Storytelling World: Stor e Telling Spring 2017

Spring Flowers (Peonies)

William Merritt Chase, 1889 

Time to share my second Storytelling Magazine column from 2017. The theme for this issue was Storytelling World. Get ready to visit Ceylon, India, England, Africa, Wales and other ports of call.

The magazine is a membership benefit of the National Storytelling Network.  If you are interested in getting fabulous articles from around the world, featuring renowned storytellers and educators, along with my most recent column, join us at www.storynet.org.  I will not be sharing anything from the 2018 publications until 2019 rolls around. 

I would be delighted to know if you find something useful to add to your repertoire.

STORIES

The Animal Story Book by Andrew Lang, 1914 – Among the stories you will find within are What Elephants Can Do, The Taming of an Otter, The Story of a Weasel, and more.

http://tinyurl.com/hfzzy7r

English Fairy and Other Folk Tales by Edwin Sidney Hartland, 1890 – A collection of historical and local tales, complemented by goblins, faeries, goblins, and drolls!
http://tinyurl.com/kvg8kj

Eskimo Folktales by Knud Rasmussen, 1921 – Fifty-two stories “collected in various parts of Greenland, taken down from the lips of the Eskimo story-tellers themselves.”

http://tinyurl.com/ht6jox8

Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods collected and translated by W.D. Westervelt, 1916 – “The legends of the Hawaiian Islands are valuable…they reveal an understanding of the phenomena of nature and unveil their early history with its mythological setting.”
http://tinyurl.com/hw32wxh

Myths and Legends of All Nations by Logan Marshall, 1914 - Stories from Greece, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy and more.
http://tinyurl.com/hkosa5v

Tales of the Sun or Folktales from Southern India by Mrs. Howard Kingscote and Paṇḍit Naṭêsá Sástrî, 1890 – Twenty-six chapters filled with eclectic folktales.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37002/37002-h/37002-h.htm

Village Folktales of Ceylon by Henry Parker, 1914 – You will find The Turtle Prince, The Wax Horse, The Story of the Cobra’s Bite, and more within these pages.
http://tinyurl.com/jjhr4a7

Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories by P.H. Emerson, 1891. Twenty four tales await. Come visit with The Old Man and the Fairies, meet Billy Duffy and the Devil, and many more. http://tinyurl.com/htyvhtb

March 21 is Tea for Two Tuesday. Legend tells us that tea was discovered in China in 2737 BC by the Emperor Shen Nung, when the leaves of a wild tea bush accidentally fell into a pot of boiling water.

The Accomplished and Lucky Tea-Kettle - Japan
http://tinyurl.com/gprhlhc

The Ancestor of Tea – Chinese Folktale
http://tinyurl.com/gudo3vz

The Ghost’s Tea Kettle – Yupik
http://tinyurl.com/jz3vmmk

Learning to Act - India
http://tinyurl.com/jmzo8nl

The Samurai and the Tea Master – Japan
You can listen to the audio or read the story at this link.
http://tinyurl.com/jevklty

The Tea-Kettle – Japan

http://tinyurl.com/htpcp6l

Verdant Tea – Legends associated with tea.
http://tinyurl.com/hnxzshx

April 17 is National Bat Appreciation Day so start flapping your wings!

Bedfordshire Bat Group – Seventeen bat folktales from around the world.
http://tinyurl.com/hzmbxx3

April 14 is International Moment of Laughter Day; time to tickle your funny bone!

American Folklore: Funny Stories – Forty-nine folktales to make you smile.
http://tinyurl.com/7fskn4p

Fools Cannot Count Themselves – Five variants of this Noodlehead tale.
http://tinyurl.com/ze9l9hf

The Fools of Spring
http://tinyurl.com/zxljjpy

Hans, Who Made the Princess Laugh
http://tinyurl.com/ok9tkxu

Till Eulenspiegel in the Tower 
http://tinyurl.com/zuwg9jb

Till Eulenspiegel Finds A Cure
http://tinyurl.com/j2lb9lk

SOMETHING EXTRA

In case you missed the first installment from 2017 you will find the link below.

Stor e Telling January/February/March 2017: Stories – Impacting Speaker and Listener
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2018/01/stories-impacting-speaker-and-listener.html

At the link below you will find the blog which lists all of the columns I wrote in 2016, each with a synopsis to help you find what you may be seeking. At the end of the blog you will also find links to all of the columns from 2002 – 2015. At the time they were posted all of the links were active. If you find a dead link please let me know and I will do my best to find the updated source.

1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources IV: Stor e Telling 2016

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/09/1001-nights-to-2001-story-resources-iv.html

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Karen Chace 2018 ©

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