Professional storyteller and author from Hungary. MA in Archaeology, MA in Storytelling, PhD in Culture Studies. I write about folktales, folklore, mythology, representation, role-playing games, and nerdy things. She/her #ttrpg #folklore #mythology #storytelling #archaeology #fedi22 Hobbies and interests include #crochet, #beading, #archery, #travel, and #geology
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Last Notes npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Hungarian #FolktaleMoment The hero of the folktale finds out that the king he works for used to be the King of the Land of Eternal Youth. He was exiled from his kingdom by spiders because he was cruel to them and wanted to kill them off. So now the Land of Eternal Youth is ruled by friendly spiders. #folktales #folklore #animals npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág People: "I don't read old stories to my daughters because they are outdated and sexist and women are all passive princesses waiting to be saved." Me: I set out to read 26 traditional epics about woman heroes, and so far I have found 32. #epics #folklore #women #storytelling #representation #WomensEpics #folktales npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág So, Channing Tatum's accent was atrocious, but watching my Cajun geek husband's face when Gambit showed up on screen was absolutely priceless :D #DeadpoolAndWolverine #Deadpool #movies #geek npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1zp0…68dr Right?! Like good like holdin on to your own ADHD routine with a feral toddler around :D npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1erv…yq4j yeah, bless him he really tried to work with what the writers gave him npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1rkf…jwlh I already did a PhD on role-playing games :D I meant that the story would be fun to turn into a D&D adventure. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1y76…9ps5 Szádeczky-Kardoss Irma npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Off the top of your head, think of all the epics you know. (Traditional epics, for the sake of this exercise.) Okay, now see how many of those have women as protagonists. Epics about women do exist. I am currently on a binge, reading 26 of them in alphabetical order. I am only 4 epics in, and I just needed to share that it is already an incredible journey. 😊 #storytelling #epics #folklore #women npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #Twisters is the first 90s nostalgia sequel that actually lives up to the original npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág The book I'm reading compared poetic inserts in Arab epics to actors is musicals breaking into song at emotional moments. People just keep inventing the same things over and over 😄 #storytelling #poetry #epics #musicals npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I am reading the Altaic epic about the warrior maiden Ocy-Bala. She is described as "tall from birth", with broad shoulders and a wide back. Hell yeah, buff lady :D #epics #folklore #women #WomensEpics npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág So today's #MythologyMonday theme is Kisses. And I have an entire blog post about kisses in folklore :D Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/x-is-for-kisses-romance-tropes-in.html #folklore #romance #folktales #kiss npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Belated photo from the Isle of Arran, Scotland #MeerMittag #WaterWednesday #Scotland #Arran #beach #ship #image #photography https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/727/853/804/886/964/original/0017b8cae10e5d60.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Calling all #nature and #MarineBiology friends, can anyone tell us what these little jellies are? Beach, Isle of Arran. #image #beach #identify #sea #Scotland #Arran https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/694/993/341/693/617/original/86ebcf214f972653.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Morning keynotes at the FEST storytelling conference. Sentence from Steve Byrne that hit home: "Cultural heritage is not just what we *used to* have." #folklore #CulturalHeritage #tradition #FEST2024 #Scotland npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág The Six Stages of Toddler Who Skipped Naptime 1. Leroy Jenkins 2. Stitch 3. TikTok feed 4. Batman villain 5. Dilophosaurus 6. Pazuzu #parenting npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág We (the NGO I work for) put a survey on FB about adults who read folktales / fairy tales. It's getting a bunch of trolls. How is THIS a post getting the trolls?! "Adults should read literature, not infantile gibberish." "Tales for adults are called fantasy fiction. Or the news." "Doesn't this organization do anything else but stories?" What. The. Hell. #WTF #folklore #folktales #reading #storytelling npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Also, for comparison: When I was in the US, the university had free inter-library loan (that I greatly took advantage of). Once they got me a sigle copy of a rare folklore book. From Hawaii. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Addendum: 1. One page of academic writing often requires 5+ of those books. 