Hello, I'm Clive Gilson, The Story Guy, and this is Tales From The World's Firesides. Today we're heading off to West Africa, where stories shout out from the treetops and the air vibrates with old enchantments.
This is the tale of Why The Pig’s Snout Is Flat. This tale is my own version of a traditional African legend taken from sources in my own collection of folk and fairy tales. Why the Pig’s Snout Is Flat belongs to the family of African pourquoi tales, stories that explain why an animal looks or behaves the way it does.
Stories like this remind us that wherever we live, be it Africa, Europe or Asia, we are never far from wonder. The peoples of this world share so much common culture, finding different ways to speak of gratitude, of change, and of that thin, trembling line where the spirit world meets our own.
If you’d like to travel further along these story paths, you’ll find my full collections of folklore, from the Arctic to the Caribbean, from the Philippines to Zanzibar, waiting in both print and digital form.
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And if you’d like to know more about the storyteller behind the mic, you’re always welcome at clivegilson.com. I’m always glad to connect.
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Thank you, as always, for joining me beside Tales From the World’s Firesides. I’m Clive Gilson, The Story Guy, and until next time, stay safe, stay curious, and keep the stories burning brightly.
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