Tag: English folktale

  • The treasure of Downhouse

    Today I invite you to ponder an English ghost story as I live on a misty mountain, and we have been smothered in dripping clouds for days and will continue to for more days to come. Who is the tall shadow that you fear but may hold the secret to your fortune? What can you…

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  • The Goose

    Today I invite you to ponder with golden eggs, as many have searched and are indulging in chocolate eggs across the globe, despite cocoa shortage due to climate crisis affecting production and the exploitative labour abuses due to Western demand. I share with you The Goose Adapted from Italian fairytale collector Giambattista Basile’s (1634) La…

  • La Loba

    Today I invite you to ponder another tale from Estes, C.P. (1992). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. Rider. This time La Loba (pp. 27-28) which draws from Mexican folklore. What do you collect that is in danger of being lost in the world? What restores your…

  • Sealskin, soulskin

    Today I invite you to ponder an Inuit tale adapted from Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ exquisite retelling – Sealskin soulskin in Estes, C.P. (1996). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype (pp. 189-191). Ballantine Books. Read – https://louptales.education/sealskin-soulskin/ Then ponder – Where is your sealskin (soulskin)? What do you…

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