2. I still buy a whole lot of books (yep) and go to a whole lot of libraries. 3. Even university libraries have budgets. 4. Copyright is obviously still a thing. #research #InternetArchive #books #writing #academia npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I feel like the Internet Archive debate hits differently in countries like the US and UK, and countries like Hungary. I do tons of academic research. The volumes needed to keep up with academia often run $100+ each. And unless I order them from overseas (delivery $30-50 each) there is no access to them. Several don't have a copy *on the entire continent* (few Hungarian libraries do international loan but it takes large amounts of money and months.) I imagine many countries are even worse off. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub15kf…43at Mutants who are also LGBT+? Imagine that. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I have seen it before, but it doesn't cease to astonish me to see people complaining about the X-men "becoming woke." Like. Dude. My dude. My dear little angry strawberry muffin. THE X-MEN?! Have you, like... literally... read any of the basic premise? Ever?... #Xmen #Marvel #comics #popculture #representation #woke npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Everyone watching #Bridgerton: *waiting for Colin and Pen to Do the Thing* Me, watching Bridgerton: *waiting for Colin to close his damn mouth at least once* npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1c8y…vpwk It really is, I love it so much :) And The Boys are pretty great too so far. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Me: *watching Renegade Nell* Husband in background: "Why do they sound so British?" Me: "Because it's London in the 18th century?" Husband: "... I thought you were watching The Boys?" Me: "... you listened to 30 minutes of Renegane Nell and you thought it was The Boys?!" Also me: "... now I desperately need to see Nell fight Homelander." #TheBoys #RenegadeNell #TV #TVshows #popculture #superheroes npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I reported 5+ "great nature photography!" pages on FB today. All of them were posting ridiculous AI generated animal images. I am so sick and tired of this. (And yes, I'm on FB, because as a freelancer it's hard not to be. But it's just a glorified email account by now.) #SocialMedia #AI #AIart #nature #photography npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág So, according to Hungarian law shops can't carry books with LGBT+ (or sexual) content if they are closer than 200 meters to a church. But no one has explained yet what they think will happen if such a book is placed at 199 meters to a church? Was there a Supernatural episode I missed?... #lgbtq #homophobia #Hungary #WTF npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1vj2…thgx I keep telling about Mastodon to everyone I know. You are right, Meta et al. is no way to do community. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I made a rainbow of (some of the many) birds that have documented same sex pairs and behavior. Scarlet ibis Guianan cock-of-the-rock (yes really) Peach-faced lovebird White fronted amazon Satin bowerbird Pukeko (Source and citations: Biological exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl) Happy #PrideMonth 😄🌈 #pride #lgbtq #birds #rainbow #nature https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/592/508/740/626/474/original/81e705973e66ec7b.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I was telling a folktale about a prince who likes to wear red leather boots (and in the end he is identified by them, Cinderella style). And the entire time I couldn't help but picture Kinky Boots... 😂 😅 #folktales #folklore #storytelling #KinkyPrince npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Saw this stork today, sizing up an ice cream truck outside the stork sanctuary. Wonder what they were in the mood for. 😄 #birds #stork #nature #BirdsOfMastodon #image #Budapest https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/563/737/042/157/332/original/709fecef051c331d.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Went on a forest bathing tour at the Jókai Gardens in Budapest. It was all dripping after a huge thunderstorm, with millions of snails out and about, and it was lovely. It was led by one of the nature reserve's educators. In the end, we picked up (strictly) fallen things to make tiny land art. 😊 #nature #image #landart #ForestBathing https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/536/746/599/339/997/original/5df0f69f24ea5e15.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I am searching for folktales for a summer camp where kids can learn about various professions. Including movie stunts. Does Siegfried count as a stunt man when he takes his friend's place in the duel with Brünhilde? 😆 #folklore #storytelling #folktales #stunts npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Everyone in Brussels is all Manneken Pis this and that. But no one tells you about Ridiculously Jacked Baby Hermes 😶 #Brussels #Travel #statues #image #mythology https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/502/705/921/258/951/original/103cd69cde2d60c2.