Csenge Virág Zalka's Blog, page 38
December 31, 2019
316 earworms
This time last year I blogged about how I wake up with a song stuck in my head almost every morning. For an entire year I wrote down the songs in my journal, and compiled a list. In 2019 I repeated the experiment, curious to see how the soundtrack changed this year, or whether it changed at all. It was definitely a fun thing to do!
Last year there were 306 days when I woke up to music stuck
Last year there were 306 days when I woke up to music stuck
December 27, 2019
StorySpotting: Princess in the crypt (The Witcher)
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?
The Witcher, season 1, episode 3 (Betrayer Moon)
What happens?
Pic from here
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Where was the story spotted?
The Witcher, season 1, episode 3 (Betrayer Moon)
What happens?
Pic from here
A
December 22, 2019
Familiar discoveries (Following folktales around the world 136. - Mozambique)
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!
This is the last post in the series before a short winter break. We'll be back after the holidays!
Makua Tales
Second Series
H. W. Woodward
Bantu
This is the last post in the series before a short winter break. We'll be back after the holidays!
Makua Tales
Second Series
H. W. Woodward
Bantu
December 15, 2019
Morals for the next generation (Following folktales around the world 135. - Malawi)
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!
Ismét szombat, ismét Népmesék nyomában a világ körül! Aki kíváncsi a kezdetekre, itt találja a bemutatkozó bejegyzést; a postokat követhetitek a NNyaVK
Ismét szombat, ismét Népmesék nyomában a világ körül! Aki kíváncsi a kezdetekre, itt találja a bemutatkozó bejegyzést; a postokat követhetitek a NNyaVK
December 13, 2019
StorySpotting: Fae vs. Human (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)
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!
I am not a fan of Disney's recent "live action" phase, but Maleficent is the one exception because it actually
I am not a fan of Disney's recent "live action" phase, but Maleficent is the one exception because it actually
December 8, 2019
Tales, word for word (Following folktales around the world 134. - Zambia)
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!
Folktales from Zambia
Texts In Six African Languages And In English
Dorothea Lehmann
Dietrich Reimer, 1983.
The book contains nineteen
Folktales from Zambia
Texts In Six African Languages And In English
Dorothea Lehmann
Dietrich Reimer, 1983.
The book contains nineteen
December 6, 2019
StorySpotting: Skin and bones (Terminator: Dark Fate)
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!
I really wanted to do a Terminator post about strong women and female warriors and whatnot, but then this random
I really wanted to do a Terminator post about strong women and female warriors and whatnot, but then this random
December 1, 2019
Pig noses and exotic birds (Following folktales around the world 133. - Zimbabwe)
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!
Shangani Folk Tales
A collection of Shangani folk stories
C. Stockil & M. Dalton
Longman Zimbabwe, 1987.
The book contains thirty folktales from
Shangani Folk Tales
A collection of Shangani folk stories
C. Stockil & M. Dalton
Longman Zimbabwe, 1987.
The book contains thirty folktales from
November 24, 2019
Tricksters in the bush (Following folktales around the world 132. - Botswana)
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!
Bushman folktales
Oral traditions of the Nharo of Botswana and the /Xam of the Cape
Mathias Guenther
F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1989.
The
Bushman folktales
Oral traditions of the Nharo of Botswana and the /Xam of the Cape
Mathias Guenther
F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1989.
The
Spin the globe, tell a story
"Come, sit next to me! Spin the globe, and stop it by pointing somewhere. I will tell you a story from whichever country your finger lands on..."
I have been developing and testing this storytelling program for years; I started the Following folktales around the world blog series because of it. It took lot of waiting and hoping but it finally happened - a local library ordered the program! I
I have been developing and testing this storytelling program for years; I started the Following folktales around the world blog series because of it. It took lot of waiting and hoping but it finally happened - a local library ordered the program! I
