You can give me any of Shakespeare's plays and I'll tell you a parallel African folktale. — John Kani Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers.… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
“The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic weapons and helpers are,… — Darko Suvin Copy Share Image
“Stories are the things people use to give the universe a shape...there is little difference between a folktale, a religous revelation, and… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“An important dimension of Tess of the d’Urbervilles is its debt to the oral tradition; to stories about wronged milkmaids, tales of… — Geoffrey Harvey Copy Share Image
“I love the way folktale and fantasy tap into the roots of story telling. The paradox, for me, is that by moving… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“What Can Be Learned From a Thief The saintly Rabi Zusya was originally a disciple of the tsaddik Rabbi Dov Baer of… — Pinhas Sadeh Copy Share Image
