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U is for Underarm (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! I was having a hard time with this letter, and none of the uvula stories were particularly exciting, so I ended up looking for armpit stories.The sun and the children (/Xam, South Africa)In this myth the Sun is an old man who hides light in his armpit. There is only light when he lifts his arm in his sleep, and even then only around

T is for Tongues (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! Meat of the tongue (Swahili)A king's wife is sad and bored, and he doesn't know how to help her. He seeks advice from a poor man whose wife is happy. The poor man says the secret is "meat of the tongue." The king starts feeding tongue meat to his wife, and yet she doesn't improve, so he decides to exchange wives with the poor man.

S is for Saliva (Body Folktales)

 This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! NOTE: I am sorry I have not been visiting back. I really miss seeing all your posts! I was traveling, my phone died, and then the Internet went down at home. I will catch up as soon as I can!I could not find a single image that was not gross,so here's a puppy.CW: These stories will get gross.Spitting and saliva have long featured

R is for Ribs (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! Adam's rib (Mexico)I could have linked the actual Bible story, but this one is way funnier. Adam wants a cook, and God tells him to knock on his ribs util a woman comes out. To which Adam says "I only wanted a cook..." The more you think about it, the more ways you can interpret this tale.Cethern's wounds (Ireland)This story is part

Q is for Quadriceps (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! The quadriceps are the muscles in the front of your thigh. Therefore, I am collecting folktales about thighs today. The most famous story here would be the birth of Dionysos from Greek mythology, but I did find others that are intriguing.Donnran, the Brown Searcher (Scotland)In this Scottish legend Caoilte, the swiftest runner of the

P is for Pubic Hair (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! CW: Adult themes.(Image from here.)This is one topic that folktales get really fun about.Adam and Eve and body hair (Hungary)This legend explains the origin of body hair; I blogged about it before. When Adam and Eve wash themselves in water that gives them body hair, Eve gets stung by a bee between her legs, and swatting her hand at

O is for Optic Organs (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy! Yeah yeah, I'm cheating, but I used E for Elbows.Eyes are also a very common theme in folktales; I have blogged about them in various contexts before (such as eye juggling, fairy eyes, and a cat-eyed princess). So once again, I went around cherry-picking stories that sounded new and fun.The pelican bird (Hungary)This story begins with

N is for Noses (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy!Noses are, once again, a pretty common theme in folktales. I have written about them during A to Z multiple times (e.g. here and here). Here are some fun stories to add to the list:The Princess of Tomboso (Canada)This is one of those folktales where a princess cheats a man out of various magical items. Eventually, exiled from her

M is for Mustaches (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy!5000 rupees on a single hair (India)A merchant in a foreign land needs to borrow 5000 rupees from a banker, but can't give any insurance. The banker asks for a single hair from his mustache. The merchant gives one, promising to return for it; the banker then asks for a better hair, saying the first one is crooked. The merchant,

L is for Liver (Body Folktales)

This year, my A to Z Challenge theme is Body Folktales. Enjoy!Yeah, I could have done Legs or Limbs, but this one was more fun.Pkharmat (Chechen legend)Prometheus would have been an obvious choice for this topic, but instead I'm linking the Chechen version of the fire theft myth. The hero Pkharmat steals fire from the god of storms, with the help of the Mother of Narts in her bird form. After