Storytelling Folklore Sourcebook

Packed with folktales, poetry, aphorisms, songs, and legends, this comprehensive sourcebook is appropriate for use with upper elementary and secondary students or as a resource for the professional storyteller. The source material covers costumes, customs, dances and drama, food, games, and legends, as well as forms of oral literature (music, proverbs, rhymes, riddles, tales, beliefs, and superstitions). An extensive guide to the world's folklore, it is ideal as a resource for creative writing projects.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION Part 1Story Voice, Research, and the Storyteller 1-THE MAKING OF STORY VOICE Folklore Mystery Story as Mystery Storyteller as Initiate into Mystery The Power of Lore in Story—Story Voice 2-RESEARCH AND THE STORYTELLER Introduction Sample Finnish Folklore The Kalevala Weaving Folklore Fragments into a Story Part 2Story Characters 3-CULTURE BRINGERS/TRICKSTERS Introduction Culture Heroes of Various Traditions 4-THE PEOPLE OF FAERIE Introduction Faerie Folk of Various Traditions Part 3Story Artifacts 5-STARS Introduction The North Star, Pole Star, or Polaris Ursa Major Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Andromeda, Perseus, and Pegasus Draco the Dragon Taurus the Bull The Pleiades Orion The Milky Way Summary 6-GEMS, ROCKS, MINERALS, AND STONES Gems and Precious Metals Magical Rocks and Minerals 7-PLANTS AND FLOWERS Introduction Flower-Naming Stories Flower and Plant Legends and Lore Flower and Plant Oracles, Formulas, and Portents Other Questions and Answers Representative Flower Portents and Superstitions Mushrooms Folk Medicine Sample Herbal and Folk Remedies Aphrodisiacs 8-TREES Introduction Tree Lore Rhymes Concerning Trees Tree Games Old Roger The Oakum in the Wood Tag Tree Prognostications Part 4Story Activities 9-CALENDAR CUSTOMS, HOLIDAYS, AND FESTIVALS Introduction Samain-All Souls Beltane-May Day Lammas—First Fruits The Winter Solstice The Vernal Equinox The Summer Solstice —Midsummer Day 10-DIVINATION Introduction Divination as Magic Divination as a Social Tool Divination as Folk Art Divination as Randomizing Procedure Forms of Divination Mechanical Ritual Emotive/Possessive Types of Divination Divination in the Lore of Common Folk Popular Games and Rituals of Chance Weather Prediction Chance Accident Formulae Body Markings and Characteristics Taboos and Superstitions Pseudosciences 11-MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION Introduction Definitions Types of Practitioners The "Magician's" Magic Beliefs and Superstitions Beliefs from Various Cultures Dropping Tableware Weather Reports Death Vampires Wedding Customs 12-GAMES Introduction The Utilities of Games What Is a Game? Types of Nonsinging Games Chasing Games Catching Games Seeking Games Hunting Games Racing Games Duelling Games Exerting Games Daring Games Guessing Games Acting Games Pretending Games Ball Games Other Games Singing and Dancing Games Song Games Song/Dance Games Other Dramatic Play Counting Out and Choosing Rituals Introduction Choosings Counting Out Scores and Counting Words Random Choice Children's Games Part 5The Devices of Memory in the Oral Narrative 13-THE LANGUAGE OF STORY Introduction Sound Devices Devices of Comparison and Association Formula Sayings The Language Unit Naming Names of Minerals Place Names Terminology for Groups of Animals, Birds, and People Proverbs Conversation as a Martial Art Westernisms Obituaries Cowland Terminology Other Ways to Say "Dumb" Slang Terms from the 1920s Fan Language 14-NUMBERS Introduction Elementary Numbers The Number ONE The Number TWO The Number THREE The Number FOUR The Number FIVE The Number TEN The Number NINE Astrological Numbers The Number SEVEN The Number EIGHT The Number TWELVE The Number ELEVEN The Number SIX The Number THIRTEEN Summary 15-MOTIFS Introduction Native American Story Motifs Mythological Motifs Animal Motifs Taboo Motifs Magic Motifs Death Motifs Marvel Motifs Ogre Motifs Test Motifs Wisdom and Foolishness Motifs Deception Motifs Reversal-of-Fortune Motifs Chance and Fate Motifs Society Motifs Captive and Fugitive Motifs Unnatural Cruelty Motifs Sex Motifs Traits-of-Character Motifs Miscellaneous Motifs Motif Categories 16-HUMOR Introduction Drolls Outhouses Occupational and News-Item Jokes Regional Humor Mining and Oil Business Jokes Lawyer Jokes Football Player Jokes Farmer Jokes Wall Street (Post-Crash) Jokes Puns Riddles Riddles Wisely Expounded Grimm's Collections General Riddles BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX