About the Book
Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Table of Contents:
A-G Entires; A; Aarne, Antti (1867–1925); Abassi/Abasi and Atai (West African); Abatwa (South African); Aboriginal Mythology (Australian); Abracadabra; Abzu/Apsu (Sumerian and Babylonian); Achilles (Greek); Adapa (Babylonian); Adon/Adonis (Phoenician); Adroa and Adro (East African); Adroanzi (East African); Aeneid (Roman); Aesop and Aesop's Fables (Greek); Aetheopis/Aithiopis (Greek); African Bushmen Mythology; Ahti/Ahto (Finnish); Aigamuxa (South African); Aino (Finnish); Aiomum Kondi (South American); Ajok (North African); Alalu/Alalus (Hittite); Amadis of Gaul (Spanish or Portuguese); Amazons (Greek); Amled/Amleth (Danish); Amphisbaena (Greek); Amulets; Amun/Amen/Amon/Amun-Re (Egyptian); An/Anu (Sumerian); Anansasem (West African); Animal Bride or Bridegroom; Animal Helper and Grateful Animal; Antar (Middle Eastern); Antero Vipunen (Finnish); Antichrist (Christian); Antigone (Greek); Anu (Hittite); Anubis/Anpu (Egyptian); Anzu (Sumerian and Babylonian); Aphrodite (Greek); Apollo (Greek); Apple Trees; Arabic Storytelling; Arachne (Greek); Arawn (Welsh); Archetype; Argonautica (Greek); Arianrhod (Welsh); Armageddon (Judeo-Christian); Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812–1885); Asgard (Norse); Ash Trees (Western European); Athena/Athene (Greek); Atlas (Greek); Atum (Egyptian); Aucassin and Nicolette (Medieval European); Avalon (Celtic); Aztec Mythology; B; Baba Yaga (Russian); Baby Cast Adrift; Baku (Japanese); Balder (Norse); Balinese Mythology; Ballads; Ballads, Homiletic; Bannik (Slavic); Banshee (Irish); Basile, Giambattista (1575–1632); Basilisk (European); Basque Folklore and Mythology; Bastet/Bast (Egyptian); Bats; Battle of Kadesh (Egyptian); Bees; Bellerophon (Greek); Bendigeidfran/Bran (Welsh); Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon); Berekhiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan; Bestiary; Black Dogs (English); Black Magic (Western European); Black School (Scandinavian and Scottish); Bluebeard (Western European); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375); Bogatyr/Bogatyri (Russian); Boy Who Didn't Know Fear; Bremen Town Musicians (German); Bridges; Broadside Ballads; Brothers Grimm; Brownies (British); Brunhilde/Brynhild/Brunnehilde (Norse); Bucephalus (Greek); Bull of Heaven (Sumerian and Babylonian); Bunyips (Australian Aboriginal); Bylina/Bylini (Russian); C; Camp Stories; Campfire Storytelling; Canterbury Tales, The (English); Cat-and-Mouse Tales; Catoblepas (Roman); Cats; Centaurs (Greek); Cerberus (Greek); Champ/Champy (North American); Chapbooks; Charlemagne and His Peers; Charon (Greek); Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1342–1400); Chickens; Child, Francis James (1825–1896); Chiron (Greek); Chupacabras (Latin American); Cockatrice (European); Collective Unconscious; Comets; Compassion; Con Man or Woman/Con Artist; Contendings of Horus and Seth, The (Egyptian); Counting-Out Rhymes; Creation Stories of Mesopotamia; Culture Heroes; Cumulative Rhymes and Tales; Curses; D; Dahut/Ahes (French); Danish Traditional Tales; De Iside et Osiride (Roman); Deals with the Devil; Death; Decameron (Italian); Demeter and Persephone (Greek); Digenis Acritas (Greek); Dilmun (Sumerian and Babylonian); Djinn/Djinni/Jinn/Genie (Arabic); Dobrynya Nikitich (Russian); Dogs; Domovoi/Domovois (Russian); Dongmyeongseong/Chumong (Korean); Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched; Doomed Prince (Egyptian); Doppelganger; Dragons; Dragon-Slayer (European); Dumuzi (Sumerian); E; Ears; El Cid (Spanish); Elf Shot/Elf Arrow (British); Elm Trees; Eloquent Peasant, Tale of the (Egyptian); Enki/Ea (Sumerian); Enkidu (Sumerian); Enlil (Sumerian); Enmerkar (Sumerian); Ennead of Heliopolis (Egyptian); Epics; Epics, French; Epics, German; Epics, Greek; Epics, Roman; Epics, Spanish; Erra (Babylonian); Estonian Storytelling; Etana (Babylonian); Ethiopian Mythology; Ethiopian Storytelling; Evil Eye; F; Fables; Fabliau/Fabliaux; Fairy Godmothers; Fairy Midwife and Demon Midwife; Faithful Companion; Faithless Wife; Familiar/Familiar Spirit; Fantasy; Fates; Faust, Dr. Johann; Fenrir (Norse); Ferdowsi/Firdawsi/Firdusi/Firdousi (935 c.e.—c. 1020 C.E.); Filipino Mythology; Fingernails; Fink, Mike (c. 1770–1823); Firebird (Russian); Fish and Fishing Folklore; Flood, The (Mesopotamian); Flying Dutchman; Fools; Frame Stories; Freischutz (German); Frey and Freya (Norse); Frigga/Frigg (Norse); Frogs and Toads; Fur-Bearing Trout (North American); G; Gambling; Gamelan (Indonesian); Gargoyles; Garm (Norse); Garuda (Indian); Geb (Egyptian); German Storytelling; Gesta Danorum (Danish); Ghost Stories, College; Ghosts, Aviation; Ghosts: A Sampling of Stories; Ghosts and Hauntings; Ghosts in Theaters; Giants; Gilgamesh (Sumerian and Babylonian); Goblins (Western European); Golem (Jewish); Grail/Holy Grail (Western European); Grateful Dead; Gremlins (English); Griots/Griottes/Jelis (West African); Gudrun/Kudrun (German); H-S Entires; H; Habaek and Haemosu (Korean); Hags; Hand of Glory (European); Hands; Hannahanna/Hannahannas (Hittite); Hansel and Gretel (Western European); Harpies (Greek); Hathor (Egyptian); Havelock the Dane (English); Heart in the Egg; Hebat/Hepit/Hepatu (Hittite); Hector (Greek); Heimdall/Heimdallr (Norse); Hel (Norse); Heqat/Hekat/Heket (Egyptian); Hera (Greek); Hermes (Greek); Hervarar Saga (Swedish); Hi'iaka (Hawaiian); Hocus-Pocus; Hodag (North American); Homer (Greek); Hook, The; Horror; Horseshoes; Horus (Egyptian); Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960); Hyenas; I; Iliad (Greek); Iliou Persis (Greek); Illuyankas (Hittite); Ilmarinen (Finnish); Ilmatar (Finnish); Ilya Murometz/Ilya of Murom (Russian); Inanna/Ishtar (Sumerian and Akkadian); Inaras (Hittite); Inca Mythology; Indian Storytelling; Insects; Internet Lore/Netlore; Iroquois Storytelling; Isis (Egyptian); Ivan/Ivan Tsarevich (Russian); J; Jackalope (North American); Japanese Storytelling; Jersey Devil (American); Joe Magarac (American); John Henry (American); Johnny Appleseed (American); Jongleurs (French); Joukahainen (Finnish); Journey to the West/Monkey (Chinese); Jump Tales; Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961); Juniper Tree, The (German); K; Kalevala (Finnish); Kamishibai (Japanese); Kelly, Ned (1854–1880); Kenyan Storytelling; Khnum (Egyptian); Khoikhoi/Hottentot Mythology; Kievan Cycle (Russian); Kikimora (Slavic); Kind and Unkind Girls; King Arthur (British); King of the Cats/King of the Cats is Dead (Western