Tales of Wisdom and Wonder

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Summary: Poetry, prose, original melody, and guitar
Review: In World Tales Of Wisdom And Wonder, Heather Forest narratives a wonderful, enthusiastically recommended collection of folktales in a minstrel-style storytelling presentation that combines poetry, prose, original melody, and guitar. Drawn from around the world, these are tales that showcase homespun wisdom of an oral tradition that uses fantasy as its means inspiring and influencing the listener. The ten stories comprising World Tales Of Wisdom including The Dancing Lass of Anglesey (Scotland, 5:03); Feathers (Eastern Europe, (4:25); The Magic Brocade (China, 15:16); Paca and Beetle (Brazil, 4:28); Feeding His Clothes (Middle East, 3:16); Giving the Moon (Japan, 4:59); The Tiger, The Brahman and The Jackal (India, (8:27); Drakestail (France, 7:31); The Read and Blue Coat (Congo, 5:32); and Ode to 398.2 (a unique song celebrating the Dewey Decimal System number for folktales, 1:12).