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* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Franchise/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.

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* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Franchise/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.



* In ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Secrets of the Furious Five]]'', Po calms down his first students- a rowdy class of children- by telling them stories about how their heroes exemplified the ideals of kung fu. This works not just because the stories themselves are interesting, but because Po has a friendly, approachable personality and a good idea of what the kids will want to hear about. [[AudienceSurrogate It's implied that Po was once in their shoes, long ago.]]

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* In ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda ''[[Franchise/KungFuPanda Secrets of the Furious Five]]'', Po calms down his first students- a rowdy class of children- by telling them stories about how their heroes exemplified the ideals of kung fu. This works not just because the stories themselves are interesting, but because Po has a friendly, approachable personality and a good idea of what the kids will want to hear about. [[AudienceSurrogate It's implied that Po was once in their shoes, long ago.]]
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* DC had a number of these in their horror anthology comics, who would introduce and close out every story. Among them were Cain in ''House of Mystery'', Abel in ''House of Secrets'', Lucien the Librarian in ''Tales of Ghost Castle'', and Death himself in ''Weird War Tales''.

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* DC had a number of these in their horror anthology comics, who would [[HorrorHost introduce and close out every story.story]]. Among them were Cain in ''House of Mystery'', Abel in ''House of Secrets'', Lucien the Librarian in ''Tales of Ghost Castle'', and Death himself in ''Weird War Tales''.
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Sometimes the storyteller's ales have a purpose in the main plot, as {{foreshadowing}} or maybe even as a FramingDevice. At other times it is simply an interesting side excursion, perhaps to give more richness to the {{worldbuilding}} by letting us learn about the setting's history and culture.

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Sometimes the storyteller's ales tales have a purpose in the main plot, as {{foreshadowing}} or maybe even as a FramingDevice. At other times it is simply an interesting side excursion, perhaps to give more richness to the {{worldbuilding}} by letting us learn about the setting's history and culture.

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** [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft08.htm Conal Yellowclaw]] has the same plot, though he is the father of the men he's saving.

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** [[http://www.* "Literature/ConalYellowclaw" ([[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft08.htm Conal Yellowclaw]] link]]) has the same plot, though he is the father of the men he's saving.



* The very basis of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.
%%* Fflewddur Fflam in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', doing part-time as a SpoonyBard.

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* The ''Literature/TheCalfOfTheNovemberCloud'': Konyek's old grandmother, who is also the tribe's matriarch, knows plenty legends about the birth of the Masai, myths about the origin of the world, tales about old heroes and ancient warriors...and is very basis fond of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. telling them to her tribe's kids, who are constantly asking her to tell them new stories or retell their favorite tales.
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A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.
%%* * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': Fflewddur Fflam in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', doing part-time as a SpoonyBard.is the group's bard and who constantly tells tales about their world and its dangers.
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* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Film/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.

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* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Film/StarWars''.''Franchise/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.
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* The FramingDevice of Creator/SachaGuitry's ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' is Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (or just Talleyrand) telling the whole story of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte to two friends in 1821 right after learning of the former [[TheEmperor emperor]]'s death. Talleyrand is played by Guitry himself.

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* The FramingDevice of Creator/SachaGuitry's ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' is Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (or just (better known as simply Talleyrand) telling the whole story of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte to two friends in 1821 right after learning of the former [[TheEmperor emperor]]'s death. Talleyrand is played by Guitry himself.



* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Etta Candy fondly tells stories to the audience about the characters in Wonder Woman in a few short sketches for the film's home video release, complete with some classical music, a scrapbook, and a fireplace.

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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': Etta Candy (Creator/LucyDavis) fondly tells stories to the audience about the characters in Wonder Woman in a few short sketches for that accompanied the film's home video release, complete with some classical music, a scrapbook, and a fireplace.

