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Folktales From Around The World

Going A-Musing ― Today I am very excited to present a guest post by my dear son Vidur Sury, who loves folktales from around the world. My heart literally warmed over when he offered to write today’s post. (I should add this tip to the eleven easy ways to...

Tags: #AtoZChallenge, Book Review, The Red Carpet, Book Review, Culture, Folktales From Around The World

Vidya Sury ― 10 weeks 4 days ago

Tales as Beautiful As They Are Good, Though They Are Neither One

The Orange Swan Review ― The 1925 Newbery winner, Charles J. Finger’s Tales From Silver Lands, is a collection of nineteen folktales, gathered by Finger during his travels in South America. And, I might as well say this up front – I found these stories so uninteresting ...

Tags: Robin McKinley, Newbery Medal, Folktales, Fairy Tales, Children's Fiction, Charles Finger

Orange Swan ― 30 weeks ago

Barcelona Folktales: La Laia and La Mercè

Barcelona Folktales: La Laia and La Mercè

Midwesterner Abroad ― About La Laia and La Mercè in Barcelona: ∙ In Barcelona there are two major local holidays, La Laia, celebrated as Barcelona’s Major Winter Festival on February 12th, and La Mercè, September 24th, a three-day farewell to the summer months....

Tags: La Mercè And La Laía, Barcelona's Patron Saints, Barcelona Legends, Barcelona Folktales, Barcelona Holidays, Barcelona Traditional Stories

ChrisCiolli ― 49 weeks ago

New Year's in Barcelona: The Man with Many Noses:

New Year's in Barcelona: The Man with Many Noses:

Midwesterner Abroad ― About the Noseman: A Barcelona Tradition ∙ This traditional figure has as many noses as there are days left to the year, and if you find him, he must grant you a wish. Of course finding him is no easy task. The nose-man, in Catalonian ...

Tags: Holiday Stories, Barcelona Traditions, Spanish Folktales, Barcelona Folktales, European Crhistmas Stories, New Year's Traditions

ChrisCiolli ― 49 weeks ago

Olentzero: The Christmas Giant from Basque Country

Olentzero: The Christmas Giant from Basque Country

Midwesterner Abroad ― A little history…A Christmas character from Spain’s Basque Country, Olentzero is sometimes said to be the last member of the “jentillak”, a mythological race of Basque giants that inhabited the Pyrenees before the coming of Christ. Other versions ...

Tags: Basque Folktales, Basque Christmas Traditions, Christmas In Basque Country, Navidad En Pais Vasco, Olentzero, Basque Christmas Stories

ChrisCiolli ― 49 weeks ago

Welsh Folk-Lore: A Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales

Browse Great Collection of Top Selling Books... ― Welsh Folk-Lore: A Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these...

Tags: Fairy Tales, Collection, Folklore, FolkTales, Legends, North

Bushra Javed ― 51 weeks ago

Festival of Folktales at the Library TODAY

Surf City Family ― Print and download a copy of the flyer and schedule for today’s festivities by clicking here 2012 Festival of Folktales1.   The Festival of Folktales is the annual kickoff for the Children’s Summer Reading Program at the Huntington ...

Tags: Book Signings/Storytimes, For Kids, Huntington Beach Public Library, Summer In Surf City, Family Event, Festival Of Folktales

Marcie Taylor ― 51 weeks ago

Storytelling 101 feat. Bobby Norfolk

Cachey Mama's Classroom ― Sorry friends, I have been out of town and so have not gotten a Tutorial Tuesday guest post prepared for today. Although I do have this post about Storytelling that is like a tutorial, so here it is... ∙ I recently had the pleasure of ...

Tags: Storytelling, Gator Tales, Folktales, Fairy Tales, Emmy Winner, Bobby Norfolk

Cachey Mama ― 5 Jun, 12

Norwegian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)

Browse Great Collection of Top Selling Books... ― Norwegian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) Collected here in a contemporary translation. With these tales we meet witches, trolls and ogres, sly foxes and mysterious bears, beautiful princesses and country lads turned ...

Tags: Fairy Tales, Fairy, Folklore, FolkTales, Library, Norwegian

Bushra Javed ― 3 Jun, 12

Japanese Folktales for Children: Book Review

Japanese Folktales for Children: Book Review

PrincessReviews ― Japanese Folktales for Children by Ty Hulse is a collection of short stories. One tale is of a village and their kami. A kami is "a magical spirit which is usually helpful and which a person should respect." One day the kami looks in a stream and...

Tags: Book Review, Japanese Folktales For Children, Ty Hulse

Tasha ― 26 May, 12

Aino folk-tales Reviews

Browse Great Collection of Top Selling Books... ― Aino folk-tales This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were ...

Tags: Fairy Tales, Aino, FolkTales, Reviews

Bushra Javed ― 11 May, 12

Kashmir Folklores

Kashmir Folklores

Heaven's Garden ― Kashmir not only beholds beauty but also carries some mystic and alluring tales of the region right from pre-historic times covered in mystery and awe. According to geologists, Kashmir was once a huge lake called the Karewa, formed by the blocking ...

Tags: Culture, Folktales, Lifestyle

Kalyan ― 20 Mar, 12

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