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For #EarthDay, I am sharing an older blog post:
Folktales about Climate Change

I collected some traditional stories about taking care of our natural home, and what happens when we don't.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2019/05/folktales-about-climate-change.html

#Climate #ClimateChange #nature #folklore #folktales

Folktales about climate change

While "cimate change" as a scientific term is too recent to feature into traditional stories, make no mistake: People have been telling lege...
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#Nature #climatechange #climate #folklore #folktales #earthday

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
P is for the Post-Fight Patch-Up

You know this one ;) Big strong action hero hisses and fusses when Romantic Interest patches up their wounds.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/p-is-for-post-fight-patch-up-romance.html

#folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #romancetropesinfolklore

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
M is for Makeovers!

Yes, Cinderella is the obvious choice, but I wanted to go beyond that with these tales.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/m-is-for-makeovers-romance-tropes-in.html

#romance #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #fiction
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

#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
#folklore #folktales #storytellingpsa #folktalemoment

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
H is for Hidden Identity

I would venture this one is about as popular in folklore as it is in romance fiction 😄

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/h-is-for-hidden-identity-romance-tropes.html?m=1

#folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
G is for Gentle Giants

Apparently, this is also a romance genre, named after the type of people who feature as romantic interests...

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/g-is-for-gentle-giants-romance-tropes.html

#folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
E is for... Enemies to Lovers!

Everyone seems to like this one, it kept popping up when I researched themes... 😄

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/e-is-for-enemies-to-lovers-romance.html?m=1

#folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

#RomanceTropesInFolklore
D is for Dreamers - and characters watching their romantic interest sleep
(Hopefully in a non-creepy way)

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/d-is-for-dreamers-romance-tropes-in.html

#romance #fiction #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

Today's #RomanceTropesInFolklore post:
"Chic and Awe"

It's the name of the trope (according to TV Tropes) where someone expects a stranger to look unattractive, and then they show up and turn out to be hot.

And then they fall in love, obviously.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/c-is-for-chic-and-awe-romance-tropes-in.html

#AtoZChallenge #romance #folklore #folktales #fiction
#romance #folklore #atozchallenge #folktales #fiction #romancetropesinfolklore

#FolktaleMoment of the day, from a Hungarian Roma folktale:

A man sets out with a sword and encounters a sleeping 7-headed dragon. Not wanting to kill it while it is asleep, he lies down and snuggles it. The dragon wakes up later, sees the sleeping man, and decides to not kill it while asleep either.

(They do fight later on.)

#folktales #folklore
#folklore #folktales #folktalemoment

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

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

There is an Italian folktale about three sisters who are courted by a mysterious man. The two elder sisters reject him because he is only ever seen at night. The third one agrees to marry him. Turns out that he transforms into a tortoise during the day.

I now want to see a modern retelling of this were the youngest sister is a Twilight fangirl and is all like "oooh he must be a vampire!!!"

And then boom, tortoise 🐢

#SayItBella
#folklore #folktales #FolktaleMoment
#folklore #folktales #folktalemoment #sayitbella

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

#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

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

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

Today in the #AdventCalendar: sea pen and kakapo. I love kakapos! I even found a cool story about them for the Folktales about Endangered Species blog series 😊
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2020/04/k-is-for-kakapo-folktales-of-endangered.html?m=1

#folktales #nature #animals
Two cards, with color drawings of a sea pen and a kakapo. Sea pen card says "we are all interconnected", kakapo says "take time getting into a relationship"

K is for the Kakapo (Folktales of Endangered Species)

Welcome to the 2020 A to Z blogging challenge! This year my theme is Folktales of Endangered Species . I am researching cool traditional st...
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#Nature #animals #folktales #adventcalendar

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...
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#books #folklore #storytelling #amreading #folktales #papuanewguinea

Slowly working my way through Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India by @blaft It's an amazing read. Today's favorite is the demon that kills people by spinning around and smacking them with one very long boob.

😆
#folklore #folktales #AmReading #Monsterdon
#folklore #amreading #folktales #monsterdon @Blaft Publications

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
#introduction #folklore #folktales #storytellingpsa #folktalemoment #storyspotting #toddlerdnd #girlinthechair

This folktale catalog I'm reading has a chapter called "Liquidation of Cosmic Lack"

And it needs to be the name or title of something...

Sound off in the comments 😄

#folklore #folktales #academia #fun
#folklore #folktales #Fun #academia

Hungarian #FolktaleMoment of the day:

Jesus Christ, while walking the earth, encounters some mean and greedy people. And he punishes them by turning all ears of corn in their fields into horse d***s.

#folklore #folktales
#folklore #folktales #folktalemoment

There need to be more #folktales about bowerbirds.

That's it, that's the toot
#folktales

For today's #MythologyMonday pumpkin theme:

Not a myth, but one of my favorite folktales is the Persian tale of Pumpkin Girl (or Melon Girl). It's about a woman who adopts a crying pumpkin and raises it as her child. At school during lunchtime, a girl sneaks out of the pumpkin to eat in secret. A neighbor's son sees her and falls in love with her. The rest is a Cinderella story, and eventually the pumpkin turns into a girl for good.

