Have you ever read a fairy tale and just been like, “Wait a minute, what just happened?”
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That happened to me when I was reading Rumble Stillskin to my children. First of all, the miller’s daughter is threatened at her life if she does not17 seconds
spin hay into gold for the king. In the end, she marries a man who threatens her life. And the only person who helps her26 seconds
to stay alive throughout this process is a goblin who wants to take her baby and gets so mad when he can’t take her baby34 seconds
in the end that he splits in two. And when the story ended, I was just like, what? What is the moral to this story?43 seconds
Is there a moral? Is there a lesson here? And the thing about Rumble Stillskin is that it is 4,000 years old.50 seconds
It has traveled across continents thousands of years. So there is57 seconds
something that is important to the story that has kept us telling the story. So if you enjoy falling down these1 minute, 5 seconds
curiosity rabbit holes like I do to dig in underneath the surface to understand the hidden meanings, the history, the1 minute, 14 seconds
context, the uncomfortable truths. Join me on Fabric of Folklore on our1 minute, 21 seconds
curiosity journey to understand who we were, who the people who were telling this were, who we are today, and what1 minute, 30 seconds
the stories mean to us today, and how we can make meaning of it for our future.1 minute, 37 seconds
How we can be intentional in our future movements based off of the stories from1 minute, 44 seconds
where we came. I’m Vanessa A Rogers, hostess of Fabric of Folklore, and I hope you join us on this incredibly1 minute, 53 seconds
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