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* In ''Film/PeterPan'', this is one of the characteristics that makes Wendy attractive to Peter, and she is often shown telling stories to the younger children at various points in the film. The entire film is another story she's telling, possibly to her own children.

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* The FramingDevice of Creator/SachaGuitry's ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' is Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (or just Talleyrand) telling the whole story of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte to two friends in 1821 right after learning of the former [[TheEmperor emperor]]'s death. Talleyrand is played by Guitry himself.
* In ''Film/PeterPan'', ''Film/PeterPan'' (2003), this is one of the characteristics that makes Wendy attractive to Peter, and she is often shown telling stories to the younger children at various points in the film. The entire film is another story she's telling, possibly to her own children.

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* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', Tetih, one of the village elders, tells folktales about the nature goddess Pacha and the totem animals to the younger generation. You can listen to her stories during festivals, and the village eventually builds a storytelling theater for her with enough Prosperity.

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Tetih, one of the village elders, tells folktales about the nature goddess Pacha and the totem animals to the younger generation. You can listen to her stories during festivals, and the village eventually builds a storytelling theater for her with enough Prosperity.Prosperity.
** According to Nari, her daughter Era is a storyteller like the latter's father Zelk.

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For the Jim Henson series, see [[Series/TheStoryteller here]].

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For the Jim Henson series, see [[Series/TheStoryteller here]], and for the video game, see [[VideoGame/{{Storyteller}} here]].


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* French actor Creator/FrancoisChaumette (who dubbed Darth Vader in ''Film/ANewHope'') appeared in the ''Contes à trembler debout'' ("Tales to shiver standing up") skits of the early 1980s show ''Les Visiteurs du mercredi'' as a storyteller of frightening tales.
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One of the [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook oldest archetypes]] and basically the seed from which Website/ThisVeryWiki grows: characters that are noted for their ability to tell tales, or at least their propensity to do so. Storytellers, whether a WiseMentor at a campfire or TheBard in a court, help to spread a society's values, culture and beliefs. If done well, the [[AnAesop moral]] emerges naturally from the tale.

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One of the [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook oldest archetypes]] and basically the seed from which Website/ThisVeryWiki grows: characters that are noted for their ability to tell tales, or at least their propensity to do so. Storytellers, whether a WiseMentor EccentricMentor at a campfire or TheBard in a court, help to spread a society's values, culture and beliefs. If done well, the [[AnAesop moral]] emerges naturally from the tale.
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One of the [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook oldest archetypes]] and basically the seed from which Website/ThisVeryWiki grows: characters that are noted for their ability to tell tales, or at least their propensity to do so.

Sometimes the tales have a purpose in the main plot, maybe even as a FramingDevice. At other times it is simply an interesting side excursion, perhaps to give the setting a feeling of depth.

Sometimes overlaps with MilesGloriosus and TheMunchausen. Could conceivably be made to overlap with IntrepidReporter. Possibly a reflection of MostWritersAreWriters. Compare with TheBard.

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One of the [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook oldest archetypes]] and basically the seed from which Website/ThisVeryWiki grows: characters that are noted for their ability to tell tales, or at least their propensity to do so.

so. Storytellers, whether a WiseMentor at a campfire or TheBard in a court, help to spread a society's values, culture and beliefs. If done well, the [[AnAesop moral]] emerges naturally from the tale.

Sometimes the tales storyteller's ales have a purpose in the main plot, as {{foreshadowing}} or maybe even as a FramingDevice. At other times it is simply an interesting side excursion, perhaps to give more richness to the setting a feeling of depth.

{{worldbuilding}} by letting us learn about the setting's history and culture.

Sometimes overlaps with MilesGloriosus and TheMunchausen. Could conceivably be made to overlap with IntrepidReporter.IntrepidReporter, if the journalist is getting people to tell their stories. Possibly a reflection of MostWritersAreWriters. Compare with TheBard.
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* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Belgarath the Sorcerer often plays the traveling storyteller when he's WalkingTheEarth. Since he has [[TimeAbyss thousands of years of practice]] and was [[BeenThereShapedHistory present]] for many of the events the stories are based on, he's ''very'' good.