European); King Solomon (Biblical); Kludde (Flemish); Kullervo (Finnish); Kumarbi/Kumaris (Hittite); Kypria (Greek); L; La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695); Labyrinths; Lake Monsters; Lang, Andrew (1844–1912); Lange Wapper (Flemish); Lares and Penates (Roman); Lemminkainen (Finnish); Leprechauns (Irish); Leshy/Leshiye (Slavic); Liderc (Hungarian); Little Iliad (Greek); Local Legends; Lorelei (German); Louhi (Finnish); Lugalbanda (Sumerian); Lullabies; Lusiads, The (Portuguese); Lutin (French); Lyonesse (British); M; Maat (Egyptian); MacDonald, George (1824–1905); Magi (Persian); Magic Incantations and Spells; Magician and His Pupil/Magician's Apprentice; Mahabharata (Indian); Malory, Sir Thomas (c. 1405–1471); Manticore (Persian); Marie de France; Maui (Polynesian); Melusine/Melusina (European); Menehune (Hawaiian); Mermaids; Meskhenet (Egyptian); Metamorphoses (Greek and Roman); Metaphors; Mice; Minnesang/Minnesingers (German); Minotaur (Greek); Minstrels; Mistletoe; Moon's Reflection; Morgan le Fay; Mother Goddess/Earth Mother (European); Mother Goose (European); Mothman (North American); Motif Index; Motifs; Mystery Lights; Mystery Stories; Mythography; Mythology; N; Nagas; Nanna–Suen/Sin (Sumerian); Neith/Neit/Nit/Net (Egyptian); Nephthys/Nebthet (Egyptian); Nergal (Sumerian and Babylonian); Nightmares; Ninhursanga (Sumerian); Ninurta/Ningirsu (Sumerian and Babylonian); No–Bigger–than–a–Finger (Russian); Nonsense Rhymes; Noodle Tales/Simpleton Tales; Norse Mythology; Nun (Egyptian); Nursery Rhymes (European); Nut (Egyptian); Nymphs (Greek); O; Oberon (European); Odin/Odhinn (Norse); Odysseus (Greek); Odyssey (Greek); Oedipus (Greek); Operas and Their Stories; Oral History; Orestes and Electra (Greek); Osiris (Egyptian); Ovid (43 b.c.e .–17 c.e .); Owl Lore; P; Palestinian Storytelling; Panchatantra (Indian); Papyrus Westcar/Papyrus Berlin 3033 (Egyptian); Pegasus (Greek); Pele/Madam Pele (Hawaiian); Penelope (Greek); Peri/Pari (Persian); Perrault, Charles (1628–1703); Phantom Bus (English); Phantom Ships/Ghost Ships; Phoenix (Egyptian and Greek); Pixies (English); Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl (Aztec); Popol Vuh (Mayan); Priam, King (Greek); Princess in the Tower; Prometheus (Greek); Proverbs; Ptah (Egyptian); Puppetry and Storytelling; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799–1837); Puss in Boots (European); Q; Quest for the Missing Husband; Quests; R; Railroad Folklore (American); Rakshasas (Hindu); Ramakian (Thai); Ravens and Crows; Re/Ra/Pre/Re–Harakhety (Egyptian); Reincarnation; Reynard the Fox; Rhiannon (Welsh); Ring Cycle, The; Rivers, Greek Mythological; Rocs/Rucs/Rukhs/Rukhkhs (Arabic); Rolandslied (German); Role–Playing Games; Romance; Romance of Antar, The (Arabian); Rusalka/Rusalki (Slavic); Rustam (Persian); S; Sadko (Russian); Saga of the Volsungs (Norse); Sampo (Finnish); Sandman; Satire; Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150); Scapegoats; Scheherazade (Arabic); Science Fiction; Seanachai (Irish); Seelie Court and Unseelie Court (Scottish); Seers (Greek); Sekhmet (Egyptian); Seth/Set/Sutekh (Egyptian); Setne Khamwaset Cycle (Egyptian); Shaggy Dog Stories; Shape-Shifters; Shipwrecked Sailor, The Story of the (Egyptian); Shu (Egyptian); Simurgh (Persian); Sinuhe, The Story of (Egyptian); Sirens (Greek); Sius (Hittite); Skald (Norse); Skulls; Slavic Mythology; Sleepers, Enchanted; Sleepers, Heroic (Western European); Sleipnir (Norse); Snakes; Snegurochka/Snowmaiden (Russian); Song of Igor's Campaign (Russian); Song of Roland (French); Sorcerer's Apprentice; Sphinx (Egyptian and Greek); Squonk (American); Standing Stones (Western European); Straparola, Giovanni Francesco (c. 1480–1557); String Figures; Sundiata (Mali); Sunken Cities; Superman (North American); Sword, Broken (Norse); Sword in the Stone/Sword in the Tree; Swords; Symphonic/Tone Poems; T-Z Entires; T; Tail Tales; Tale Types; Talismans; Tall Tales; Talmudic Storytelling (Jewish); Tasmisus (Hittite); Tefnut (Egyptian); Telegonia (Greek); Telepinu/Telepinus (Hittite); Teshub (Hittite); Theseus (Greek); Thompson, Stith (1885–1976); Thor (Norse); Thoth/Djehuty (Egyptian); Tiamat (Sumerian and Babylonian); Tibetan Storytelling; Tolkien, J.R.R. (1892–1973); Tom Thumb (English); Tomte/Tomten/Tomtar (Swedish); Tongue Twisters; Tree Spirits; Tricksters; Tristan and Isolde (Celtic); Trojan War (Greek); Troubadours (French); Truth and Falsehood, The Tale of (Egyptian); Twin Brothers; Two Brothers, Tale of the (Egyptian); Typhon (Greek); U; Ugly Baby; Ullikummi (Hittite); Unicorns; Upelluri/Ubelluris (Hittite); Urban Legends; Utu/Shamash (Sumerian); V; Vainamoinen (Finnish); Valhalla (Norse); Valkyries (Norse); Vampires; Vanishing Hitchhiker; Vegetable Sheep/Lamb (European); Verse Stories; Vietnamese Storytelling; Vodianoi (Slavic); Vol'ka (Slavic); Völva (Norse); W; Wayang (Indonesian); Wele (Kenyan); Wenamun, Report of (Egyptian); Werewolves; West African Mythology; White Horses of England; White Magic; Wicked Stepmothers; William Tell (Swiss); Wise Man or Woman; Wise Men of Chelm (Polish); Wise (or Foolish, or Mad) Men of Gotham (English); Wizards; Wonder Woman (American); World Tree; Wurusemu (Hittite); Y; Yeti (Tibetan); Yggdrasil (Norse); Ymir (Norse); Yoruban Storytelling (West African); Yoshitsune (Japanese); Ys/Ker-Ys (Breton/French); Z; Zeus (Greek); Ziusudra (Sumerian); Zmeys and Zmeyitsas (Bulgarian); Zulu Mythology; Zwarte Madam (Flemish); Retellings; The Ramayana; Shah-nameh; Destiny; Greatest Liar of Them All; Why Ananse Owns Every Story; Brewery of Eggshells; Tam Lin; The Smart Man and the Fool; The Cauld Lad of Hilton; The Cuckoo; Dick Whittington and His Cat; Fire! Fire! Burn Stick!; The Gingerbread Boy; A Grain of Corn; The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Tom Thumb's Adventures; Virgil the Magician; The Laplander Wizard; The Brave Little Tailor; Rumpelstiltskin; The Six Swans; The Twelve Dancing Princesses; Cuchulain and the Green Man; A Leprechaun's Gold; The Storyteller at Fault; The Crystal Casket; Appointment in Samarra; The Golem of Prague; King Solomon and the Demon; No Escape from Fate; Koschei the Deathless; Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree; Geser; A Bagful of Tricks; The Story of Gelert; Vainamoinen; Guigemar; A Story of Gwydion; Raven Steals the Sun; Orpheus and Eurydice; Perseus; Spider Woman; A Creation; Balder; Thor Catches the Midgard Serpent; Maui Snares the Sun; Inanna's Descent to the Underworld; Prince Wicked and the Grateful Animals; The Lady, or the Tiger?
