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ARGENTINA - ARGENTINIAN
STORIES, FOLKTALES, FOLKLORE, FAIRY TALES,
LEGENDS, MYTHS, NURSERY RHYMES and FACTS

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1) There's the legendary gaucho, Martin Fierro. Actually, I think that's a poem, but he's sort of the national hero.

2) There is a special relationship between Argentina and Galicia, the northwestern region of Spain, similar to that
between the U.S. and Ireland, because so many Galicians emigrated to Argentina. I'd be interested to see if any
Argentinian stories have Galician sources or close parallels -- meigas (witches), hidden treasure, wolf-men and
wolf-women.

RESPONSE:

Similarly, Wales has a special relationship with Patagonia, where a Welsh-speaking colony was established
in 1865 (after it was seen how Welsh immigrants to the USA were losing their language). It's is still Welsh-speaking
to a degree, Welsh teachers and preachers go out there, and some students come to Wales. But with the colony's
strong religious roots, I doubt if many folktales travelled across. In the novel Aberystwyth, Mon Amour, which is
a parody of American detective novels set in a Welsh seaside resort, a fictional war in Patagonia is referred to as
"the Welsh Vietnam."

3) In the upcoming NSN issue this is one of the sites I highlight in the Story E Telling column:
Folk and Fairy Tales From Around the World
Compiled by the librarian and students of Sunrise Mountain High School, this incredible index of Folk and Fairy
Tales lists stories by country of origin, story title and book title. If you are preparing a multicultural storytelling
program this is the place to start!
http://tinyurl.com/3avy2g
http://tinyurl.com/m2rtd4

http://staffweb.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Karlene_Edwards/New%20SMHS%20Webpage/Miscellaneous/FolktalesFrom
AroundtheWorld.htm

4) You have Domingo Siete in Margaret MacDonald's book Look Back and See: Twenty Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers, and there is story The Toad's Spots in a book that somebody gave me a photocopy of with stories from Latin America.

(This web page updated 12/28/05)