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#AtoZChallenge, #FolkloreThursday, A to Z Challenge 2018, A-Z Blogging Challenge, folklore, writing
F is for Folklore.
I know, we’ve done this one for F before. But this time it will be different.
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Ronel the Mythmaker 
I look forward to reading the English version of your anthology..
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Thank you 🙂
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I love folk tales, I grew up on The Brothers Grimm, which were in their own turn retellings of older oral traditions. There is something solid and sure about a good fairytale wherever it comes from. Reading fairy and folk tales was what got me into fantasy reading and writing,
Sophie
Ghostly Inspirations – Sophies A to Z
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I love the Brothers Grimm 🙂
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I’m so going to check out #folklorethursday ! Agreed, folklore carries value in every culture and inspiration for fiction writers (in a variety of genre). Disney remakes are entertaining and well crafted Their modernization of theme works, but I still find it worth my time to dig into the originals. https://gabaroo.org
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The originals sometimes hold truths that retellings either smooth over or remove all together.
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Just added a link to your page to my research section in Scrivener on my writing project. Thanks for the great information.
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Thanks, Juneta 🙂 I’m glad you find it helpful.
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The folklore world is one I’m only just dipping my toe in to. But there is no doubting the richness within.
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There’s so much to find. One of my favourite reference sites is https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
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Hi Ronel – I spent my early days reading lots of myths, folklore etc … in fact probably a few years when I was moving on from pre ten to very early teen – Brothers Grimm and many others – cheers Hilary
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That’s great 🙂
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I do enjoy folklore but moreso in that campfire setting. I love to see the teaching/learning going on, the moral reaching young minds, the culture shared. Nice post.
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Thanks, Jacqui. Unfortunately the campfire setting happens too few and far between, though I love the imagery of it 🙂
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Folklore is rich in tradition, culture, and history. Writers can use it to mine ideas. Let us never lose the value of a good story.
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Absolutely 🙂
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My favorite is Hans Christian Anderson’s story of the Tinderbox. Thos dogs with the giant eyes always captured my imagination as a child, and they still do today. Hreat post!
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Thank you 🙂 I love the imagery of his stories.
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I’ve always loved folklore. Fairytales, myths and legends teach us valuable lessons about the world in an entertaining and easily digestible way. I’m glad that Disney are continuing to bring out good fairytale films. I enjoyed Malificent, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. I love retellings and they are so popular right now. My favourite is probably the book and musical Wicked, because it turns the story we all know completely on its head.
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Just wanted to add that it makes me a little sad to think the oral tradition of telling folktales is being lost. I heard some tales from my grandparents and I hope to pass the stories on to my daughter. At least they are still being told in books and movies, but it really would be a shame if we lost the oral storytelling element.
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I’m sure the oral tradition is still alive and well in some places. Though the advance of the audiobook might help others 🙂 It’s great that you will continue with the tradition telling folktales to your daughter.
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I love it when a folktale can be retold from a different perspective without losing its message 🙂
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I have’t seen the Disney films but enjoy reading about folklore from different countries. Need to be kept alive by reading just as much as other media.
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Absolutely 🙂
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I love folklore and mythology! I integrate them into all my novels. My current WIP integrates vampires and reflects a little on Beauty and the Beast (one of my favorites). My favorite books, currently, that integrate folklore is actually a Manga series called The Ancient Magus’ Bride. Manga actually has a lot of fascinating storylines based in folklore and mythology. I also enjoyed A Beauty So Beastly, a young adult novel by RaShelle Workman.
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I’ll check out that YA novel 🙂
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I really enjoyed Maleficent. Seeing the different perspective on the character made for an interesting movie. Bad guys are always better when we see why they are that way. Its gives them so much more depth and makes for a more complex view of the original story.
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Absolutely 🙂
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I love this and the different retellings I’ve been seeing. I live in the Caribbean and have been thinking about our own folklore and how we can share them.
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That would be great! Maybe blog posts about your folklore shared on Thursdays with #FolkloreThursday on Twitter to start with?
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Ronel,
Oh yeah, I love folklore, especially that of supernatural nature such as vampires and werewolves. But, I do like the timeless classics such as Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast. It’s good to fantasy about things that aren’t real.
Curious as a Cathy
A2Z Creating iPad Art Sketches ‘Fairy’
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I have written about every folklore creature I’ve researched: it’s so much fun to find out everything and then slightly modifying it for fiction. In “Eens…/Once…” I have werewolves, witches, werehyenas, pixies, merrows, dryads, faery dogs, faery cats, kelpies, and various other Fae. I had a lot of fun writing about them 🙂
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I like folklore of several countries and I use to incorporate a little of it (or at least the superstitions) in my historical novels. Sailors believe in mermaids, in the Old Man in the Sea, in angering the Mother of the Sea/ Queen of the Sea. Land people are superstitious too…
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It’s great that you use the old superstitions in your writing. I love how many different stories seafaring folk have about what lurks beneath the surface. Personally, I’ve looked at the Jengu from Africa, Sirens, Selkies, Sea Nymphs and Sea Witches to name a few — I’ve done folklore posts for all of them here on the blog.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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I love folklore. As a writer, I also use it in my writing and I have adapted various bits as references in my own work while trying to put my own spin on it. I also enjoy what Disney is currently doing by retelling some of these old folktales. When I watched Moana, I started researching the stories behind it and I got even more entertainment out of the movie. I’m looking forward to the English version of your book as I only know the major players in African folklore and I would love to learn more.
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It’s fun to put a fresh spin on old tales — especially the older, darker versions of folktales. I enjoyed Moana too 🙂
My book came out in English at the end of May — here’s a blog post I did about it: https://ronelthemythmaker.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/its-launch-time-amwriting-books/
Thanks for stopping by. I do folklore posts at the end of each month I’m online if you’d like to immerse yourself in more folklore 🙂
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