COMMUNITY STORYTELLING
PROJECT 2
SOME TYPES OF STORIES THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS
1 FAIRY-TALES,
FOLK-TALES, LEGENDS, FABLES & MYTHS
Is there a folk-tale, a fairy-tale, a legend or a myth that you have
found interesting, and could pass on?
Are there any old rhymes, songs, chants or games that you remember as
a child?
Are there any that you use in your art or hobby?
Are there any that made you laugh?
Fables. Sacred Stories. Dilemmas. Epics. Sagas.
2 STORIES FROM YOUR OWN LIFE
What you’ve done
Where you’ve been
Who you’ve met
What you’ve seen
Important moments in your life. Turning points.
Decisions you’ve had to make which made all the difference.
Painful decisions. Happy decisions.
Crossroads in your life.
Problems you’ve had to live with. Problems you’ve overcome.
Events. Journeys.Adventures.
Your most embarrassing moment.
3 TALES FROM THE OLD TIMES
When YOU were young.
Then and Now. What’s the difference? Better or Worse…
The Good Times and the Bad Times.
A Good Laugh.
4 ANIMALS & PETS
Animal friends. Animal enemies. Animal helpers.
Pets you couldn’t live without.
Pets you could!
Comical or amusing animals.
5 GHOST STORIES & CURIOUS TALES
Do you have any personal ones? Ones that happened to you?
Do you have any humorous ones?
Do you have any true ones?
6 CHILDREN
Tales about other children - your brothers and sisters, maybe.
Your own sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, cousins . . .
What they got up to.
What you got up to, as a child.
Other peoples’ children.
Imaginary children.
7 OTHER PLACES
Tales of other places. Other Worlds.
Temples. Palaces. Deserts. The Mountains. The Ocean. Forests. The Sky.
Ships. Towers. Domes.Theatres.
Dreams.
Earlier hopes and visions.
Or, maybe a place you’d never visit again, as long as you lived!
8 WHATEVER YOU LIKE
Anything that can be put into words…
That can be told . . .
That can be heard…
9 JOKES, RIDDLES
& PUZZLES
Jokes. Shaggy Dog Stories. Tall Stories. Yarns.
Funny poems. Funny songs. Funny rhymes.
Cautionary Tales. Proverbs and Sayings.
Daft stories, crazy ideas, silly folk.
