Csenge Virág Zalka's Blog, page 42
July 14, 2019
Brains over brawn (Following folktales around the world 115. - Burkina Faso)
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 the Moose of Burkina Faso
Alain-Joseph Sissao
Langaa RPCID, 2010.
The book contains forty-two folktales from the Moose people of
Folktales from the Moose of Burkina Faso
Alain-Joseph Sissao
Langaa RPCID, 2010.
The book contains forty-two folktales from the Moose people of
July 7, 2019
Great mothers, questionable husbands (Following folktales around the world 114. - Ivory Coast)
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!
Some Gold, a Little Ivory
Country tales from Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Edythe Rance Haskett
The John Day Company, 1971.
The book contains 24
Some Gold, a Little Ivory
Country tales from Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Edythe Rance Haskett
The John Day Company, 1971.
The book contains 24
Medusa in the backpack, and other stories about teens and role-playing games
Almost exactly a year ago, a high school invited me to their ESL summer camp for teens. I visited with my friend Danielle Bellone, we told some stories in English, and since we had a free afternoon, I decided to introduce the kids to role-playing games. Several hours and three dungeon crawls later, they were hooked. This year the organizers invited me back, by popular demand, to run some more
June 30, 2019
Humor and hard lessons (Following folktales around the world 113. - Liberia)
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!
Grains of Pepper
Folktales from Liberia
Edythe Rance Haskett
The John Day Company, 1967.
The book contains twenty-five folktales collected and
Grains of Pepper
Folktales from Liberia
Edythe Rance Haskett
The John Day Company, 1967.
The book contains twenty-five folktales collected and
June 28, 2019
StorySpotting: Tag, you're it (Avengers: Endgame)
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 feel like sufficient time has passed now since the premiere of Endgame so that I won't get dragged for talking
I feel like sufficient time has passed now since the premiere of Endgame so that I won't get dragged for talking
June 24, 2019
The Tale of the Sun - a Saami folktale of hope and resistance
I found this story in Hungarian translation in this book, collected and translated by Erdődi József in 1960. As far as I can tell, the book did not give a source, and I could not trace the story to any English publication. If anyone has anything to add, please let me know! I would love to find out more.
(The translation is mine. Here is the text online in Hungarian)
Once upon a time there was
(The translation is mine. Here is the text online in Hungarian)
Once upon a time there was
June 23, 2019
When birds talked and trees walked (Following folktales around the world 112. - Sierra Leone)
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!
Tales from Sierra Leone
Mohammed Yassin
Oxford University Press, 1967.
The book contains fifteen folktales, probably retold, but no introduction
Tales from Sierra Leone
Mohammed Yassin
Oxford University Press, 1967.
The book contains fifteen folktales, probably retold, but no introduction
June 22, 2019
StorySpotting: How to find a half-blind camel (The Name of the Rose)
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!
The new The Name of the Rose miniseries based on Umberto Eco's famous novel is out, and it is pretty great. Also, it
The new The Name of the Rose miniseries based on Umberto Eco's famous novel is out, and it is pretty great. Also, it
June 16, 2019
The epics of the Mande (Following folktales around the world 111. - Guinea)
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!
Once again, it was really hard to locate stories from Guinea (at least in the languages I speak), so I went looking for epics, and found some
Once again, it was really hard to locate stories from Guinea (at least in the languages I speak), so I went looking for epics, and found some
June 15, 2019
StorySpotting: A girl, a desert, a lizard (The Magicians)
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 doubling down on The Magicians this week, since I have been binge-watching season 4. As far as plotting and
I am doubling down on The Magicians this week, since I have been binge-watching season 4. As far as plotting and