#folktales #folklore
#folklore #folktales #mythologymonday

#FolktaleMoment
#folklore #mythology #folktales

I'm reading South American indigenous folk stories.
In the "fire theft" legends of the Mocoví the villain who hogs all the fire is the viscacha.

Usually in these legends the fire-hogging creature - that a clever thief has to outwit - is a giant, or a monster, or a predator of some sort.

But the Mocoví decided to go with this guy.
(And honestly, he looks so done with everyone's BS, I can see why)
Photo of a viscacha, an animal similar to a rabbit, with grey and beige fur, long droopy whiskers, and sleepy-looking eyes. The entire animal looks exhausted and done with everyone's sh***.
#folklore #folktales #mythology #folktalemoment

Teaching an online workshop in a few weeks 😊

“I never liked that story anyway”: Tinkering with folktales that don’t click

Do you have a folktale you’d love to tell, but parts of it just don’t click? Have you ever said “it would be a fun story, but I am not sure about the part where…”? Or is there a story you have always disliked, but you can’t quite put a finger on why? Bring it to this practical, hands-on workshop!

Register here:
https://storycrossroads.org/AllThingsStory/?amp=1

#folklore #folktales #storytelling

All Things Story – Virtual Workshop Series

Learn and develop storytelling skills in all areas – professional, performance, and applied. This is a monthly series with a certificate after each time that can be used for professional deve…
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#folklore #storytelling #folktales

Another Hungarian Roma #FolktaleMoment

24 brothers (12 sets of twins) come across a castle with 24 enchanted princesses. They try to break the enchantment but ultimately fail. The youngest brother moves on, marries a merchant girl, and has 24 sons.

When the 24 boys grow up they return to the castle, break the enchantment, and marry the princesses 😄

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #FolkloreThursday
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #folklorethursday #folktalemoment

#FolktaleMoment of the day:

Just read a Hungarian Roma folktale where the villain is "the wolf with the naked butt."

Least threatening villain ever? 😆

(No, the naked butt is never explained)

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

I dreamed that a friend sold their soul to the devil, and I was going through my roster of folktales to see how many ways the devil can be tricked into undoing the bargain.

I have reached "girl in the chair for monster hunters" level of knowledge 😆

#folklore #folktales #dreams
#folklore #folktales #dreams

Today in #MinCup23 I am hoping rhodochrosite will win.
I posted about the Roses in the Mountains legends here in the last round:
https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy/111073175038609971

Vote for underground rose gardens full of rhodochrosite flowers, and legendary Dwarf kingdoms 😄

#folklore #folktales #legends #minerals

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág (@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social)

Today's #MinCup23 vote has my favorite: Rhodochrosite! #Thread There's a legend from South Tyrol about King Laurin's Rose Garden. (That part of the Dolomites is actually called Rosengarten).
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#folklore #legends #folktales #minerals #mincup23

Note, the ATU catalog (3 volumes) is available for download here (ending decades of anguish for researchers):
https://edition.fi/kalevalaseura/catalog?fbclid=IwAR0zUQr8Ou8WUR0OsL_yCjqPtTydE74IYqZWWLq9ZF1NTuLfRmjY83YBwws

#folklore #folktales
#folklore #folktales

A note on tale types:

Tales in the oral tradition exist in many versions across cultures and centuries. These have the same basic plot but very diverse embellishments.

Folklorists have numbered the plots in what is generally known as the ATU (Aarne-Thompson-Uther) tale type index.

E.g. every tale with a jealous queen, an exiled princess hiding in the company of outlaws, fake death, and resurrection is ATU 709 - Snow White.

Some cultures have their own indices, however!

#folklore #folktales
#folklore #folktales

Today in #MinCup23 I'm voting for quartz.

I already shared one legend about it (read here: http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2022/04/q-is-for-quartz-crystals-gemstone.html ) but there is also the legend from the Cairngorms about a giant, brilliant smokey quartz crystal on a cliff over Loch Avon. People can see it from afar, but no one can locate it...

#folklore #folktales
#folklore #folktales #mincup23

The story is quite long, and it is part of the King Dietrich legend cycle. I blogged about it extensively:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2016/10/epic-lovers-reunite.html

Basically it is a story of cultures clashing, prejudice, revenge, regret, and reconciliation. The human knights trample King Laurin's rose garden, and get into a battle with the king defending his honor and his property. The story unfolds from here, but the point is, I always imagined King Laurin's kingdom full of rhodochrosite roses...

#MinCup23 #folktales
Photo of a rhodochrosite specimen from Romania. The pink crystals are clustered in a way that the specimen resembles a bouquet of pink roses.

Epic-Lovers Reunite!

At the end of my one-year mentorship with Cathryn Fairlee, we celebrated with a storytelling concert showcasing some of our favorite epic...
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#folktales #mincup23

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