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Tag Archives: folk tale

5 Folktales About Grief
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September 6, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

“There is probably more folklore emanating from mortals’ response to dying and death than any other human experience.” D. L. …
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Category: List Posts, Myth, folk and faery | Tags: #FolkloreThursday, folk tale, grief, myth, oral tradition
The Devil Marries Three Sisters: An Italian Folktale
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April 19, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

How the Devil Married Three Sisters was published in 1885 in a book of Italian folktales. The stories were collected by …
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Category: Myth, folk and faery, Stories I've Told | Tags: devil, folk tale, hell, heroines, humor, marriage, performance, Story Arts of Minnesota, StoryFest, storytelling
The Woman Who Had No Shadow
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July 27, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

I have not yet shared a folk or fairy tale on this blog. They are deeply powerful cultural stories, and …
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Category: Myth, folk and faery, Stories I've Told | Tags: childbirth, children, clergy, damnation, family life, fear, folk tale, forgiveness, marriage, Minnesota Fringe Festival, pregnancy, shadow, sin, spell, storytelling, wise woman, witch

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