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I did a half-hour long telling of the myth of Palamedes at Floralia today. It still felt rushed. I'm going to have to turn this into a full hour show. I think Palamedes deserves it.

Working titles:
"The hero that Homer forgot"

"Palamedes and the Invention of Everything"

#mythology #storytelling #GreekMythology
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology

Just read an article about a theory that the myth of Asclepius and the story of Alcestis used to make one continuous epic. Which kinda make perfect sense.

The story starts with Asclepius killed by the gods for trying to bring back the dead with medicine.

And it ends with a drunk Heracles bringing back the dead by beating up the god of Death and breaking some of his ribs.

Resurrection. Best accomplished with booze and wrestling.

#mythology #GreekMythology #storytelling
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology

I managed to complete this yeat's A to Z Challenge, mostly because I scheduled the posts ahead of time.

I also decided to announce my theme for NEXT year... mostly because it will take a whole lot of reading to pull it off :)

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/05/2024-to-z-challenge-reflections-and.html

#folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #storytelling #books
#books #folklore #atozchallenge #storytelling #folktales

Everyone is so hyped about Hades and Persephone when Dionysos and Ampelos is right there

#mythology #storytelling
#storytelling #mythology

Today's #mythology moment:

The Greek army sailing to Troy stopped on the island of Delos. The king of Delos, a son of Apollo, foresaw that the Trojan War will only be won 10 years later.

So, he invited the Greeks to spend 9 years in his kingdom partying, instead of fighting.
They declined.

Imagine, they could have saved 9 years of war on a technicality...

#GreekMythology #FolktaleMoment #storytelling
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology #folktalemoment

Palamedes was the Hermione Granger of Chiron's school for heroes

That's the toot

#mythology #storytelling #GreekMythology #VaguePosting
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology #vagueposting

I am barely ready for this year's A to Z Blogging, but I am already super excited for next year's theme 😅

I just decided that I'll do another reading challenge - reading 26 epics about women.

And yes, I already have a list. 26 traditional epics with female protagonists from around the world.

Hopefully a year will be enough to read all of them 😄

#Amreading #Books #folklore #epics #women #WomensHistoryMonth #storytelling #reading
#books #reading #folklore #storytelling #amreading #Women #womenshistorymonth #epics

I just found out that there is an entire folktale type where a husband (going on a long journey) asks Satan to guard his wife's modesty. The devil spends the rest of the story chasing and scaring various lovers away, until he gives up the task as hopeless.

Is it just me, or would this be a great premise for a supernatural romance story 🤣🤣

#FolktaleMoment #folklore #folktales #romantasy #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #folktalemoment #romantasy

Finally watched #Damsel

And it hurt me both as a #DnD player and as a storyteller at the same time

THAT DRAGON TALKS, ROLL YOUR PERSUASION CHECK

#ouch #storytelling
#storytelling #dnd #damsel #ouch

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
I once again made a compilation of folktales for the occasion.

This time, it's tales where women save themselves. Because they DO EXIST. 😉 (*cough* #Damsel *cough*)
Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/03/folktales-about-women-who-save.html

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #women #WomensHistoryMonth
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #Women #internationalwomensday #damsel #womenshistorymonth

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
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #storytellingpsa #internationalwomensday #damsel

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
#feminism #folklore #storytelling #storytellingpsa #damsel

#TFW you do three hours of research into a story, only to finally remember you have already blogged about it two years ago... 😅

(granted, didn't dig this deep last time...)

#research #folklore #folktales #storytelling
#research #folklore #storytelling #folktales #tfw

It's kinda funny when you do a Valentine's Day storytelling event with myths about love and dragons, and there are couples sitting in the audience with ash on their forehead 😄😄

#ValentinesDay #AshWednesday #storytelling #mythology
#storytelling #mythology #valentinesday #ashwednesday

Happy #LunarNewYear! We are entering the Year of the Dragon.

So, I wrote a blog post of my favorite dragon folktales and legends where dragons are friendly and helpful. Or even falling in love ❤️

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/02/firendship-love-and-dragons-lunar-new.html

#dragon #YearOfTheDragon #folklore #folktales #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #dragon #lunarnewyear #yearofthedragon

My new favorite quote, from the footnotes for Antoninus Liberalis' #mythology book:

"A hooked line cast into antiquity pulls in many other lines, all sources of red herrings!"

😂

#storytelling #Classics #literature #MythologyMonday
#storytelling #literature #mythologymonday #mythology #classics

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
#storytelling #storytellingpsa #nerd #popculture

I am reading this Icelandic folktale where a prince cursed into being a dog is saved when another prince lets him sleep in his bed on his wedding night.

I am here for this fairy tale polycule. 😄

#folklore #folktales #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #folktales

Also, while on the topic of King Arthur legends:

Please for the love of god someone translate Escanor to English!

We have an actual Arthurian love-hate romance for grumpy Sir Kay. How is this not a thing yet?!

#storytelling #KingArthur #translation #medieval #histodons #literature
#histodons #storytelling #medieval #literature #translation #kingarthur

How am I just hearing about The Marvels of Rigomer

#storytelling #Medieval #KingArthur
#storytelling #medieval #kingarthur

I am reading Icelandic Christmas tales and there is an unreasonable number of hands being chopped off... 😆😆

Fa la la la la aaaaaaargh

#folklore #storytelling #Iceland #Christmas
#Christmas #Iceland #folklore #storytelling

Freezing rain coated the streets with ice. I had to climb a hill to a gig, literally pulling myself hand over hand along the fence posts... 😅😅
I told a Hungarian tale called The Kingdom of Ice. Felt like the appropriate choice🌨❄️🌬

#storytelling #cold #winter
#winter #storytelling #cold

The theme of our next #MythOff storytelling event will be Dragons & Love (since it's on Valentine's Day).
I just started researching the legend of Lake Tazawa.

