I overheard someone discussing Aladdin with their kid. "See, the moral is that you shouldn't steal."

Like... really? THAT'S what you took away from that movie?...

(This is why we don't spell out morals for tales, people.)

#storytelling #StorytellingPSA

I am a storyteller and author. I'm an extremely visual person, I see stories in color and detail in my head. I can't draw or paint for shit (yes I practiced). However, I have been lucky and privileged to meet amazing artists along the way. Getting to know each other, admiring each other's art, having long conversations and playful exchanges, sharing enthusiasm, creating together, has enriched my life and my stories immensely.

AI. Will. Never do that.

#art #storytelling #AI #StorytellingPSA

#StorytellingPSA

AI as a research tool for storytelling is useless.

You ask it for folktales, it makes stories up. You ask it for sources for those tales, it makes books up. You ask for real books, it gives you books that don't contain the story you want.
It also misattributes made-up stories to existing cultures. Often indigenous ones.

I have had several conversations with actual storytellers using ChatGPT to find "authentic" myths and folktales. It scares me.

#AI #Storytelling

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