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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Narrative Foundations
The building blocks of a story — narrative and plot, folklore and oral tradition, myth and legend, fable and fairy tale, archetypes and motifs.
11 entriesStorytelling Craft
The techniques that make a story land — foreshadowing and suspense, character and dialogue, point of view, narration, and the craft of creative writing.
10 entriesWorld Oral Traditions
The tellers and traditions that carried stories forward — griots and bards, epic poetry from Gilgamesh to the Ramayana, and mythologies from Norse to Aboriginal Australian.
14 entriesFolklore in Practice
Where storytelling lives today — oral history and traveling troubadours, children's literature and bedtime stories, campfire tales, ghost stories, and urban legends.
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