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág It's also #WorldTarotDay, so shout out to my favorite tarot decks :) Telluric Tarot, Silhouettes Tarot, and the amazing Shadowscapes Tarot 😊 #tarot #cards #image https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/502/261/421/008/096/original/b108e696887aeedd.webp https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/502/261/938/695/087/original/ed5fb7b9441bc0b4.webp https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/502/262/516/811/658/original/62f9c7657030e50a.webp npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág First flight trip since the kid. Going to Brussels for a gig. Flight anxiety is real 😬😬 But yay travel 😄 #travel #anxiety #storytelling npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1q6u…jtel it did. I was with a friend who does wildlife rescue so I trusted her judgment npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Encounter on the morning walk 😊 Waited to make sure they made it across the path into the hedge. #nature #hedgehog #cute #animals #spring #image https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/484/235/414/273/448/original/69247b45bade2c65.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1md2…aywg I think she's definitely ace. But I can see nd as well npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág 😊🥰 #SilentSunday #Bloomscrolling #rose #flowers #beetle #FlowerPhotography #FlowersOfMastodon #image https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/468/485/633/563/369/original/9a860dc6737e2e5e.jpg npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Instead of family cars on the train, I want a whole family train, with cars staggered by "Children who get bored and melt down after 10 minutes", 20 minutes, half an hour... 🤣 npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1qtl…hk94 Yes, bless KS for that, although they need to put it in their search bar as a filter option. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág A friend explained #adoption to her 7yo. The kid's reaction: "So I don't have to kiss anyone and I can still be a parent?! That's awesome!" 😄 npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Just hit SEND on my Greek mythology manuscript 😊 #mythology #MythologyMonday #AmWriting npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I did a half-hour long telling of the myth of Palamedes at Floralia today. It still felt rushed. I'm going to have to turn this into a full hour show. I think Palamedes deserves it. Working titles: "The hero that Homer forgot" "Palamedes and the Invention of Everything" #mythology #storytelling #GreekMythology npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1cz0…wk5s I love it, but there needs to be a healthy amount of them in a paragraph 😅 npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Time for the last read-through of this manuscript, or as I like to call it, De-Semicolonization 😄 #AmWriting npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág The Hungarian online used book store I visit has a book of Ukraininan folktales in Kannada translation. That's... random. 😄 #books #folktales #folklore npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1xyf…5ww5 Yes, I did notice some changes as the show went along npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Just read an article about a theory that the myth of Asclepius and the story of Alcestis used to make one continuous epic. Which kinda make perfect sense. The story starts with Asclepius killed by the gods for trying to bring back the dead with medicine. And it ends with a drunk Heracles bringing back the dead by beating up the god of Death and breaking some of his ribs. Resurrection. Best accomplished with booze and wrestling. #mythology #GreekMythology #storytelling npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1fjf…vkax yeah it's a very different experience with posts scheduled ahead of time npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág The last post of the A to Z Challenge! #RomanceTropesInFolklore was a very fun theme to do. Z is for Zaddy 😆 For lack of a better option. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/z-is-for-zaddy-romance-tropes-in.html?m=1 #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág No officer I swear the Tasmanian Devil and Stitch didn't have a litter of feral puppies in our apartment, you see tis just that the child wants a sip of water before sleep #parenting npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1tms…sf6x Mostly by polling a bunch of people on social media? :D npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Trying to determine if Admetus and Alcestis is too well-known a story to include in my Forgotten Myths book... 🤔 #mythology npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore X is for Kisses! Who doesn't love a good kissing scene? Folklore has them too :) And I am not talking Sleeping Beauty. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/x-is-for-kisses-romance-tropes-in.html #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance #queer npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub17gr…kyn0 No I mean story where the main plot is romance :D npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub17gr…kyn0 Is that a love story though?... npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub13nj…f4rz I kinda count that one as an ancient folktale rather than a myth, but yes it counts npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Love story from Classical mythology that has a happy ending. Go. #mythology npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Everyone is so hyped about Hades and Persephone when Dionysos and Ampelos is right there #mythology #storytelling npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág What do you measure a toddler's energy in? Gigglebutts. