Tag: Folktales

• songs of a folktale

  all eyes on the new moonas we sang, clapped and dancedsongs of a folktale about the moon and the sunmotherswho decided to slaughter their children for a meal during a famineThe sun was the first, sacrificing her children but the wise moon loved her children and wouldn’t when it was her turnThe furious sun now…

  Benjamin Nambu

  October 31, 2025

  Classic

  art, Creative writing, Folktales, literature, nature, poem, poet, Poetry

• Roots

  It was a world of nature and magic. Tough times baked people into tough heroes. And the difficulties of survival enriched tales told from one generation to the other, deepening the grip of their songs on the heart. My mind was thirsty for stories when I was a child and I would pester the adults…

  Benjamin Nambu

  May 22, 2022

  Hall of Fame

  Child-development, Child-training, Childhood, Experience, Folklore, Folktales, Life-Experience, Reflections, Storytelling, Talent, Talent-development, Throwback, World of the past