Following Folktales Around the World

This blog series is my version of A year of reading the world: I aim to read a collection of folktales, myths, legends, or other traditional stories from every single country. I blog about each book and the stories in them, listing some of the best tales, as well as connections across cultures. You can find all posts listed on this page, or under this tag. You can also follow the weekly updates on the project's Facebook page here!

Read the introduction post to this project here.

The posts below are organized by continent. The list gets updated as posts are published every Monday.

Africa




Benin - Dawn to dusk


Burkina Faso - Brains over brawn


Cameroon - The story door

Cape Verde - Tricksters and oceans

Central African Republic - Animal friendships, animal enemies



Democratic Republic of Congo - Genets and genesis



Equatorial Guinea - Courage against cruelty


Eswatini (Swaziland) - Many kinds of transformations




Ghana - Anansiland


Guinea-Bissau - Classics and morals






Madagascar - Magic and blood



Mauritania - Saints and lessons

Mauritius - Pearls from India


Mozambique - Familiar discoveries






Sao Tome and Principe - Roosters, dogs, tortoises






South Sudan - How and why stories

Sudan - Bedtime lions





Western Sahara - Hedgehog hero



Asia


Bahrain - Wonders on wings 






East Timor - Crocodile island













Malaysia - Visiting Kanchil





North Korea - Trickster propaganda






Saudi Arabia - Secret worlds








Turkmenistan - Mountains of gemstones

United Arab Emirates - United Arab Folktales




Australia and Oceania





Marshall Islands - Sailing from story to story

Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia) - Whale vs Octopus, and other creature features









Vanuatu - War and Peace and Puffer Fish


Central America and the Caribbean


Antigua and Barbuda - Six little pigs and a lion













Jamaica - Anancy meck it





Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - King Rufus gambles with the Devil



Europe



Andorra - Land of witches






Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Hodja in the refugee camp




Czech Republic - A legend on every corner
















Macedonia - God and taxes





Netherlands - Diversity in the Netherlands

Northern Ireland - Land of legends




Republic of Ireland - Tales of endless adventures

Romania - Flowers and gemstones








Switzerland - Alpine wonderland




North America





South America

Argentina - Armadillos rule

Bolivia - Myths, flowers, and an army of chinchillas

Brazil - The richness of the rainforests

Chile - Fairy tales, Chilean style

Colombia - Gods and emeralds

Ecuador - Tricksters and fairy tales

Guyana - Of women and jaguars

Paraguay - Period is power

Peru - Talking mountains, hidden treasures

Suriname - Enter Anansi!

Uruguay - Scattered stories

Venezuela - Sea above, world below

4 comments:

  1. Hi Zalka, you are amazing. To be able to read 3000 tales is a task in itself :) You inspire me to get back to storytelling!

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  2. This is absolutely fabulous and a brilliant blog! I LOVE IT - just what Aunti Oni Story Village, podcast needs...a great resourse...thanks for all the work you put into this...a true labor of LOVE! Sisterly love, Oni

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  3. Thank you Zalka this is a new yet old way to look at the people of our world

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  4. Hello Csenge- This is just a fabulous blog-no surprise. I want to research a certain kind of folktale and wondered what it might cost to hire you! Also I noticed that you did not include Kurdistan in your list of countries. Please please include them... my English collection: A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish tales is available and I will send you a copy for free if you would read it and add them to the list. We need to not let them continue to be silenced by oppressive regimes. They are their own nation denied a country by Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey that divided their native lands among them.... Get in touch with me by email! I cannot find your email anywhere...

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