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore T is for the Two-person love triangle When someone thinks they are dating two different people, and then the turn out to be the same person. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/t-is-for-two-person-love-triangle.html #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág For #EarthDay, I am sharing an older blog post: Folktales about Climate Change I collected some traditional stories about taking care of our natural home, and what happens when we don't. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2019/05/folktales-about-climate-change.html #Climate #ClimateChange #nature #folklore #folktales npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #ToddlerDnD Parental actions that come with an immediate alignment check: - Introducing the child to the Muppet version of Ode to Joy (sung by Beaker) - Putting the batteries BACK into the whining toy dog - Turning the jets on while the kid is in the bathtub - "Glitter is fun" - Cocomelon - Quoting your toddler during sexy talk with spouse If the check fails, your alignment automatically moves to Chaotic. #ttrpg #parenting #DnD npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore R is for Reincarnation romance Couples that keep finding each other again and again Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/r-is-for-reincarnation-romance-romance.html?m=1 #folktales #folklore #AtoZChallenge #romance npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1car…y9zx this is what makes his story with Palamedes exciting. Palamedes is smart, and definitely a showoff, but an honest guy. Odysseus is smart, sneaky, and ruthless. The original Sherlock vs Moriarty npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1zu3…7lmg yeah. I keep thinking how we learn about him as "the smart one" a hero that is more likable than those in the Iliad... npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág The more research I do into #mythology, the more I dislike Odysseus. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore P is for the Post-Fight Patch-Up You know this one ;) Big strong action hero hisses and fusses when Romantic Interest patches up their wounds. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/p-is-for-post-fight-patch-up-romance.html #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1hel…muqm 25 minutes and the kid loses interest 😆 npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I fantasize about a quiz show where all the questions are about the first 25 minutes of popular kids' movies. I would ace that so hard. #parenting npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore O is for THERE IS ONLY ONE BED 😄 Everyone's favorite romance trope. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/o-is-for-only-one-bed-romance-tropes-in.html #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #romance #fiction npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore M is for Makeovers! Yes, Cinderella is the obvious choice, but I wanted to go beyond that with these tales. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/m-is-for-makeovers-romance-tropes-in.html #romance #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #fiction npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1h0r…n3cm they absolutely did, and the actress is a rl superfan of the character npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Finally watched #TheMarvels and I think it was great. It was lovable and fun. I also think that people considered it a fail for the same reason some hated Turning Red: Because teenage fangirls are seen as cringe. While teenage fanboys are Spiderman. I said what I said #Marvel #movies #cinemastodon npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1fde…8fs0 always does 😊 npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1rgz…2fw5 I am here for deer dudes npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore G is for Gentle Giants Apparently, this is also a romance genre, named after the type of people who feature as romantic interests... Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/g-is-for-gentle-giants-romance-tropes.html #folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore For F, here is another big classic: Friends to Lovers! And yes, it does exist in folklore too 😊 Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/f-is-for-friends-to-lovers-romance.html?m=1 #folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore E is for... Enemies to Lovers! Everyone seems to like this one, it kept popping up when I researched themes... 