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February 23, 2021
StorySpotting: Murder and garden works (As seen on the news)
StorySpotting is a weekly or kinda-weekly series about folktales, tropes, references, and story motifs that pop up in popular media, from TV shows to video games. Topics are random, depending on what I have watched/played/read recently. Also, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. Be warned!Unlike usually, this post is not about a folktale posted in a movie or TV show. Nope. This time, I spotted an actual
February 21, 2021
Royal wisdom and trickery (Following folktales around the world 190. - Myanmar)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!The Snake Prince, and Other StoriesBurmese folk talesEdna LedgardInterlink Books, 2000.I usually love Interlink folktale collections, but this one
February 14, 2021
Leggings for ants (Following folktales around the world 189. - China)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!Full disclosure: So, back when I started this challenge I started with China, but I only began posting in English a few countries later. So these posts,
Valentine's Day folktales: Tricksters in Love
Two years ago my Valentine's Day post was about polyamory in folktales. This year, once again, I put up a poll on Twitter to see what love-related folktale theme I should blog about, and the winner was Tricksters in Love. I adore trickster tales, and I'm currently working on a whole book of them, so here are some of the stories I found about tricksters falling in love.Side note: Trickster
February 9, 2021
Career tricksters (Following folktales around the world 188. - Mongolia)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!Mongolian Traditional LiteratureAn AnthologyCharles R. BawdenRoutledge, 2013.This book is almost 900 pages long, and contains a selection of texts from
January 24, 2021
Serpents, leopards, rainbows (Following folktales around the world 187. - Taiwan)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!Aboriginal Folk Tales of Taiwan Animals, heroes, and heroic adventures Charles P. Beaupre Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.The book contains 44 folktales divided
January 17, 2021
Murderous foxes, loving tigers (Following folktales around the world 186. - South Korea)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!Folk tales from KoreaZong In-SobHolly International C., 1982.The book contains 99 folktales. The foreword tells us about the author, who was born in 1905
January 10, 2021
Trickster propaganda (Following folktales around the world 185. - North Korea)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!I didn't manage to find a folktale collection from North Korea, so I read this fascinating new article instead.Hero of the People: Reimagining the
January 3, 2021
Kitsune, tanuki, and other Japanese classics (Following folktales around the world 184. - Japan)
Today I continue the blog series titled Following folktales around the world! If you would like to know what the series is all about, you can find the introduction post here. You can find all posts here, or you can follow the series on Facebook!Japanese folk talesYanagita KunioTokyo News Service, 1954.The book contains 108 Japanese folktales from a national folklore collecting campaign, the story
January 1, 2021
StorySpotting: Swimming for love (Bridgerton)
StorySpotting is a weekly or kinda-weekly series about folktales, tropes, references, and story motifs that pop up in popular media, from TV shows to video games. Topics are random, depending on what I have watched/played/read recently. Also, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. Be warned!
Where was the story spotted?Bridgerton, Season 1, Episode 7 (Oceans apart)
What happens?Daphne has a conversation with
Where was the story spotted?Bridgerton, Season 1, Episode 7 (Oceans apart)
What happens?Daphne has a conversation with
