“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....
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...
« 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...
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...
Laughs best who laughs last !Hitar Pétar Jokes, funny stories or facetious tales: these laughable words are part of oral transmission and have a large number of variations. Humour and laughter are powerful antidotes to life’s difficulties! Funny words...
