why folklore?
Why study folklore:
To hear people tell the stories of their values, to give them the venue to express the anatomy of of their most cherished things:
Stories:
People expressing why
people imagining
a person shaping meaning in the flow of narrative
a person speaking, giving voice to the individual, giving value to the vessel of human knowledge, being an interpreter of the stories that have come before
giving birth to an idea
Expressing:
shape, form, texture, tone
starting with materials and forming them on the mold of a thought, an emotion
Cherished:
Things of value. Love. Obligation. Duty. Ties to other people. Ties to ideas, ideals. Affirming those things outside the self. Relationships.