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* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Belgarath the Sorcerer often plays the traveling storyteller when he's WalkingTheEarth. Since he has [[TimeAbyss thousands of years of practice]] and was [[BeenThereShapedHistory present]] for many of the events the stories are based on, he's ''very'' good. In fact, he's a little ''too'' good, which can sometimes backfire. His loving embellishments of how Garion and Zakath fought off a dragon to bring his captive audience to groans of despair and tears of joy, leave their companions horrified by the danger and recklessness thus described. Once in private, the intrepid trio find themselves held captive by the audience as they receive a triple tongue-lashing from Polgara, Ce'Nedra ''and'' Cyradis.
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whisper. He was obviously enjoying himself enormously. He described the simultaneous charge on the dragon in glowing detail. He told of the dragon's initial retreat, adding gratuitously a wholly fictional feeling of triumph in the hearts of the two knights and their belief that they had struck mortal blows with their lances. Though this last was not entirely true, it helped to heighten the suspense.''
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': Albert Sandy's defining character trait is to tell Greg and the other students buzzworthy stories, usually about people performing supernatural feats.
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* Storytelling is one of the five available performance arts in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' (the other four being music, poetry, dance, and sermons). In Fortress mode, dwarves might gather at your tavern to tell each other stories, while in Adventurer mode, storytelling can be used to spread word about your character's great deeds (though this is more time-consuming than simply bringing it up during conversation). Stories are always based on in-universe historical events, and the game only describes the basic premise of a story while leaving the details to the player's imagination.
--> ''You begin the story of the settling of the dwarf Kel Tradeoaks in Blossombud in the late autumn of 106.''
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* Music/Nightwish: Tuomas Holopainen (who wrote the song) summarized the lyrics to ''Storytime'' thus [part of a larger text]: "The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity."

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Andrew, in Seasons 7 and 8, with him endeavoring to educate the [[spoiler:[[RedshirtArmy Slayer Potentials]]]]. PlayedForLaughs due to him being a bit of a CloudCuckooLander at best and suffering the occasional CriticalResearchFailure in regards to the show's continuity.

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* The homeless drunk, Idiot Doom Spiral, from ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' enjoys telling you about his own personal journey [[RichesToRags from being a successful tech-billionaire to a drunken bum living on the street]] as well as various UrbanLegends, provided you are willing to supply him with booze.



%%* Lady Alvane, whose narration bookends ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney,'' plays the trope straight.



* In ''VideoGame/SixAges'', Ekarna (goddess of trade and communication) is so good at telling stories that she can trade the experience for actual tangible items. She hails from a pre-medieval culture where most people are illiterate, so they carry their histories on metal "honor belts" and painstakingly woven story tents, where all the children of a clan are taught about their ancestors.
-->''"Rams slew us," said the ghosts. "So we like nothing better than [[FantasticRacism a tale in which they are slain]]. We will give you the bones you seek."''



%%* Lady Alvane, whose narration bookends ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney,'' plays the trope straight.
* The homeless drunk, Idiot Doom Spiral, from ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' enjoys telling you about his own personal journey [[RichesToRags from being a successful tech-billionaire to a drunken bum living on the street]] as well as various UrbanLegends, provided you are willing to supply him with booze.
* In ''VideoGame/SixAges'', Ekarna (goddess of trade and communication) is so good at telling stories that she can trade the experience for actual tangible items. She hails from a pre-medieval culture where most people are illiterate, so they carry their histories on metal "honor belts" and painstakingly woven story tents, where all the children of a clan are taught about their ancestors.
-->''"Rams slew us," said the ghosts. "So we like nothing better than [[FantasticRacism a tale in which they are slain]]. We will give you the bones you seek."''



