This year's #AtoZChallenge is complete!
I think this was the most fun theme I have ever done. I researched folktales about 26 different body parts, and ended up with more than 140 stories! All of them are wonderfully weird and fascinating.
You can find the complete list here
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/p/body-folktales-to-z.html
Enjoy! :)
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Today on #BodyFolktales
W is for Wax
Yes, I found folktales about ear wax and they are quite funny.
Read here
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/w-is-for-wax-body-folktales.html
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Today on #BodyFolktales
T is for Tongue
With two completely different tales about why the tongue is the most important body part.
Read here
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/t-is-for-tongues-body-folktales.html?m=1
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Today on #BodyFolktales
S is for Saliva
In which we learn how to slay a dragon with spit.
Which is totally a #DnD adventure waiting to happen.
Read here
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/s-is-for-saliva-body-folktales.html
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New #BodyFolktales post:
P is for Pubic Hair
You can't even imagine the weird and amusing folktales I found for this topic... 😂
Read here
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/p-is-for-pubic-hair-body-folktales.html
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Today on #BodyFolktales
M is for Mustaches
Featuring a hero with a steel mustache, an honorable man with an expensive mustache, and another hero who filters snake poison through his mustache.
Read here
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/m-is-for-mustaches-body-folktales.html
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Today on #BodyFolktales:
L is for Liver
Featuring a more epic, more touching version of the Prometheus myth from the Caucasus; a creator who has to do redesign on Humans 2.0; and some tricksters and thieves.
Read here
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/l-is-for-liver-body-folktales.html?m=1
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Catching up on #BodyFolktales posts now that I am back online after a phone crash:
H is for Hands, Hair, Hips, Heels:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/h-is-for-hands-hair-hips-heels-body.html
I is for Incisors:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-is-for-incisors-body-folktales.html
J is for Joints:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/j-is-for-joints-body-folktales.html
K is for Knees:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/k-is-for-knees-body-folktales.html
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Today on #BodyFolktales:
G is for Genitalia
Admit it, this is the post you have been waiting for...
(NSFW, obviously)
Read here
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/g-is-for-genitalia-body-folktales.html?m=1
Also paging the @vagina_museum 😄 Help them find a new home if you can!
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Today on #BodyFolktales:
F is for Fingers!
Featuring the original story that Corpse Bride was based on, and a much more fascinating variant of the same (where a human and a demon woman share a husband).
Read here
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/f-is-for-fingers-body-folktales.html?m=1
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On #BodyFolktales today:
E is for elbows.
This was a really fun one. I delved into Native American folktales about blind old women who have knives on their elbows.
And after days of research I had a very loud AHA! moment... 😄
Can you guess?
Read here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/e-is-for-elbows-body-folktales.html
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On #BodyFolktales today:
D is for the Digestive System.
Quite a few great and weird stories on this list. My favorite is the one about the fight between Stomach and Hair, which also explains why people gag when they swallow a hair...
Read here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/d-is-for-digestive-system-body-folktales.html
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On #BodyFolktales today:
C is for Cheeks.
Featuring a monster that kills people with his cheeks, an Irish hero rescuing his wife with trickery, and a color-changing Hungarian queen.
Read the list of tales & summaries here
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/c-is-for-cheeks-body-folktales.html?m=1
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On #BodyFolktales today:
B is for Beards and some Buttocks.
Featuring King Arthur, Anansi the Spider, and a spatula that makes buttocks sing.
Read here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/b-is-for-beards-and-some-buttocks-body.html
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It's April 1st, and that means the A to Z Blogging Challenge has begun!
My theme this year is Body Folktales. I'll be posting interesting, weird, and fascinating folktales about body parts.
A is for Anus.
Because obviously.
Read here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-is-for-anus-body-folktales.html
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