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Fabulous creatures

Fabulous creatures

"I believe in everything until it is disproved.So I believe in fairies, myths, dragons.It all exists, even if it's in your mind.Who's to say that dreams and nightmaresaren't as real as here and now? " John Lennon Strange footprints in the snow, a mysteriously...

Heroes of tales

Heroes of tales

Fairy tale heroes spend their time breaking records! Jean Giraudoux WONDER TALE HEROES Although wonder tales are set in a time and place outside of time, their direct and symbolic language, as well as the idea of a happiness accessible to all, transform them into a...

Small forms

Small forms

“A nursery rhyme shapes your bones and muscles, and it shapes your mind. They are powerful, immensely old rhymes, not toys, even if they are intended for children.” Katherine Catmull, Summer and Bird. Small forms are short stories that have an educational function....

Family

Family

"All happy families are alike;every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Lev Tolstoy "The family. We were a strange little band moving through life, sharing sickness and toothpaste, coveting each other's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each...

Customs and traditions

Customs and traditions

“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy.” Voltaire “A superstition is worth a hope.” Balzac TRADITIONS Traditions are formed by a set of customs handed down from generation to generation, most often based on religious festivals that have become...

Founding Heroes

Founding Heroes

In the beginning were the epics... The word "hero" alone evokes a sense of adventure, myths, tales and legends that accompany us all. The figure of the hero comes to us from the mists of time with the epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest heroic tale of humanity dating back...

Fear

Fear

Tales to give you goose bumps "One day, fear knocked at the door, courage got up and went to open it,only to find that there was no one out there." Martin Luther King "To grow up, get scared". René Char Since the dawn of time, humanity has invented stories to overcome...

Myths

Myths

Myth is the nothing that is everything. Fernando Pessoa (1934) You don't make a society with knowledge,you make a society with the imaginary, with myths... Régis Debray "Myth" comes from the Greek Mythos, which means "story". Myths form a system which function is to...

The Legends

The Legends

« Legends represent [...] something unbreakable, unquenchable. The years go by, the winds blow, the thunders vibrate, the rain falls, the lands fall, the people die, names and characters become - but the legends stay. » Marques, G. (1997), Legends of Portugal, Lisbon:...

Tales of Magic

Tales of Magic

Telling tales in front of others promotes self-confidence. Wonderful tales, (or tales of magic), transmitted from generation to generation, is a memory, a system of thought, a fertile saying, a way of suppressing fears and, above all, a way of building oneself. Most...