Category Archives: Fairytale
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 →
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 →
Filed under Fairytale, Folk Tale, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as Blacksmith, dwarves, Folk tale, Hephaestus, iron, Legend, magic, Myth, shape changer, smith, stories, Story, vulcan, Weyland
You have to kiss a lot of frogs…
Well, actually, no. You don’t. There really is no point at all in going round randomly kissing amphibians in the hope that they will become lovestruck royalty, and even less in killing them. All else aside, they have to be … Continue reading →
Filed under Animals, Fairytale, Folk Tale, Quest, Storytelling, Summer, Talking Animals, Transformation
Tagged as animal, Fairytale, Folk tale, frog, Golden Apple, prince, princess, stories, Story, Storytelling, Summer, talking animal, transformation
Good Elf and Prosperity
Folk Tales Corner started life as a column in the Morchard Messenger in May last year. I normally re-edit the content slightly for the online version, which is not bound by the constraints of print or locality, but this one … Continue reading →
Filed under Fairytale, Folk Tale, Invisible Helper, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as elves, Fairytale, Folk tale, Invisible Helper, shoemaker, stories, Story, Storytelling
Thrice Upon A Time
So as we reach the third month, March, what better time to talk about one of the golden rules of folk tale and storytelling: if it happens more than once then it happens three times. Oh yes, the third time’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Fairytale, Folk Tale, March, Rule of three, Spring, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as Fairytale, Folk tale, Myth, New year, Rule of three, stories, Story, Storytelling
Elemental My Dear Reader
And so the time comes when we stumble, glass in hand, Past Janus with his two faces, one looking back and one to the future, as he stoically holds open the door of another new year. He is not alone, … Continue reading →
Filed under Elemental, Fairytale, Folk Tale, January, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as Elemental, Fairytale, Folk tale, January, Month Brothers, North wind, stories, Story, Storytelling, winter
He’s Behind You!
So it’s Mid-winter, it’s cold, it’s dark and everything is slower. There’s not so much work to do in the fields and all you want to do is sit inside by a warm fire and be entertained by stories. It’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Abduction, December, Fairytale, Folk Tale, Quest, stories, Storytelling, Winter
Tagged as Abduction, Black Bull, curse, December, Fairytale, Folk tale, Norroway, Pantomime, Prince Hat, stories, Story, Storytelling, Troll, Vanished Husband, winter, witch
Talesman FAQs
Often after storytellings I get asked general questions, so I thought, in case anyone was wondering, I’d answer a couple of the most regular ones here this month: How did you get started? A long, long time ago, … Continue reading →
Filed under Fairytale, Folk Tale, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as Fairytale, Folk tale, Legend, Myth, stories, Storytelling
There are nine and sixty ways…
I’ve been rebuilding my bookshelves and sorting the massive collection of storybooks back into categories. It’s amazing how many of them feature the same stories, only slightly different. Some vary only in the voice in which they are told; some … Continue reading →
Filed under August, Cinderella, Fairytale, Folk Tale, stories
Tagged as banished, cap o' rushes, Cinderella, Folk tale, king, magic, mossy coat, prince, service, St. George, stories, Story, Storytelling, Tattercoats
I do like to be beside the seaside
Travelling out on your apple hunting quest you will inevitably come to a place many of us visit around this time of year – the coast. So as you are enjoying the sun and sand, we will explore who else … Continue reading →
