Aesop
Aesop, a slave and storyteller is believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE; Herodotus refers to him only 100 years later in his Histories as “Aesop the fable writer” and a slave. His stories were cleverly told, presenting human problems through the dilemmas of animal characters, a tradition present in the cultures of many […]
Hammer Stew
There is an old fable in which a tramp visits a township during a famine. He carries with him a pot and meagre belongings. The hungry villagers hide in their houses and refuse to face the stranger, another potential mouth to feed. The stranger instead offers to cook a stew for the village. He calls […]