* In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-149/ Princess Nautilus]] is delighted that she gets to tell Cucumber the stories.
%%* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', [[http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?thisItem=1019 Flopsy to children.]]



%%* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1064 Coyote casts Antimony as this.]] Of course, considering that Antimony from some unspecified point in the future is the narrator of the comic, [[JustifiedTrope he may not totally wrong to do this.]]



%%* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1064 Coyote casts Antimony as this.]] Of course, considering that Antimony from some unspecified point in the future is the narrator of the comic, [[JustifiedTrope he may not totally wrong to do this.]]
%%* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', [[http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?thisItem=1019 Flopsy to children.]]
* In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-149/ Princess Nautilus]] is delighted that she gets to tell Cucumber the stories.



%%* Appear very, very often in ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary''. Almost every character has some degree of it.



%%* Appear very, very often in ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary''. Almost every character has some degree of it.



* William from ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrimm''. The most clear-cut example of the [[NiceMeanAndInBetween three]] [[CleverCrows ravens]]. He is a gifted storyteller with a flair for the dramatic, and he's also the one who handles most of the actual narration and the one who keeps the story on track when Dotty goes off on a tangent or Jacob gets reluctant about the topics.
* From Franchise/DisneyFairies: Spinner in the books and Lyria in the movies are Story-Teller talent fairies.

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* William from ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrimm''. The most clear-cut example In ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'', the Poobah shares stories of the [[NiceMeanAndInBetween three]] [[CleverCrows ravens]]. He is a gifted storyteller brothers' adventures and Grunt legends with a flair for the dramatic, and he's also the one who handles most of the actual narration and the one who keeps the story on track when Dotty goes off on a tangent or Jacob gets reluctant about the topics.
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* From Franchise/DisneyFairies: ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'': Spinner in the books and Lyria in the movies are Story-Teller talent fairies.



* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': The episode "Beauty and the Beast" opens with an old storyteller telling to a group of children the eponymous tale. Teela comments that she loved it when she was a child, but Orko says it is only fiction. The tale becomes real when both are kidnapped by Skeletor, who sends them to a king that Evil-lyn turned into a monster years ago; the poor man only agrees to help because otherwise Skeletor will turn his people into monsters, too. Of course, Teela encourages the king to stand up against the villains; although he fails, she thanks him with a kiss that breaks the spell. At the end of the episode, Orko apologizes to the storyteller, saying that Beauty and the Beast was much more than a story.



* This is Butch's entire shtick in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' puts Jubilee in this role, recycling some elements from "Kitty's Fairy Tale". When she and a bunch of non-powered children are trapped in a cave, she cheers them up by telling them stories where she casts herself as an ActionGirl, Gambit and Wolverine were her teammates, Professor Xavier was TheMentor, Magneto as the EvilSorcerer, Cyclops as the Prince, Jean as the Princess...
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'', the Poobah shares stories of the brothers' adventures and Grunt legends with the audience.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': The episode "Beauty and the Beast" opens with an old storyteller telling to a group of children the eponymous tale. Teela comments that she loved it when she was a child, but Orko says it is only fiction. The tale becomes real when both are kidnapped by Skeletor, who sends them to a king that Evil-lyn turned into a monster years ago; the poor man only agrees to help because otherwise Skeletor will turn his people into monsters, too. Of course, Teela encourages the king to stand up against the villains; although he fails, she thanks him with a kiss that breaks the spell. At the end of the episode, Orko apologizes to the storyteller, saying that Beauty and the Beast was much more than a story.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Abe Simpson is fond of telling stories, although they tend to be rambling and nonsensical. Occasionally his stories are crucial to the plot, as in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish", and it gets {{Lampshaded}} on "Lemon of Troy" when kids spontaneously gather around him when he appears out of nowhere to tell the story of the old lemon tree.
** Homer appears to have inherited his father's gift for stories. Most of the WholeEpisodeFlashback episodes have him telling the kids stories of when he and Marge were younger.
** The old hobo in "Simpsons Tall Tales", who regales the Simpsons with stories from American folklore.

