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shameful secret she went to complain to the matron of cats who lined up all the burps in the world and punished the offending one in another funny story a man told a porter he d pay nothing for his services to which he started demanded a payment of nothing and a judge had to clear things up i loved the imagery of the fisherman and the basket of jewels catching an enchanted fish the poor man became rich and opened a jewelry shop however when he started keeping secrets about his income from his supernatural wife she made all the riches disappear and he had to return to fishing there was very interesting symbolism in the tale where a father worried about his daughter so much he kept her locked up in a cellar and only fed her prime boneless meat one day however she found a bone in her food and she used it to dig her way into the world outside on the other hand the materialistic aunt was a story of all the horrors and injustices that can happen to women in the world but at least justice came to the abusers in the end the rooster and the string of pearls reminded me of a greek folktale a girl helped a princess find her lost love enchanted into the form of a rooster she brought the news through storytelling and moved through seven curtains to get to the princess as she was telling the story in the tale of pearl the daughter of coral it was a kind leek seller who helped an enchanted couple find their way back to each other connections once again there was a story about a clever man exchanging a wheat grain and a barley seed for increasingly more valuable things until he ended up with a palace and a wife jeddah jewel market donkey head was a super dark variant of the animal husband tale here the husband was the talking cut off head of a donkey in the end of course he turned into a prince as his mother had conceived him from the flame of a lamp where the lord of light was imprisoned the sultan and the chicken was similar to animal bride stories and spring of elixir reminded me of canary prince from italy in a wicked stepmother story our cow sabha it was curious to see that the stepson after he found his fortune took care of the stepmother and her children too making sure they lived comfortably as long as they lived apart there were multiple kind and unkind girls stories in the book including one where it was a ghoul guarding a well who doled out the gifts and punishments it was fascinating to read cornelian tureen a beauty and the beast version where the wife found out her husband has a secret lock on his chest she opened it and saw a whole hidden world inside with craftsmen preparing things for the birth of their child i have only even seen a version of this tale from albania before where to next iraq posted by a tarkabarka hölgy at 12 00 am 2 comments labels folktales following folktales saudi arabia wednesday may 20 2020 the queen bee feminist folktales 18 another thursday another post for feminist folktales it s a series of traditional stories from around the world that display motifs that reflect feminist values i am not changing any of the stories merely researching and compiling them and posting them here as food for thought you can find the list of posts here today is world bee day so i decided to post about one of my favorite bee related folktales origin germany grimm the story image from here the two eldest of three brothers fall into a decadent way of life and go out adventuring their youngest brother nicknamed simpleton goes to find them and tags along on the adventure despite their claims that he is useless and they are much smarter along the way the brothers encounter various animals the two eldest try to hurt an anthill they want to destroy for fun ducks they want to kill bees they want to smoke out simpleton stops them from doing so every time feeling sorry for the animals the three brothers eventually end up at an enchanted castle where a little grey man gives them three tasks to break the spell they have to gather a thousand pearls from the moss in the woods retrieve a golden key from a lake and select the youngest out of three identical princesses the two elder brothers fail but the youngest gets help from the grateful animals completes the tasks and wins a princess for his kindness and his disenchanted brothers marry the two other princesses what makes it a feminist story this is the first story that comes to my mind when someone talks about feminist male heroes i had a post in this series earlier about a hero whose strength is empathy here we see the same thing except said hero is male on top of that he is not just casually kind to someone on his way to kill dragons or whatever but rather the entire story revolves around his kindness his main power is empathy simpleton starts out from a disadvantaged position his brothers believe that he is stupid and useless and has no business seeking his fortune an early english translation calls him an insignificant little dwarf simpleton is not strong masculine or dashing and because of this his brothers look down on him since his main virtue is kindness his brothers who follow toxic patterns of masculinity believe that he is weak this is a common phenomenon if a man shows traits that are traditionally deemed feminine toxic masculinity labels it as a sign of weakness and ridiculousness think of all the jokes about male nurses or kindergarden teachers caregiving is traditionally seen as a woman s job the two elder brothers are the textbook example of violent toxic destructive behaviors they want to destroy an anthill just to laugh about the scared ants scurrying around they want to eat the ducks they want to steal the honey they don t need to do any of this but they enjoy exercising their power over defenseless creatures they feel like they are entitled to their enjoyment at the expense of others and to fulfill their wants without any regard for the pain they cause to those who are weaker on top of that they base their ego on thinking they are stronger and smarter than their victims this is pretty much the definition of toxic masculinity for those in the back toxic masculinity is one form of masculinity no one is saying that masculinity is bad in general simpleton in his own quiet way is actually very strong character he is kind and has empathy he cares for what happens to defenseless small creatures like ants bees and ducks also and this is a crucial part of the story he stands up to his brothers to defend their victims leave those animals alone i won t let you hurt them he doesn t wait to quietly clean up the mess later but rather stands up and stops his stronger elder brothers from causing harm in the first place this is what we call bystander intervention a man with healthy masculinity does not only avoid causing harm but also actively works to keep others from doing harm either the former is passive while the latter is active behavior it is a whole new level of male role model when he doesn t just avoid ever doing that himself which is indeed good but actively intervenes when something is not okay hey that joke was sexist dude don t talk like that about her hey no means no even when it makes him a target of ridicule also this is not unique in the world of folktales but it is an important and attractive trait that he accepts help when he needs it it doesn t bruise his ego to solve the tasks with the help of the animals simpleton is a likable empathetic strong character who doesn t