columns from 2002
– 2006 were on my website under the Publications tab. However, as we all know,
Internet links change with lightning speed so it is time to do a bit of spring
cleaning!
Today I begin traveling back in time to sweep out the cobwebs from
those first six years. I have checked all of the links, updated those that have new URL's and deleted others that have found their way to the Internet graveyard. Through the summer and beyond I will continue to update the columns and post them on my blog until all of the breadcrumbs lead to the end of 2006.
If you wish to receive them as soon as they are up just click the "Join This Site" in the left hand column.
I continue to write for Storytelling Magazine but
will not be adding current columns until the following year. 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 2002
Mythic Crossroads:
Myths and Legends
A wide variety of links including Aesop’s fables, Myths of
Gods and Goddesses, Arthurian Legends, including Egyptian, Greek Norse and many
book sources.
http://www.mythiccrossroads.com/site_map.htm
Myths and Legends
These links are organized by region and language group from
around the world. From Burmese to Vietnamese, the
Caribbean
to
Oceania. It also offers essays,
dictionaries, archives and encyclopedias.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html
Mything Links'
An Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links
to Mythologies, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Traditions.
Fairies and dragons, creation stories and star lore, there is more information
here than you could ever hope to digest.
http://www.mythinglinks.org/home.html
MythSearch.com
"A site dedicated to making your search for myths,
legends, folklore, and religions both past and present easier and more
enjoyable. From stories of the Greek Gods and the mysterious religion of the
Celts, this site tries to give a fair and unbiased listing of sites."
There is also information on proverbs, blessings, holidays, festivals,
centaurs, birds, mermaids, fairies and much more.
http://www.mythsearch.com/index.html
Tell Me a Story
A terrific site with very unique stories from around the
world, adapted by Amy Friedman and Jillian Gilliand. They have been adding new
folktales since 1997 and also sell artwork to complement the stories.
http://www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story
The Encyclopedia of Hotcâk (Winnebago) Mythology
The most comprehensive site I have found on Native American
folktales. "The encyclopædic account of Hotcâk mythology, legend, and
folklore is the outgrowth of a project begun many years ago under the auspices
of Prof. John Ingham of the University of Minnesota Anthropology
Department." The site is currently maintained and updated regularly by Mr.
Richard Dieterle. There is an extensive index of stories by subject matter,
myths, maps, and legends.
http://www.hotcakencyclopedia.com/
Myths and Legends for
American Indian Youth
An extensive list of Native American tales from various
tribes that "represent large themes of human existence: where we came
from, how we should live, reconciliation to the tragedies of life. There are
smaller stories: teaching, humorous, answering "Why?" questions about
natural phenomena and behavior."
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html
Just So Stories
Complete texts of twelve pour quoi stories written by
Rudyard Kipling and published in 1902.
http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/
The Electronic Text Center
- University of Virginia Library
Browse by culture: English, French, German, Spanish, Latin,
Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Apache, Greek, Hebrew, Tibetan, Icelandic, Italian
and Portuguese. You will never run out of stories to read. "Holdings
include approximately 51,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in twelve languages;
with more than 350,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts,
newspaper pages, page images of Special Collections books, museum objects,
etc.)"
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Stories to Tell to
Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling
This is the electronic text of
Sara Cone Bryant's book, offered through the
University of Virginia Library website. The book, while published in 1915,
still offers some wonderful advice for beginning tellers. Stories are
categorized for appropriate age groups up to fifth grade.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BryTell.html
Tales of the Punjab: Told by the People
"Would you like to know how these stories are told?
Come with me, and you shall see. There! take my hand and do not be afraid, for
Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now!–'Hey presto! Abracadabra!'
Here we are in a Punjabi village." And so it begins...a wonderful
collection of Eastern Indian tales with notes to the stories.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/steel/punjab/punjab.html
Zen Stories
Over fifty stories in the Zen tradition. "This web site
is a collection of stories from the Orient, mostly Zen and Taoist tales. Think
of these tales as conversation pieces, as handy tools that you can lift out of
your pocket to help you and others talk, think, and laugh about the wondrous
and mysterious details of this thing we call life."
http://truecenterpublishing.com/zenstory/zenstory.html
Book Outlet
And for the bibliophile in all of us, a bargain book site.
These are new books, not used, at 50% - 90% off the list price. There is a
search engine to help you find books either by category, title, author,
publisher or ISBN number. Their service is efficient and fast. You may not
always find exactly the book that you need but I guarantee you will find many
that you want.
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/bc/home.asp
And if you missed the previous blog posts offering additional
columns from 2007-2013 visit the links below. But beware, there are so many
wonderful sites you might feel like Alice falling down the rabbit hole and find
it difficult to find your way out of the virtual, story-filled world!
Stor e Telling Columns
2007-2012
All 31 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to
access post at the link below.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html
Stor e Telling
Columns 2013
January/February/March
2013
Sites to celebrate the New Year, tales of love to celebrate Valentine’s Day
and others that celebrate the winter season.
April/May 2013
Pack your bags
for a story filled trip around the globe to complement the Storytelling World
issue.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/03/stor-e-telling-april-may-2013.html
June/July 2013
Below are the
sites I offered for the April/May 2013 issue. There are sites to complement the
state of Virginia, location for the National Storytelling Conference in 2013,
as well as sites to celebrate Thread the Needle Day, Adopt a Cat Month, Canada Day, Cow
Appreciation and Yellow Pig Day, and two previous blogs to help you slide into summer!
So much to celebrate and so little time!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/03/stor-e-telling-june-july-2013.html
August/September 2013
The
theme for this issue was Fairy Tales so you will find some wonderful articles
and stories to complement the theme.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/04/stor-e-telling-august-september-2013.html
October/November/December 2013
October is apple picking
time in the USA so there is a basketful of apple tales and of course, resources
for Halloween. In addition, November is National Novel Writing Month so there
are sites with information to help you travel the publishing road, along with
stories to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope you find something to
add to your repertoire.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/04/stor-e-telling-october-november.html
Karen Chace 2014 ©
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