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* This is Butch's entire shtick in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' puts Jubilee in this role, recycling some elements from "Kitty's Fairy Tale". When she and a bunch of non-powered children are trapped in a cave, she cheers them up by
''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Grandpa Nat loves telling them stories where she casts herself as an ActionGirl, Gambit and Wolverine were her teammates, Professor Xavier was TheMentor, Magneto to Molly, such as the EvilSorcerer, Cyclops as raven who stole the Prince, Jean as the Princess...
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'', the Poobah shares stories The ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' Episode ''[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE19LegendsOfTheDarkKnight Legends of the brothers' adventures and Grunt legends with the audience.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': The episode "Beauty and the Beast" opens with an old storyteller telling to a group
Dark Knight]]'' features three young Storytellers each recounting their own vision of children the eponymous tale. Teela comments Batman that she loved it when she was a child, but Orko says it is only fiction. The tale becomes real when both are kidnapped by Skeletor, who sends them to a king that Evil-lyn turned into a monster years ago; the poor man only agrees to help because otherwise Skeletor will turn his people into monsters, too. Of course, Teela encourages the king to stand up against the villains; although he fails, she thanks him with a kiss that breaks the spell. At the end homage different Comic Book interpretations of the episode, Orko apologizes to the storyteller, saying that Beauty and the Beast was much more than a story.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Abe Simpson is fond of telling stories, although they tend to be rambling and nonsensical. Occasionally his stories are crucial to the plot, as in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish", and it gets {{Lampshaded}} on "Lemon of Troy" when kids spontaneously gather around him when he appears out of nowhere to tell the story of the old lemon tree.
** Homer appears to have inherited his father's gift for stories. Most of the WholeEpisodeFlashback episodes have him telling the kids stories of when he and Marge were younger.
** The old hobo in "Simpsons Tall Tales", who regales the Simpsons with stories from American folklore.
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%%* This is Butch's entire shtick in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Abe Simpson is fond of telling stories, although they tend to be rambling and nonsensical. Occasionally his stories are crucial to the plot, as in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish", and it gets {{Lampshaded}} on "Lemon of Troy" when kids spontaneously gather around him when he appears out of nowhere to tell the story of the old lemon tree.
** Homer appears to have inherited his father's gift for stories. Most of the WholeEpisodeFlashback episodes have him telling the kids stories of when he and Marge were younger.
** The old hobo in "Simpsons Tall Tales", who regales the Simpsons with stories from American folklore.



* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Grandpa Nat loves telling stories to Molly, such as the raven who stole the sun.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' Episode ''[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE19LegendsOfTheDarkKnight Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' features three young Storytellers each recounting their own vision of Batman that homage different Comic Book interpretations of the character.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Grandpa Nat loves William from ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrimm''. The most clear-cut example of the [[NiceMeanAndInBetween three]] [[CleverCrows ravens]]. He is a gifted storyteller with a flair for the dramatic, and he's also the one who handles most of the actual narration and the one who keeps the story on track when Dotty goes off on a tangent or Jacob gets reluctant about the topics.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' puts Jubilee in this role, recycling some elements from "Kitty's Fairy Tale". When she and a bunch of non-powered children are trapped in a cave, she cheers them up by
telling them stories to Molly, such where she casts herself as an ActionGirl, Gambit and Wolverine were her teammates, Professor Xavier was TheMentor, Magneto as the raven who stole EvilSorcerer, Cyclops as the sun.
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Prince, Jean as the Dark Knight]]'' features three young Storytellers each recounting their own vision of Batman that homage different Comic Book interpretations of the character.Princess...

