Tag Archives: Myth
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 →
Filed under Mythology, stories, Storytelling
Tagged as Fire, Myth, prometheus, stories, Story, Storytelling, theft
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
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 →
Filed under Abduction, Autumn, Folk Tale, October, Otherworld, stories, Storytelling, Underworld, Winter
Tagged as Abduction, ancient, death, Dumuzid, erskigal, Goddess, Inanna, Legend, loss, Myth, Persephone, stories, Story, Storytelling, sumer, sumerian, Underworld, winter
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
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
Golden Apples at Midsummer
Summer is here! The seaways are clear; the roads less muddy; the crops have all been planted and harvest is a couple of months away: now is the time to set out on impossible missions in search of improbable objects! Continue reading →
May Eve Mayhem
What better time to start Folk Tales Corner than May Eve – the date with more stories attached to it than any other in the calendar. Some of the FTCs will be tied to the tales of the time of … Continue reading →
