"Fables have long been an instrument of the disadvantaged and powerless speaking truth to power, and according to Aesop's legend and parts of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ's history, these fabulists themselves were no strangers to marginalisation. This marker of outsider difference mirrors the condition of the stories' dramatis personae, who mostly take the shape of overlooked and often reviled creatures."

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https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/travelling-tales/

New ep. of The Virtual Memories Show is live! #MarinaWarner joins the show to talk about her memoir of her parents, ESMOND AND ILIA, the flexibility of myth & fairytale, the importance of imagination to refugees, and a LOT more. Go give it a listen! http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-511-marina-warner

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New #podcast coming tomorrow feat. #MarinaWarner! While you’re waiting for that one, go listen to last week’s show with #JerrySaltz http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-510-jerry-saltz