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Welcome to the Folklore & Fiction podcast, where folklore scholarship meets the storytelling craft.
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Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Join me in an exploration of a tale type with a very spooky motif, and come away with an exercise designed to help you make the most of it as a storyteller. (Companion Dispatch: http://csmaccath.com/blog/atu-365-dead-bridegroom-carries-his-bride)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Join me for an exploration of a little tale type with a lot of hidden depth, and come away with an exercise designed to help you make the most of that depth as a storyteller. (Companion Dispatch: http://csmaccath.com/blog/atu-60-fox-and-crane-invite-each-other)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Join me for an introduction to three important indexes of recurring plots and motifs in folktales and a discussion of the relationship between art and fear via Julia Cameron's excellent motivational book, The Artist's Way. (Companion Dispatch: http://csmaccath.com/blog/introduction-atu-tale-types)
You're a storyteller who loves folklore and wants to use it more effectively in the writing craft. I can help!
Who I Am
Greetings! I'm Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran. I hold B.A. in Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Maine, and a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. I'm also an author, poet, and musician under the pen name C.S. MacCath, and I bring over twenty years of publishing and teaching experience to the Folklore & Fiction project.
What the Folklore & Fiction Project Is
The Folklore & Fiction dispatches and podcasts synthesize these passions with a focus on folklore scholarship aimed at storytellers. Here you can learn what folklore is and learn to use it in the writing craft from the first project ever developed by a professional folklorist for storytellers like you. The podcast is presently on hiatus, but all five seasons are still available free of charge when you sign up for an account here on the Folklore & Fiction website. They've been recommended by the American Folklore Society as a trusted source of folkloristic scholarship, they've been the topic of peer-reviewed ethnographic research, and they've been adopted as an aid to creative writing in several college and university classrooms.