![]() Children could not search the Web to find news of the day or stories about local citizens. In the early years of our state's history, individuals had no television or radio, and no videos, DVDs, or CDs. People have used storytelling to teach, to inspire, and to entertain children, as well as adults. And the Keepers of the Flame passed on the American Indian myths and legends of the Cherokee and other tribes of the Carolinas. African Americans kept alive the trickster stories and folktales of their homeland through Brer Rabbit and the Anansi tales. Pirate stories, tales of shipwrecks, and mysteries of the sea paint a vivid, and sometimes hostile, picture of life along the coast of early North Carolina. The Jack tales and Grandfather tales of the Appalachian Mountains are recounted versions of folktales and fairy tales that the early settlers brought from Europe. Storytelling is deeply rooted in the history and people of North Carolina. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of History ![]() ![]() Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian, Spring 2002. ![]()
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