Pacific Rim Storytelling Websites

Pacific Rim Storytelling Websites
An Internet Hotlist on Pacific Rim Websites

created by Vicky Reed
SDCOE Media Services

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Pacific Rim Websites, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Stories, Legends & Myths

A Compendium of Foxy Folklore - http://www.kitsune.org/kitsunedotorg.html
Animals, Myths and Legends - A site for children with quite a few trickster tales. http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
Folk Legends from Kids Web Japan - Text in English click next to get to next page. Also has Japanese music option. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/index.html
Folktales From Japan - http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japan.html
Folktales from the Philippines - http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/philippines.html
For More Frog Tales, visit - Scroll down to “Croaks Heard Round the World” http://www.story-lovers.com/listsfrogstories.html
Hawaiian Folk Tales - This is an anthology of Hawaiian folklore. http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hft/index.htm
Magic Tales of Mexico - http://www.g-world.org/magictales/
Mythology/Legends/Folktales/Ghost Stories from Mookini Library - http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/read/myth.html
Native American Mythology - This fabulous site includes Myths, Legends & Folktales and is searchable by geographic area, Specific Animal, Starlore and many other links. Click Stories on menu on your left. http://www.indigenouspeople.net
Oban's Myths, Legends and Fables - There are stories from Native American Indians, the Aboriginal Dreamtime, Korea, India and many other countries I have visited.http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
Raven Tales - Collection of Indian legends from the Pacific Northwest. Plus other Links Related to Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest http://www.eldrbarry.net/rabb/rvn/rvn.htm
Raven Tales of the Northwest - Raven stories http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/beckman/western/raven.htm
Regional Folklore and Mythology - Here you will find links to information about folklore and mythology topics broken down by cultural and geographical region.http://www.pibburns.com/mythregi.htm
Stories of the Dreaming. Australian Aboriginal folktales - http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
Talk Story Radio - Pacific Rim in half hour diversely themed weekly programs. ... and India resident) tells ‘Student Trick’ and ‘Korean Proverbs and Riddles’. www.808arts.com/talkstoryradio
Why Eagle is Bald...a Raven Tale. - This is a Canadian TV show based on Native American folk tales. http://thestorieslatells.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-eagle-is-balda-raven-tale.html

Educational Websites

Asia-related Education Sites on the Web - Asia-related Education Sites from UCLA Center for East Asian Studies a wide variety of links. The Pacific Rim. Created by Kay Lynn Knapp and intended for middle school students.
From Fuji to Popocatepetl; a crosscultural analysis of Volcano Legends - Lesson activity # 3 lets students compare and contrast legends of Volcanoes from different cultures, includes a Rubric. http://www.laep.org/target/bridges/fuji.html
Kids activities from Museum of New Zealand - www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/WhatsOn/TouringExhibitions/PastTouringExhibitions/NewZealandNewThinking
Lon Po Po: A Chinese Fairytale - This is a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. There are many differences and the students love to notice the changes to this version. Includes a PDF Fairytale Comparison T-Chart. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id equals 658
Raven the Trickster Puppet Tales Lesson Plan - http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/raven-the-trickster-puppet-tales-lesson-plan/
Ring Around the Pacific Rim - A study guide includes map & globe activities, plus discussion questions for 'How & Why' stories. http://www.sherrynorfolk.com/Sherry-PACIFIC.htm

Proverbs

Fun with Japanese Proverbs - Comparison of Japanese Proverbs and their English equivalents. http://teachers.net/lessons/posts//1554.html
Proverbatim : 25000+ World Proverbs - Proverbs from 140 countries/cultures http://www.proverbatim.com/
Proverbs of One World - Students create a book or bulletin board of proverbs that offer lessons connected to themes of freedom, tolerance, patriotism, diversity, and respect.http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp277-03.shtml
Proverbs: At Home and around the World - In this lesson, students work with proverbs from home and from around the world, exploring how these maxims are tied to a culture’s values and everyday experience.http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id equals 185
The Creative Proverbs . . . Index of Countries and Cultures - Links to 100 Countries and Cultures include approximately 2000 Creative Proverbs. An additional 10,000 Proverbs are accessible by using the Creative Proverbs Search Engine. http://creativeproverbs.com/cp-index.htm
WORLD OF PROVERBS - Proverbs that share wisdom from all over the world. http://www.geocities.com/fiqabil/

Animals

Amphibian Ark - http://www.amphibianark.org
San Francisco Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html
Save The Frog - http://www.savethefrog.com
Year of the Frog - http://www.yearofthefrog.org

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & other Natural Disasters

Flood Legends from Around the World - global flood stories are documented as history or legend in almost http://www.nwcreation.net/noahlegends.html
Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes Index - http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hlov/index.htm
Legends validate quake theory - http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date equals 20020714&slug equals quakemythology14
Native American Legends of Tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest - http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/NAlegends.html
Tsunami Legends & Myths - http://individual.utoronto.ca/fkrauss/tsunami/legends.html
VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES - Here are some links to myths and legends on the creation of volcanoes and earthquakes.http://www.story-lovers.com/listsvolcanoes&earthquakes.html
Volcanoes in Historical and Popular Culture - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/PopCulture/mythology.html

Content by Vicky Reed, vreed@sdcoe.net
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Last revised Tue Mar 24 19:49:45 US/Pacific 2009