knowyourself.me exists to return storytelling to its place as a resource of education and enlightenment rather than disposable entertainment. In the future we will see the oral tradition bearers in purposeful employment in every school in Scotland.
Young people are in a process of transition. Traditional tales exist to assist them in the process.
“In most societies, including African tribes and the travelling people of Scotland, all stories were believed to have an educational function as well as being entertaining, so they were directed particularly at adolescents, who might pick up hints from them, at least on how to face the wider world with confidence and optimism: but they would also be appreciated by older people who had heard them before” A.J. Burford and D.A. Macdonald. Scottish Traditional Tales