Folklore Club at MSU

Folklore Club at MSU Membership is open to everyone. Meetings are weekly. Everyone participates and creates folklore, but very few realize it.

Our members are actively involved at the university and community level.Our ultimate goal is to educate others on what folklore is and have a little fun along the way. We want to inform people about folklore and to create opportunities for students to explore traditions, foodways, and other types of folklore in the local area and the world. Folklore enriches lives every day all across the world. I

t is often unrecognized because many examples of folklore are intangible parts of our cultural heritage. Knowing about folklore makes us more knowledgeable and connected to other cultures.

03/14/2026
02/02/2026

SP2026 MEETINGS are Bi-Weekly

Next mtg: FEB 10th
When: 4pm
Where: SICE 412
Topic: African American Folktales

Come explore the on-line folk tales collection of MIZZOU's Ellis Library with us!

Folklore Club Meeting 📅 Wednesday, October 15 · 3:30 – 4:30 PM 📍 Room 127, Siceluff Hall ✨ Topic: Storyt...
10/08/2025

Folklore Club Meeting

📅 Wednesday, October 15 · 3:30 – 4:30 PM
📍 Room 127, Siceluff Hall
✨ Topic: Storytelling ✨

Join us for snacks and a relaxing, fun exploration of folktales!

Explore folktales, fairy tales, and myths from around
the world collected and curated by Dr. Ashliman at
the University of Pittsburgh: http://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts2.html

A lovely tale, it's a nice example of lore on the internet too
09/13/2025

A lovely tale, it's a nice example of lore on the internet too

09/12/2025

Come join us! Plan semester activities!

FA2025 organizational meeting
OCT 1st
3:30 pm
Siceluff Hall room 127

10/11/2023

Female ghosts seem to dominate the afterlife. Whether the spirits are real or not, the reasons for the disparity could be revealing.

Get to know your Japanese bathroom ghosts....
10/09/2023

Get to know your Japanese bathroom ghosts....

There are several to keep track of, some scarier than others.

09/18/2023

Cemetery and Graveyard Trees: Folklore, Superstition and History. Why are yew, cypress, and Eastern red cedar common to cemeteries?

05/02/2023

Here are links to the recordings of
storytellings in the "Storytelling by
and for Adults" session on 1st May
2023:

1) Anagha Prasad (in Bangalore) told
"The Woman Who Forgot her Name"
(by Cecilia Ahern).
https://youtu.be/T02soo2XCuM

2) David Heathfield (in the UK) told
"Queen Anait" (a folktale from Armenia).
https://youtu.be/qjeYoYUl76M

3) Priyanka Sagar (in Noida) told
"The Tree Story" (a folktale from Africa).
https://youtu.be/PZJ_1uXmJdI

4) Laxmi Balaji (in Toronto, Canada) told "The Cow-tail Switch" (a folktale from Africa).
https://youtu.be/vyEiLd-paYk

5) Bruce Marcus (in Massachusetts, USA) told "The Battle of Eden" (an original version of the story of the Garden of Eden).
https://youtu.be/o1J3Y_sTo6g

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The above-mentioned links are also at
https://storytellinginstitute.org/1May2023.html

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Missouri State University, 901 S National
Springfield, MO
65897

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