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Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
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The term ‘folk-tale’ implies an adult audience; fairy-tale, a story for children. The distinction is familiar now, but in the past it scarcely existed.
Charles Perrault • The Complete Fairy Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
conducting a literature search of 89 different stories told by seven different forager cultures in Thailand, Malaysia, Africa and elsewhere. All of the tales carried lessons about social cooperation, empathy and justice, and many taught sexual equality
Jeffrey Kluger • How Telling Stories Makes Us Human
Myths and fairy tales are profound communicators of wisdom in very subtle ways.
John O'Donohue • Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
