@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social
2026-10-08 13:28 UTC
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@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us 2026-10-08 13:40
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social from my distant culture of origin, there are folktales from the Akan people of West Africa centered on a trickster character named Anansi who is an anthropomorphic spider. [1] There are similar stories told about a rabbit that trace back to other African peoples. Those stories came to America with the slave trade and became Brer Rabbit stories. [2] In both cases, the most authentic versions are spoken, not written: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UAWbeRkwwc
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@donray@mastodon.online 2026-10-08 13:48
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Here are two from Guatemala. They contain very local tales from the villages around Lake Atitlán. All of the tales originate from speakers of Mayan languages. The book on the left is Spanish-English. The other one has Mayan languages-Spanish. They have a lot of traditional elements, but since they come from communities with 500 years of Spanish influence, there’s no doubt some borrowed elements mixed in.
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@whenelvisdied@wandering.shop 2026-10-08 14:17
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Arthur Parker, a Seneca Archaeologist and historian, published two books of Seneca Folk Tales, both of which are interesting, if products of their time (early 20th century) https://archive.org/details/skunnywundysenec0000park_h8b9 https://archive.org/details/senecamythsfolkt00park
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@mangotable@famichiki.jp 2026-10-08 14:20
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social I’ve had this book snd enjoyed since I was a teen and have read it’s stories to my kids. 2 Editors - one a Native American anthropologist https://www.powells.com/book/american-indian-myths-legends-9780394740188?condition=Used+-+Good&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23293931881&gclid=CjwKCAjw_pzWBhAkEiwAwDCi1b6r5HoOTWcG-v9kryz2PlC1M9LPMJcqVgpzBCUQI_j9eRFZ1GfjJRoCv5UQAvD_BwE
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@benjamingeer@piaille.fr 2026-10-08 14:32
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social @raganwald@social.bau-ha.us I enjoyed these: https://nyupress.org/9781479855964/stories-of-piety-and-prayer/
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@Ralph@hear-me.social 2026-10-08 14:36
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social This may not be for you, but 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' by Tom Wolfe covers the mythos of my youth growing up in California. It is about Ken Kesey and the hippy movement in San Francisco.
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@WuMargaret@ack.nerdfight.online 2026-10-08 18:00
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social @gizmomathboy@mastodon.xyz Strange Tales from A Chinese Studio by Pu Songling is folk tale adjacent and widely available in English.
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@timtfj@mastodon.social 2026-10-08 18:26
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Might @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social know where to find these?
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@grillaum@piaille.fr 2026-10-08 19:56
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki is available in English published by Drawn & Quarterly. It's a little more complex than just a collection of local folk tales but it fits the description pretty well.
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@CStamp@mastodon.social 2026-10-08 19:56
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Helen Creighton was a famous Canadian folklorist. She travelled around Nova Scotia (an eastern province, one of the earliest places settled by European groups, then Africans from the US slave trade)"collecting songs, tales and customs of Gaelic, English, German, Mi'kmaq, African and Acadian origin." There is some critique about her selection of work for her books, as there is a Scottish slant, but it is interesting.
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@lesbianbug@kolektiva.social 2026-10-08 21:04
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social never whistle at night (2 books!)
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@Yjeva@mastodon.nz 2026-10-12 17:06
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Maui and other Maori Legends by Peter Gossage.
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@DrOinOR@mastodon.social 2026-10-14 02:32
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Eastern Heathens: An Anthology of Subverted Asian Folklore tics off all your boxes. I published a review of it when it came out, and loved it. The stories are steeped in Asian folklore--but with wonderful twists.
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@humulus@mastodon.social 2026-10-14 04:36
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social I am enjoying The Essential Akutagawa which was just published last month.
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@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social 2026-10-14 05:26
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social @doktrock@toad.social I’m not even sure urban legends get specific to locations. That is what makes them legends, that the story and folktales can be applied universally within that culture. Are their Appalachian folktales? Forest folktales mountain folktales, ocean folktales? Sure. A city, a place? Not so much. You get Ghost tales, hauntings. A specific cursed place. Cryptids.