Hänsel and
Gretel
by
Darstellung
von Alexander Zick
(1845 - 1907)
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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,
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you find this useful.
JULY/AUGUST 2002
American Folklore
Take an armchair journey with folktales, myths, legends, Tall Tales and ghost stories from the 50 United States. Tales are clearly indexed so you won’t even need to ask for directions.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Take an armchair journey with folktales, myths, legends, Tall Tales and ghost stories from the 50 United States. Tales are clearly indexed so you won’t even need to ask for directions.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Audience
Participation Stories
A great selection of tales that will put the children “in”
the story.http://www.macscouter.com/stories/Participation.asp
Flower Fables
From the gentle hand of Louisa May Alcott, nine lovely,
short fables.http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AlcFlow.html
http://foxvalleyfolk.com/
Kikuyu - Fables and Legends
Unique stories from the Kenyan culture and an interesting article on storytelling customs in
http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kikuyu/stories.htm
The Mudcat Café
Lying awake trying to remember those old song lyrics to go
with your story? Before you have another sleepless night drop in to the
Mudcat Café and name that tune!http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
Story Lovers
Storyteller Jackie Baldwin designs notepads, stationery and
more with breathtaking fairytale and folklore illustrations from long ago. In
addition, with the help of Storytell listserv members, Jackie has compiled an
extensive array of stories and books. Click on “Exclusively for Storytellers”
and you will discover your own private folklore library right at your
fingertips.http://www.story-lovers.com/
Symphonic Fairytales
In 2005 the Danish Royal Ministry of Culture will celebrate
the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth. Read about the
commissioned orchestral works based on the poems and stories of this fairytale
master. http://www.edition-s.dk/feature/symphonic-fairytales
Tons-o-Trickster!
There are more trickster links here than you could possible
hope to surf in one sitting; anything and everything related to the elusive
trickster. I kid you not! * The owner of
this site has ‘parked’ the domain for the time being but I was able to find a
working link on the Wayback Machine. Many of the individual story links still
work.https://web.archive.org/web/20080725093445/http://members.aol.com/pmichaels/glorantha/foolsparadise.html
Zine 5 Folktale Archives
Hidden among the pages of this magazine publication is a distinctive selection of characteristic folktales from six continents. * The owner of this site has ‘parked’ the domain for the time being but I was able to find the story link on the Wayback Machine. The individual links still work.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005751/http://www.zine5.com/archive/folktales.htm
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
If you missed the beginning of this new series the
links are below:
January/February 2002 - Folktales, myths, legends and
pourquoi stories from around the world and a few other sites to whet your appetite.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/stor-e-telling-january-february-2002.html
May/June 2002 - American
Life Histories from the WPA Project, Mayan and Philippine folktale's, public
domain tales dating back to the 1880's, seasonal stories of forests, frogs,
moons and maidens, solar folklore and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-stor-e-telling.html
Below are the previous blog posts offering additional
columns from 2007-2013.
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
All 31 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to access post at the link below.
Stor
e Telling Columns 2013
From 1001 Night to 2001 Story Resources – This link will lead to you one
blog post with all of my columns from 2013.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html
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