It started with one dragon, and now there are two dragons, three lakes, and a 10th century volcanic eruption.

I love my job.

#storytelling #mythology #Japan
#storytelling #mythology #Japan #mythoff

So here's a question I'm curious about today:

Do you remember how/where you first encountered Greek mythology?

(It took me a while to remember mine)

#mythology #myths #storytelling #books
#books #storytelling #mythology #myths

I am researching a Tabwa myth about aardvarks that tunnel between our world and the otherworld.

Out: going "down a rabbit hole" for research

In: going "into the aardvark tunnels" for research

Sounds much better doesn't it

#research #mythology #academia #storytelling #aardvark #animals
Creative commons photo of an aardvark jogging along
#research #animals #storytelling #mythology #academia #aardvark

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
#Christmas #storytelling #storytellingpsa #parenting

Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for #Monday's theme: BONES. How are bones featured in mythology? Use the hashtag #MythologyMonday and write out a story. See you soon! 🦴🦴🦴

Art by Clar Monaco

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey
#mythology #Folklore #folktale #legend #Storytelling
Drawing of stylised bones against a green background.
#folklore #monday #storytelling #folktale #mythologymonday #mythology #legend @Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @Jürgen Hubert @folklore group @mythology group @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

Inhaltswarnung: Rant about homophobia

#lgbtq #storytelling #mythoff #homophobia

This book just arrived 🥰
I read the first volume for Following Folktales Around the World, and it was one of the highlights of the entire challenge. I am super excited for the new stories 🥰🥰🥰
You can read my blog post about the first volume here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2016/11/cassowaries-marsupials-and-day-moon-ate.html?m=1

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #books #AmReading #PapuaNewGuinea
Large book with an orange cover and the photo of junge scenery. Title reads: One thousand and one Papua New Guinean nights, Folktales from Wantok Newspaper. Volume 2: tales from 1986-1997, Indices, glossary, references and maps. Translated and edited by Thomas H. Slone

Cassowaries, marsupials, and the day the Moon ate people (Following folktales around the world 1. - Papua New Guinea)

Today is Folklore Thursday on social media! If you want to find out more, follow this link , or click on the #FolkloreThursday hashtag on T...
multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com
#books #folklore #storytelling #amreading #folktales #papuanewguinea

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
#storytelling #storytellingpsa #mythologymonday #mythology

Hello, everyone! Join us for Monday's theme: Farming & Agriculture. Which myths feature farming? Write out a story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday. See you Monday!

📷kangbch

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

#mythology #Folklore #folktale #legend #Storytelling
Photograph of the sun rising over a field of unripe grain.
#folklore #storytelling #folktale #mythologymonday #mythology #legend @Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @Jürgen Hubert @folklore group @mythology group @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

Antoninus Liberalis keeps on giving. Today's favorite myth is "Hercules talks a himbo into dumping his abusive boyfriend."

#mythology #folklore #storytelling #classics
#folklore #storytelling #mythology #classics

Greetings, myth lovers! Join @AimeeMaroux for today's theme: redheads. Which #myths feature redheads, gingers, or otherwise red-haired characters? Tell us a the myth & tag #MythologyMonday with your #redhead lore. See you #Monday! 👩‍🦰

Art: #Thor by Max Koch, 1900

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

#mythology #Folklore #folktale #legend #Storytelling
Oil painting of a red-headed Thor riding his chariot pulled by his two goats, a storm cloud building behind him, a spark of lightning coming from the hammer in his right hand.
#folklore #monday #storytelling #folktale #mythologymonday #mythology #myths #legend #redhead #thor @Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @Jürgen Hubert @Erotic Mythology (hire me) 🥂 @folklore group @mythology group @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

So was anyone going to tell me that the "sacrificial virgin rescued from dragon by dashing hero" story existed as a gay love story in ancient times, or was I supposed to just find out from Antoninus Liberalis myself?...

(Alcyoneus and Eurybarus, fyi)

#mythology #folklore #storytelling #Queer #LGBTQ #QueerLoveStories #Classics
#lgbtq #queer #folklore #storytelling #mythology #classics #queerlovestories

Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for the last theme of October: Creepy Crawlies. Which stories feature these tiny creatures? Tag us if you're joining for the first time and use #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you Monday! 🕷️🐛🦗🐜

Photograph of a spider by Bergadder

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey @noam
#mythology #Folklore #folktale #legend #Storytelling
Close-up photograph of a spider.
#folklore #storytelling #folktale #mythologymonday #mythology #legend @Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @Jürgen Hubert @Noam writes @folklore group @mythology group @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

#FolktaleMoment

"Murmeltier" (Marmot) is a tale from the earliest Grimm collection that seems to be a retelling of a French fairy tale by Mme de Villeneuve (famously the author of Beauty and the Beast).

Murmeltier is a "Frau Holle" type tale, with a heroine who has a magical emotional support beaver. It also features a miller who marries a male earth spirit and lives with him in domestic bliss, raising their son together. It's quite the fun story.

#storytelling #representation #folklore
#folklore #storytelling #folktalemoment #representation

Inhaltswarnung: Horror in fairy tales

#storytelling #fairytales #toothfairy

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