Vol. 15 No. 2(56) (2020): Stories in Children's Life

Mankind is a narrating creature. People have always told stories, trying to preserve their knowledge of the world and pass it to the next generations. At first, the stories took the form of pictures on the walls of caves; then, they were coded in a complex system of knots and beads, or they were spoken or sung by folk-tale narrators. Finally, after people invented writing, stories started to be preserved in the form that could endure thousands of years. Creating stories, myths, fairytales, rituals, etc. is our natural need – the need to mark our presence in the world, to leave a trace in our environment, to express our feelings and emotional tensions, to make relationships with others, and to build a community of meanings, beliefs and appreciated values.