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  • Ukrainian sunflower legend

    I have chosen today’s story to stand with Ukraine, for the sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower. However, there are complexities to know and to hold. Sunflowers originated from lands now called Arizona and New Mexico. They were introduced to Ukraine in the mid-18th century and for the last two decades Ukraine has been the global…

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  • The fortune teller

    I invite you to hear and hold a Russian folktale that invites us to ponder how our wit can reap rewards. What touches your lips but not your tongue? When can we use deceit or trickery that causes no harm? Adapted from Russian folktale The fortune teller in Ragan, K. (1998). Fearless girls, wise women…

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  • A thousand rooms

    Hear and hold a Romanian folktale adapted from How the King chose a daughter-in-law in Ragan, K. (1998). Fearless girls, wise women and beloved sisters: heroines in folktales from around the world (pp. 73-74). Bantam Books. Listen beyond the gendered heteronormative tropes, follow the thread…. and ponder. What quest might you have a go at…

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  • The Banza

    This story is one that I learnt many decades ago from the fabulous Diane Wolkstein (who used to be New York city’s official storyteller). Thank you to the beautiful storytellers of Haiti for their wisdom. This story gives me great strength wrapped in warmth & humour. What instrument is at one with your heart? What…

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    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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