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In a future post I’ll introduce you to an extraordinary storyteller (alas, no longer with us) I met in Paris years ago. His name was Mohammed bel Halfaoui. He had lived in Paris many years as a professor of Arabic literature. He gave me two collections of his folktales, in Arabic and French. I translated and [Continue reading Habra with the lion] As adults we often squirm when a folktale ventures into the charged world of violence. I’ve known storytellers to avoid these tales or to temper them, particularly with child audiences.
The giant meets a violent end when Jack chops down the beanstalk. Illustration by William Wallace Denslow On the other hand, I’ll never forget what the [Continue reading Taming the tales] Seal sunning herself on rocky beach of Kaikoura, New Zealand I’ve been a fan of the seal people (aka selchie or silkie) tales for many years. When I saw the ungainly creatures sleeping on the rocky beaches of Kaikoura on New Zealand’s South Island, I could understand why people who live at the sea’s edge [Continue reading Can it drop its skin and dance?] |
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