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Who Tells Stories?

Posters, photographs and a cross-stitch embroidery giving some answers to the question, “Who Tells Stories?”

The Flying Donkeys Storytelling Club Screen and Cartoons

These artefacts were displayed as part of Mythstories museum’s “Who Tells Stories?” constellation.

The Khavad, Kavad or Kaavad

Find out about the stories that are told using this intriguing box from Rajasthan in India.

Riverturtle Is Not Singing

It’s said a picture can tell a thousand words, this wooden riverturtle helped tell 1043 words.

The Fox’s Knob

A North Shropshire tale from Hawkstone of a brave old fox and hunting dogs. With Key Stage 2 activities, background facts and a song.

The Disappearing City

A story from Wroxeter, explaining why the nearby Roman city of Viroconium became a ruin. With Key Stage 2 activities and discussion points, background facts and a song.

The Treasure Of Stokesay

A story from South Shropshire about giants and their treasure. With background facts, Key Stage 2 activities and a song.

Robin Hood’s Arrow

The story of Robin Hood’s only visit to Ludlow. With background facts French translations and Key Stage 2 activities and a song.

Lost in the Flood

A story from the time of the Romans in Britain that links the creation of Bomere Pool to the Roman city of Viroconium and Caer Caradoc, near Church Stretton. With KS2 activities, interesting facts and a song.

Edric and the Stiperstones

The story of Wild Edric, an 11th Century warrior lord whose spirit lives on in the South Shropshire hills. With a video performance of the fairy tale, audio reminiscences from local residents, KS2 activities, facts and local folklore and a song.

And The Water Gushed Forth

One of the stories of the late 7th Century Saint, Milburga Abbess of Wenlock. With background facts, Key Stage 2 activities and a song.

The Giant and the Cobbler

The story of how The Wrekin hill was made by a giant. With background facts, French translations, Key Stage 2 activities and a song.

Mitchell’s Fold

A story about a famine, a cow and a witch that pre-dates the coming of Christianity to Shropshire. With background facts, Key Stage 2 activities and a song.

A constellation of exhibits on Wild Edric

Why does a legend last? The artefacts and images that made up the museum exhibit on Wild Edric of the Stiperstones.

5 Prints of Shropshire Stories by Joseph Scrobb

Details about these vibrant illustrations of Shropshire Myths.

9 Paintings of Shropshire Myths

Details of the acrylic paintings at the heart of the Shropshire exhibit in Mythstories museum.

16 Canvas Panels of King Arthur’s Shropshire

Find out about the 16 canvas panels detailing King Arthur’s enduring presence in Shropshire Legend.

Auca, a 17th Century Catalan ‘Comic Strip’

Auca is an evolving tradition still telling stories today. See how Mythstories employed it to tell story of the ‘real life’ Robin Hood.

Bertilak & Morgan Processional Giants

Get the background information on how giants claimed a place in the World’s First Story Museum.

“The Romany Gypsy Storytelling Wagon”

One of the core exhibits in Mythstories Collection: The Romany Gypsy Storytelling Wagon with its Life In A Box activity for Key Stage 2 pupils.

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