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Orality and sagnaskemmtun, rough draft part 1
This is a crappy first draft for a seminar paper. I post for comments, questions and critiques ( Read more... ) -
Religion and SciFi movies
A short list off the top of my head of scifi films that wrestle with religious questions:
The Matrix trilogy
Dark City
TRON
eXistenZ
Blade RunnerAnything I am missing or should add (hi elegiac ( Read more... ) -
Why I want to study folklore: Hope!
I read an older piece on Wednesday on the future of folklore. It is a bit long as an introduction but it was written by one of my favorite folklorists and states very well what excites me about folklore and what I wish to do as a folklorist ( Read more... ) -
Let us help you make the right choices
From the LA Times article "Presidential candidates, media shift to New Hampshire ( Read more... ) -
Morpheme Addiction Help
Morphemes - A New Threat to SocietyWho Uses Morphemes ( Read more... ) -
Geekfest
I got my first issue of the Journal of Folklore Research (Vol. 44, No. 1, 2007). -
University District Street Fair
Folklore, Märchen and legends are still alive. I spent yesterday at the University Street Fair looking at the various booths: magic, fairies, unicorns, fortune tellers and mystical wares were for sell. Perhaps buyers and seller know these folklore from books, but they know them and bother to pass them on. There were costumed "monsters" as well. ( Read more... ) -
Commercials and Folklore
Inspired by Linda Dégh's book American Folklore and the Mass Media (1994), I spent an hour watching network television on Saturday, looking for folklore elements ( Read more... ) -
Potatoe Vampires!
I just staked 40 potatoe wedge vampires with wooden skewers, with garlic for good measure and threw them on the grill.
No potatoe wedge vampires are taking me down!
(if Dan Quayle can spell it with an "e" so can I)