Africa is both the most diverse and the most generic continent.

#StorytellingPSA #storytelling #folktales #folklore #books

#StorytellingPSA

If you source the folktales in your book as "Aboriginal", "Native American" or - my personal favorite - "African", you immediately tell me that you have done zero research on any of them.

Do better.

#storytelling #folktales #folklore #books

Time to share this again, since the live action #SnowWhite movie is making the media rounds:

Hispanic Snow Whites do exist.

https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2022/01/hispanic-snow-whites-do-exist.html

#folklore #folktales #storytellingPSA #Disney

Research PSA:

ChatGPT is not Google, people.
Even Google is not Google.

I am finding relevant hits for my searches on the 8th page of Google Books. And then along comes someone like "ChatGPT told me about this folktale..."

Doesn't exist.

#AI #research #searchengines #ChatGPT #StorytellingPSA

#FolktaleMoment of the day:

Reading a legend about how emperor Franz Joseph's wife was a witch who used to turn him into a horse and ride him every night.

As a reminder that traditional storytellers often used everyday spoken language, here is what the wise advisor says when the Emperor confides in him about the matter:

"F*** hell, Joe..."

:D

#folklore #folktales #StorytellingPSA

Proving the point of the previous toot, here is last year's list I made, about women in folktales who slay monsters.
Because THEY EXIST. Lots of them.
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/folktales-about-women-who-slay-monsters.html?m=0

#InternationalWomensDay #Damsel #storytelling #folklore #folktales #StorytellingPSA

Something about the hype around #Damsel just rubs me the wrong way. The whole "this is no fairy tale" spin is annoying. Have you ever read more than two fairy tales in your life? I can list you hundreds of traditional stories where women kill monsters and save themselves. Seriously.

Quit shitting on folklore without knowing it.

Also, I recently heard the term "add a sword feminism" and it is very accurate.

#storytelling #folklore #StorytellingPSA #feminism

It is always kinda funny when people try to relate to me as a storyteller by bashing Disney, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings,
D&D, etc.

Like, bless your heart, just because I tell folktales and legends, I don't have to hate pop culture. Also, I'm a huge nerd. Wrong tree, darling.

#storytelling #nerd #PopCulture #StorytellingPSA

Nobody warned me that once I become a parent all the stories in my Christmas repertoire are going to make me cry.

What the heck.

#storytelling #parenting #Christmas #StorytellingPSA

Hi, I'm a storyteller and here is today's #StorytellingPSA:

No, there is no "original" primary source on Greek mythology that has Persephone walking into the Underworld willingly. Sorry, Tumblr.

#mythology #storytelling #MythologyMonday

Hello!
I'm Csenge, professional storyteller and author from Hungary. I post about #folktales, mythology, storytelling, RPGs, and general nerdy stuff.

Things I usually post:

#FolktaleMoment: snippets of tales I am researching

#StorySpotting: blog posts about folktales spotted in popular media

#StorytellingPSA: comments of the life of a professional storyteller

#GirlInTheChair: research help for all your folklore needs :)

#ToddlerDnD: Adventures in nerdy parenting

#introduction #folklore

I just read Jane Yolen in one of her books refer to carrying on traditional stories as "mouth-to-ear resuscitation"... 😄

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #StorytellingPSA