[LM_NET] TARGET: folktales which explain the origin of stories (besides Anansi!)

[Ann Marie Gordon <agordon@LIVONIACSD.ORG>]

Hi, folks.

Is anybody familiar with any folktales (besides the Anansi tale) which explain the 
origin of stories or storytelling?  

Thanks!

Anne-Marie Gordon, Librarian
Livonia Primary School
Livonia, NY
agordon@livoniacsd.org
http://www.livoniacsd.org/primaryschool/gordon/index.htm

"So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, 
Go throw your TV set away, 
And in its place you can install, 
A lovely bookshelf on the wall." 

* Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 

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