#folktales — Public Fediverse posts

I was using Google Translate to scan through a German folktale. Which is how the king and queen of water popped up as Father Wet and Mrs. Moist.

@juergen_hubert

(Originally Vater Nass and Frau Feucht)

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THE MAGIC BEHIND HOOKLAND, the ongoing open-source (re?)creation of a lost English county that has delighted social media for more than a decade, explored in ways that diminish none of the enchantment. A lovely guidebook. A MINUS

https://www.amazon.com/Hookland-Fragments-One-Remembering-Differently-ebook/dp/B0H7T6MKGX/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DtHrh2BMfXYN-K_UEEMswpjm-xD9F1UrnZRdXXh2PD2IdYs2GS3LdWWPxCaXwHBh7n5qzVh14GV4uSizxTr4vgn27AXzQ-c-vTN0JwHbgAk.6oVYkLFVXTvIBqHMZj6nMBW04gEYQD52ZivGeulXgdY&dib_tag=se&qid=1786329650&refinements=p_27%3ADavid+Southwell&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=David+Southwell

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A unique #theatrical #performance inspired by #Yiddish #folktales features dead #Jews dancing at a cemetery, a prophet appearing in the form of a bunny rabbit and a stone-munching worm named Shamir. It all takes place within the confines of a 2’ X 4’ box known as a #cranky and it’s coming to #NewYork later this month as part of the International #Puppet #FringeFestival.

For those unfamiliar with the decidedly low-tech medium, #crankies are portable stages through which a panorama is scrolled by cranking a pair of wooden dowels. The characters and scenery on the scroll are usually accompanied by #narration and #music, in this case a live #klezmer trio. In backlit crankies, #shadowpuppets can also be used for characters.

The cranky performance of #ShternaandtheLostVoice was created by the #MagidEnsemble, a far-flung interdisciplinary collective that includes a #storyteller, a #graphicartist and three former members of the #Boston klezmer band #Mamaliga."

https://jewishpostandnews.ca/uncategorized/in-a-world-of-ai-run-amok-yiddish-folktales-are-making-these-theater-wizards-cranky/

@WhiteEagleLodge

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The fairy court in Northumberland was once up the Hartburn from Rothley, they say, until the actions of an over-proud miller offended them and saw them take themselves off up to the area around Dancing Green Hill and the Hurl Stane, near Chillingham, where the white, fairy cattle still roam.

But there's a lot of them up the Henhole too, and an outpost near Elsdon and Otterburn, all of them seeming more related to each other and to the other wild, little people of the moors than they are to the more lordly fairy folk of Eildon and the Borders.

#FairytaleTuesday #FairyStory #Folklore #Folktales #Northumberland #FairyLore #AncientEngland #Mythology @folklore