Storytelling
Storytelling is one of the oldest arts of human beings. People in all times and places have told stories.The intrinsic nature of stories was recently described in A Palpable God, (1997) by Reynolds Price (Akkadine Press) when he wrote:
- "A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the
species Homo sapiens--second in necessity apparently after
nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive
without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite
of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of
story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small
accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable
constructs of psychopaths."
Stories of wise men are well known, such as Solomon and Nasreddin Hoja.
Modern storytellers may be actors, singers, and comedians.
See also: folklore, fairy tale, oral history storytelling game