2022 Tales from the Woods:
Folklore
Live Class link, starting February 12th, 11am EST:
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85938842411?pwd=cFJmOWNXRGVKazFid1pRZWFRZWZOdz09
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Dropbox link for Handouts
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Final Permanent Link for classes:
Week 1: Redo from 1st class failing to record:
Week 2: https://youtu.be/SymuJI6XK7A
Week 3: https://youtu.be/8cK369jlBkE
Week 4: https://youtu.be/5xU5ivjHZtA
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General Links
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https://sites.ualberta.ca/~urban/Projects/English/Motif_Index.htm
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I have a Discord channel available for chatting and class interaction, if you would like to join up please follow this link:
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Please message me if you join so I can add you to the class channels.
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Reading List:
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Week 1:
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That Perfect Magic (PDF provided in dropbox link)
The Man Who Had No Story: p20-23
Talk: p246-248
How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories: p24-26
Wise Little Girl: p38-40
The Tall Tales: p30-32
Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle: p283-285
The Happy Man's Shirt: p417-418
It Could Always Be Worse: p408-409
Truth & Falsehood: p403-404
Getting Common Sense: p405
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Week 2
Mr. Fox: p87
The Waiting Maid's Parrot, p90
Sedna, 105
Urashima the Fisherman, 107
The Spirit of the Van, 110
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs, p212
The Birth of Finn MacCumhail, p202
The Beginning of Narran Lake, p231
The Flying Head, p233
Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch, p 134
The Monkey and the Crocodile, p151
The King's Son Goes Bear Hunting, p155
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Week 3
Example of modern take on old folktales:
https://tapas.io/series/RED-shortcomic/info
Beautiful movie folktale:
Swan Maiden, p303
Blacksmith's Wife, p308
Sealskin, p310
Wounded Seal, p311
Cat Woman, p313
Wellbaked Man, p331
Vasilisa, p335
Lurikeen, p342
Pergrin, p347
Giants, p352
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Week 4
Pretty Girl, p430
Dream House, p432
Hold Him, p439
The Ostler, p444
Death & the End of the World
Section, p447-475
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