think he is better than others and stands up for those who are defenseless this is what makes him a feminist role model things to consider as a storyteller i feel like simpleton should earn himself a better name at the end of the story the grimm tale is beautiful but it is worth digging up and reading other variants of the same tale type i got into researching african versions and some of those were equally gorgeous featuring a wide variety of animals i ended up including a malagasy variant in my upcoming feminist folktales book sources this story is in the grimm collection under khm 62 and belongs to tale type atu 554 grateful animals it has many versions around the world read an older translation here jack zipes the original folk and fairy tales of the brothers grimm the complete first edition princeton university press 2016 oliver loo the 1810 grimm manuscripts 2015 notes according to research notes the story was contributed to the collection by albert ludewig grimm who was not actually related to the grimm brothers posted by a tarkabarka hölgy at 5 50 pm 4 comments labels folklorethursday animals bees feminist folktales folktales germany grimm masculinity monday may 18 2020 pearls of wisdom following folktales around the world 156 kuwait today i continue the blog series titled following folktales around the world if you would like to know what the series is all about you can find the introduction post here you can find all posts here or you can follow the series on facebook the tales from the next few countries are from two different books folktales from the arabian peninsula tales of bahrain kuwait oman qatar saudi arabia the united arab emirates and yemen nadia jameel taibah margaret read mcdonald abc clio 2015 the introduction tells us about the history and culture of the countries of the arabian peninsula ten stories are from kuwait folktales from the arabian gulf a selection of popular tales collected in the field dr fayyiz shayyagh sylvia ismail doha 2003 the stories in this book are from the archives of the gulf folklore centre which has been collecting traditional folklore from six countries around the gulf for almost forty years the short introduction talks about the work of the centre the process of selecting and translating the stories and the cultural background of tales with female heroes there is a separate chapter for opening formulas the book contains four tales from kuwait highlights the tale of the white pearl and the black pearl was beautiful but ended tragically a princess wished for a priceless black pearl that matched the one she already had a young pearl diver volunteered to get one since his father had lost his life acquiring the first pearl he ventured into the cave of a giant octopus and heroically obtained the second pearl but because he could not marry the princess white pearl he killed himself in the end kill the man who killed the dog was the story describing the arab tribes sense of justice once people failed to protect a neighbor from the injustice of someone killing his sheepdog many other injustices followed an old man warned everyone they should have stopped and avenged the first one right away connections the helpful dog reminded me of the swedish version of princess and the pea or puss in boots a poor girl pretended to be a noble lady and married a prince with the help of her dog however when she mistreated the dog it told her secret to her husband the woodcutter and the treasure was familiar from other collections as well a man decided to stay in bed trusting that god will provide and thanks to a series of accidents his donkey actually came home laden with treasure proving him right there was also a classic love like salt tale the trickster in residence is jouha a distant relative of nasredding hodja for example he was the protagonist of the adorable tale where he loved his own singing in the bath but once he tried to sing from the minaret people did not agree with his assessment in the tale of nesóp and the ungrateful snake it was the fox who played the role of the clever judge where to next saudi arabia posted by a tarkabarka hölgy at 12 00 am no comments labels folktales following folktales kuwait thursday may 14 2020 down the rabbit hole questions from the workshop about researching stories last night i taught a 90 minute online workshop as part of the story crossroads spectacular it was a lovely lovely experience with a lot of amazing people from various countries the title of the workshop was down the rabbit hole the how and why of researching stories it was the teaser version of a 5 hour workshop i will be hopefully teaching in person at story crossroads next year people were curious and actively engaged all the way through so much so in fact that even though i left the last half an hour for q a there were questions i still did not have time to answer because they were all exciting questions i decided to pick out the ones i glossed over and answer them here i can t guarantee all the answers will be complete so feel free to comment for more are these resources storyseeds wikisource etc that you ve listed only for stories that are already translated to english are other languages also included the atu folktale type index does refer to many books that are not in english this is both an upside and a downside upside great for diversity of stories downside it is annoying to do the whole four step research process just to find a reference to a story you can t read but you can always pay someone to translate there are other regional indexes e g types of the folktale in the arab world that refer to more non english sources also here is the link to the japanese tale type index i promised there was a website called the multilingual folktale database mftd org but it has been down recently it was a good initiative where people could upload folktale texts under the appropriate atu numbers in any language what about sources that use a different alphabet will google translate help you oh this one gets tricky yes google translate does translate other alphabets just not really well and if you can t type said alphabet on your keyboard all you have left is copy and paste whenever i hit this point in my research i usually reach out for translation help german texts written in gothic letters are the bane of my existence you can t even copy and paste those do emotions or personal attributes work as key words example pride jealous inadequate self esteem we were talking about using search terms in google books or the motif index yes they do usually the ones that would appear in older stories or texts things like pride and jealous show up in the motif index try here but if you search for more modern terms like self esteem you might find publications talking about folktales in academic or psychological terms the psychological analysis of folktales is a popular topic so you might get lucky even with these terms also if you want to find stories you can try searching for story phrases such as she was jealous or the jealous queen if you are collecting these stories that have questionable english behavior how do you market them this question came up because we talked about collectors censoring folktales to fit the tastes and sensibilities of their audiences this was common in the victorian era and is still common in children s books so if you collect traditional stories that contain elements that are considered sensitive by modern standards sex violence crude humor ...