😄 Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/e-is-for-enemies-to-lovers-romance.html?m=1 #folklore #folktales #romance #fiction #AtoZChallenge npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #RomanceTropesInFolklore D is for Dreamers - and characters watching their romantic interest sleep (Hopefully in a non-creepy way) Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/d-is-for-dreamers-romance-tropes-in.html #romance #fiction #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1q7a…mar0 it's in Kígyótestvér by Varga Norbert npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Today's #RomanceTropesInFolklore post: "Chic and Awe" It's the name of the trope (according to TV Tropes) where someone expects a stranger to look unattractive, and then they show up and turn out to be hot. And then they fall in love, obviously. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/c-is-for-chic-and-awe-romance-tropes-in.html #AtoZChallenge #romance #folklore #folktales #fiction npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1nua…w5fu now I want to know... npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #FolktaleMoment of the day, from a Hungarian Roma folktale: A man sets out with a sword and encounters a sleeping 7-headed dragon. Not wanting to kill it while it is asleep, he lies down and snuggles it. The dragon wakes up later, sees the sleeping man, and decides to not kill it while asleep either. (They do fight later on.) #folktales #folklore npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #WomensNonfiction 18. The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier - by April White This book needs to be a high budget HBO show. At the end of the 19th century, Sioux Falls was known for its lax divorce laws: if someone resided there for 90 days, they could file for divorce. The town's main hotel fast became a "divorce colony" of desperate women (and some men) and their own private dramas. #nonfiction #books #bookstodon npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Today's post in #RomanceTropesInFolklore is B for Best Friend's Girlfriend. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/04/b-is-for-best-friends-girlfriend.html #AtoZChallenge #romance #folklore #folktales npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág It's April 1st! That means, the A to Z Blogging Challenge is off to a start. My theme this year is "Romance Tropes in Folklore". I am taking popular tropes, and finding their equivalents in traditional stories. A is for Arranged Marriage romances. Read here: https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-is-for-arranged-marriage-romance.html #folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #blog #RomanceTropesInFolklore #romance npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I finished scheduling all my #AtoZChallenge posts in advance, 2 hours before April 1st 😅 Whew! npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1tk2…075v It's not even that. I appreciate that other people have other hobbies and priorities and relax in other ways. Which is why I am so surprised when they go on the defensive. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1nua…w5fu Real life, mostly npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág It is surprising how often, when I say "Hey, I'm reading this really interesting book..." people immediately respond with "Oh, you have TIME to read?! I don't even..." Like... what is that? What makes people jump right to that? It bugs me for a bunch of reasons. 1. Yes, I am busy too. I make time because it relaxes me. 2. No, I don't care how much you read and I'm not judging you. You don't need to defend yourself. 3. I wanted to share something I found fun, geez. #reading npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Today's #FolktaleMoment from the motif index: "E693.2. Woman reborn as bedbug to take revenge on husband." #folklore npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1fjf…vkax That's the fun of it :) I usually shcedule my posts before April so I can go visit other blogs during the challenge, but as things stand now, I'll be pantsing the latter half of the alphabet... npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág @npub1fjf…vkax A on April 1st, B on April 2nd. etc. Skipping Sundays. npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág First name: Mom Last name: MOOOOOM npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág #UnpopularOpinion #LessonsInChemistry was not written by a chemist and it absolutely shows... #TV npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Philostratus keeps on giving: A huge part of the book is about Palamedes, the Greek hero who got himself completely written out of the Iliad. For dissing Odysseus too much. No wonder Odysseus was pissed, there are some great one-liners in there :D Oh, and the guy invented writing, numbers, and dice. In case you needed a #pagan patron of #DnD players. #ttrpg #mythology #books npub10e0kqadwgzg9ng8x508lst8uctr0mvcvcj94m5pfvgz9nuw6nt2smc5cq4 Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág I'm reading Philostratus' "On Heroes", and it's delightful. It is an alternate history of the Trojan War, but the best part is the frame story: The whole thing is told by an old gardener who is on friendly terms with the ghost of a Greek hero who fell at Troy. The gardener works the fields around the grave, and the hero visits him quite often to chat, do some hoeing, and occasionally exercise. Oh and he is fifteen feet tall. I want this to be a webcomic #mythology #Classics #AmReading #books