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Seasonal and general musings on Myths, Legends and Folktales written by The Travelling Talesman, A Storyteller bringing you fantastic fables and stonking sagas from the snows of Northern Europe to the sands of the Middle East.
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Folk Tales Corner A storyteller's seasonal musings on traditional tales

English - Myths, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales
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Folk Tales Corner · 2W ago

The Gift of Fire

So there I was lighting the fire, a simple task when you have a lighter and newspaper to help you along, and I took myself to wondering which came first, the fire or the sitting around telling stories? It didn’t … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 1M ago

Happily Ever After

and so to the last of this trilogy on love. If you survive the fairytale challenges and avoid the legendary tragedy how do you get to ‘live happily ever after’? Here we must turn to the folk tale where there … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 2M ago

Legendary Romance

The greatest romances are, for a reason which eludes me, all about forbidden love. Whilst constancy is generally required of a hero, the romantic heroines in the stories which make women swoon do not appear to be governed by the … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 3M ago

Fairy Tale Romance

Fairy Tales are as full of good advice and examples of how to live a worthy life as any other type of story, but there is one subject on which they are almost completely useless: Love. Oh they’re are full … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 4M ago

Seasonal Tradition

Tradition is a tricky beast. Call something “traditional” and it instantly acquires the authority of an age old practice. The general impression one gets is that anything “traditional” has been going on long enough that it’s origins are lost in the mists of time. However, I once heard that for somet
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Folk Tales Corner · 4M ago

Old Beginnings

Do you know the song “The Raggle Taggle Gypsies”? Sure you do! It’s the one in which the lord comes home to find his wife has traded all the luxuries he offers for a nomadic life in the wild and … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 5M ago

Seasonal Tradition

Tradition is a tricky beast. Call something “traditional” and it instantly acquires the authority of an age old practice.  The general impression one gets is that anything “traditional” has been going on long enough that it’s origins are lost in … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 6M ago

Smith of Smiths

Just before writing this months FTC I was out putting up posters for the Underworld Journeys show in my local village of Morchard Bishop and would like to thank our blacksmiths for such a well kept notice board. There are … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 7M ago

An Underworld Journey

It is no surprise to me that amongst the earliest writings yet found we find a version of one of the most widely spread and evocative stories known to man. In marks made with a stick on clay tablets by … Continue reading →
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Folk Tales Corner · 8M ago

The Female of the Species

Every generation likes to think they are the first, that no one has, for instance, ever dyed and spiked their hair before (the Celts were at it over two thousand years ago), or shown off their underpants (check out the … Continue reading →
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