Storytelling

thumb|The first page of oldest surviving Panchatantra text in Sanskrit thumb|An 18th-century Pancatantra manuscript page in Braj ("The Talkative Turtle")

thumb|upright=1.35|The Boyhood of Raleigh by Sir [[John Everett Millais, oil on canvas, 1870.A seafarer tells the young Walter Raleigh and his brother the story of what happened out at sea.]]

depiction of everyday experience in art and entertainment

creative works (literature, films, video games or software), simulating environments in which players use text commands or lines to control characters and influence the environment

Bibliotherapy, also referred to as book therapy, reading therapy, poetry therapy, or therapeutic storytelling, is a creative arts therapy that involves the careful selection of the literature and the reading of specific written materials as therapeutic interventions to promote psychological healing and personal growth. This evidence-based practice leverages the therapeutic potential of the relationship between individuals and written language, including narrative fiction, poetry, memoirs, self-help literature, and other forms of written expression, to improve psychological well-being, manage

parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant

thumb|upright=1.3|A ( artist) in Tokyo. is a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the postwar period in Japan until the advent of television during the mid-20th century. were performed by a (" narrator") who travelled to street corners with sets of illustrated boards that they placed in a miniature stage-like device and narrated the story by changing each image.

third and final part of the typical joke structure

the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats

1557 short story by Cristoforo Armeno

short form of digital media production

method of teaching social skills

A seanchaí ( or ; plural: ) is a traditional Gaelic storyteller or historian, serving as an oral repository. In Scottish Gaelic the word is (; plural: ). The word is often anglicised as shanachie ( ).

The sėsėn (Bashkir:cәсән; Russian: cэсэн) is a figure in Bashkir society who acts as an oral repository, equivalent to a narrator or poet, or to a bard.

Storify was a social network service that let the user create stories or timelines using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Storify was launched in September 2010, and had been open to the public since April 2011. Storify was shut down on May 16, 2018.

storytelling format

storytelling with a non-pre-determined plot

oral storytelling technique in the Katha tradition

thumb|A moritat singer in [[Basel depicted in a 19th-century drawing]] ' (; also spelled , or ') comes from Italian for "story-singer" and is known by many other names around the world. It is a theatrical form where a performer tells or sings a story while gesturing to a series of images. These images can be painted, printed or drawn on any sort of material.

frame|A scene from a flannelgraph Bible story

thumb|right|Bhadragiri Achyuta Das performing Harikatha in Kannada. Harikatha (Kannada: ಹರಿಕಥೆ : Harikathe; Telugu: హరికథ : Harikatha; Marathi: हरीपाठ : Haripatha, ), also known as Harikatha Kaalakshepam in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam(), is a form of Hindu traditional discourse in which the storyteller explores a traditional theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic. The person telling the story through songs, music and narration is called a Haridasa.

tradition between the storyteller and their audience

thumb|A scene of recitation in a hall|348x348px Rōkyoku (; also historically called naniwa-bushi, ) is a genre of traditional Japanese narrative singing. This genre is performed by a singer accompanied by a shamisen, rōkyoku became very popular in Japan during the first half of the 20th century.

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story told primarily through the use of visual media

thumb|Amir Khusrow teaching his disciples Dastangoi () is a 13th century Urdu oral storytelling art form. The Persian style of dastan evolved in 16th century. One of the earliest references in print to dastangoi is a 19th-century text containing 46 volumes of the adventures of Amir Hamza titled Dastan e Amir Hamza.

A Baccoo (bakru in Sranan Tongo, and bakulu or bakuu in Saramaccan language) is a mythical character from Guyanese and Surinamese folklore.

performance art utilizing light and hand shadows