Spring Flowers (Peonies)
William Merritt Chase, 1889
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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.
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/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 and
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37002/37002-h/37002-h.htm
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
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
http://tinyurl.com/gprhlhc
The Ancestor of Tea – Chinese Folktale
http://tinyurl.com/gudo3vz
http://tinyurl.com/gudo3vz
The Ghost’s Tea Kettle – Yupik
http://tinyurl.com/jz3vmmk
http://tinyurl.com/jz3vmmk
Learning to Act - India
http://tinyurl.com/jmzo8nl
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
You can listen to the audio or read the story at this link.
http://tinyurl.com/jevklty
The Tea-Kettle – Japan
Verdant Tea – Legends
associated with tea.
http://tinyurl.com/hnxzshx
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
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
http://tinyurl.com/7fskn4p
Fools Cannot Count Themselves – Five variants
of this Noodlehead tale.
http://tinyurl.com/ze9l9hf
http://tinyurl.com/ze9l9hf
The Fools of Spring
http://tinyurl.com/zxljjpy
http://tinyurl.com/zxljjpy
Hans, Who Made the Princess Laugh
http://tinyurl.com/ok9tkxu
http://tinyurl.com/ok9tkxu
Till Eulenspiegel in the Tower
http://tinyurl.com/zuwg9jb
http://tinyurl.com/zuwg9jb
Till Eulenspiegel Finds A Cure
http://tinyurl.com/j2lb9lk
http://tinyurl.com/j2lb9lk
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
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
Please note, websites change
at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I
cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links. At the time of this
posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.
Karen
Chace 2018 ©
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