Breton Storytelling Month

Found this short article:

Of Fairy Tales and Folklore by Elizabeth Dearnley: As the nights get longer and darker, Elizabeth Dearnley welcomes the return of folk legends and fairy tales told round the fire.

Here's the first paragraph, but as always, you have to click through to read it in full:

Once upon a time there was a girl living in a wood. Or a cowherd’s youngest son. Or a prince seeking adventure. Or a malevolent witch. The details may change, but the impulses guiding the telling of fairy tales remain the same. She will be beautiful, and he will be handsome, and evil will be vanquished and they will live happily ever after. But within this overarching narrative is a kaleidoscope of possibilities. Shake the tube, and a different glittering tale is formed. And this reforming has happened again and again; throughout human history, from neolithic campfires to the sugary technicolor of Disney, fairy and folk tales have formed an essential part of the way we see and understand the world.

Of course, for this blog's readers the article is preaching to the choir and such--and we don't need a specific time or season for folklore--but it's wonderful to see the sentiment spread to the masses...