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| From the folktale Phakir Chand Folk-tales of Bengal, 1912 Illustrated by Warwick Goble |
This issue focused on the Storytelling World Awards. I offer you some public domain folktales from around the globe to complement the theme.
Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith, 1918. A collection of “historical legends and folktales from Japan. Themes include ghosts; unrequited love across social boundaries; Shinto landscape, tree and ocean spirits; and tales driven by Bushido and Buddhist ethics.”
http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/index.htm
Yashpeh: International Folktale Collection
This impressive project is the brainchild of Israeli storyteller Yoel Perez; he has begun to add books, which are in the public domain, to his website. While many of the books are found on websites, such as archive.org or Project Gutenberg, he is adding something special, a searchable database. You can key in a specific word, or words, to help you find stories that match your needs, in a number of publications. This is an ongoing project so visit often!
Legends and Stories of Italy for Children - Sixteen stories from this
1909 publication, along with beautiful illustrations.
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=steedman&book=italy&story=_front
by James Lee and James Thomas Carey, 1915.In legends Rübezahl is a giant,
gnome or mountain spirit. He is friendly with good people but if you ridicule
him he will take his revenge. Sometimes he is the trickster in folktales.
https://archive.org/details/silesianfolktal01caregoog Turkish Fairy Tales and Folktales – Collected by Ignacz Kunos and translated from the Hungarian by Nisbet Bain, 1901. While this book contains some of the same stories as the Turkish book above, there are a number of new tales as well.
http://sacred-texts.com/asia/ftft/index.htm
Wonder Garden: Nature Myths and Tales from all Over the World by Frances Jennings Alcott, 1919. Here are 150 nature myths and short stories, “tales of transformations of maidens into trees and fountains, of youths into flowers, and of men into birds.” Perfect for celebrating spring!
http://archive.org/stream/wondergardennatu00olcoiala/wondergardennatu00olcoiala_djvu.txt
April is National Frog Month so here are some tales to get you hopping!
The Frog – Collected by
Andrew Lang
http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/055.htm
The Frog and the Condor – Peruhttp://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/055.htm
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/stories/frog_condor_body.html
The Frog Princess - Italianhttp://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/tales/frogprincess1.shtml
How Frog Went to Heaven - Angola
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/044.html
The Kind Stepdaughter and the Frog - Germany
http://tinyurl.com/mawshhe
The Tiger and the Frog - Tibethttp://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/tft/tft05.htm
The Tsarevna Frog- Russiahttp://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ftr/chap01.htm
Storybug.net: It’s Not Easy Being Green – The link will lead you to a blog post I wrote
in 2010 to celebrate National Frog Month. You will find more stories,
curriculum plans, and crafts.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-not-easy-being-green-frog-tales.html
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-not-easy-being-green-frog-tales.html
Miscellaneous Site
Dramatists Guild Bill of Rights – Many storytellers are also budding playwrights. This site will
help you navigate the professional waters: Artistic Integrity, Royalties,
Billing Credit, Intellectual Property, etc. My thanks to Linda Goodman for
sharing this site.
http://www.dramatistsguild.com/billofrights/
Karen Chace 2015 ©
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