This archive gathers myths, legends, and folktales shared through memory, oral tradition, and cultural heritage, centered on stories connected to femininity, womanhood, and queer perspectives.
Stories have long travelled across generations through telling and retelling, carrying fragments of belief, imagination, and collective memory. By bringing these narratives together, the project creates a thread that connects past traditions with present interpretations and future possibilities.
Participants are invited to contribute remembered stories, written transcripts, or audio recordings of myths and legends from their communities, families, or cultural backgrounds. Alongside these narratives, the archive also includes visual references and artworks that engage with myth, folklore, and the representation of feminine and queer narratives in visual culture.
The archive functions both as a collection and as a resource. It preserves shared stories while creating a body of material that writers and artists can engage with, reinterpret, and transform in later stages of the project. Through these contributions, the archive becomes a collective space where storytelling continues to evolve across time and across voices.
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Folktale of the World (@folktales.otw) is a student-led community based in Southeast London, creating an open platform for the sharing of folktales across cultures and geographies, with the aim of fostering connections between individuals from diverse backgrounds.
The collective supported the development of this archive by contributing folktales gathered during their previous sessions, forming a foundational part of the project’s material.
Acknowledgment is due to all participants who contributed their stories, voices, and drawings. The collaboration with Folktale of the World has been integral to the formation and direction of this project.