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%%* Manny Monkton from ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' a comic book publisher. Too bad his ConsummateLiar tendencies frequently get him in trouble.
* DC had a number of these in their horror anthology comics, who would introduce and close out every story. Among them were Cain in ''House of Mystery'', Abel in ''House of Secrets'', Lucien the Librarian in ''Tales of Ghost Castle'', and Death himself in ''Weird War Tales''.



* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Lyssa Drak of the Sinestro Corps loves to tell stories of her fellow corpsmen, as she is the keeper of the Book of Parallax.



* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Lyssa Drak of the Sinestro Corps loves to tell stories of her fellow corpsmen, as she is the keeper of the Book of Parallax.
* DC had a number of these in their horror anthology comics, who would introduce and close out every story. Among them were Cain in ''House of Mystery'', Abel in ''House of Secrets'', Lucien the Librarian in ''Tales of Ghost Castle'', and Death himself in ''Weird War Tales''.



%%* Manny Monkton from ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' a comic book publisher. Too bad his ConsummateLiar tendencies frequently get him in trouble.



* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Film/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.
* As in [[Franchise/DragonAge canon]], Varric Tethras is this in ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook''. He writes a few stories as part of the series, including a rewrite of ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' with his colleagues in the various roles, and is also the school's writing teacher -- meaning that he's teaching his students how to become this as well.



* As in [[Franchise/DragonAge canon]], Varric Tethras is this in ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook''. He writes a few stories as part of the series, including a rewrite of ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' with his colleagues in the various roles, and is also the school's writing teacher -- meaning that he's teaching his students how to become this as well.
* ''Fanfic/OogwaysLittleOwl'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]], somewhat unintentionally, becomes a very talented one of these upon entering the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' world, and recounting stories from Earth Bet that no one had ever heard before, like ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Literature/TheBeautyAndTheBeast'', and ([[FanBoy Po's favorite]]), ''Film/StarWars''. Perhaps the crowning moment of this is when she recounts ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to a city of oppressed insects, who use the lesson to rise up against the mice who'd been extorting them.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheBreadwinner'' has Parvana's father, Nurallah, who uses his storytelling to teach her history. When he is taken to prison, Parvana takes up the mantle and tells a StoryWithinAStory to provide some much-needed escapism and keep everyone's spirits, especially her own, up.



* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': Kubo makes a living as a storyteller, enhancing his tales by using his magical ''shamisen'' to act the stories out with animated ''origami'' figures.



* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' has the Great Seanchaí, whose name literally means "storyteller" in Irish, and he's the keeper of all stories related to the fairies of Ireland. Each of his incredibly long hairs contains a story, as he demonstrates when showing Ben a hair that has the story of Mac Lir being turned to stone.



* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': Kubo makes a living as a storyteller, enhancing his tales by using his magical ''shamisen'' to act the stories out with animated ''origami'' figures.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBreadwinner'' has Parvana's father, Nurallah, who uses his storytelling to teach her history. When he is taken to prison, Parvana takes up the mantle and tells a StoryWithinAStory to provide some much-needed escapism and keep everyone's spirits, especially her own, up.
* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' has the Great Seanchaí, whose name literally means "storyteller" in Irish, and he's the keeper of all stories related to the fairies of Ireland. Each of his incredibly long hairs contains a story, as he demonstrates when showing Ben a hair that has the story of Mac Lir being turned to stone.



%%* Uncle Garth, in ''Film/SecondhandLions''.

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%%* Uncle Garth, * The titular Darby O'Gill in ''Film/SecondhandLions''.''Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople'': he goes to the pub and tells tales of his dealings with Brian, King of the Leprechauns...[[CassandraTruth all of them true]].
* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': Sprite uses her illusion powers to tell humans stories of the Eternals' battles against the Deviants, which in turn bled into ancient mythology.
* In ''Film/{{Hercules 2014}}'', Iolaus' main role in the group is to spread tales of Hercules' great deeds, though he greatly exaggerates to [[ShroudedInMyth make Hercules seem like an even bigger badass than he already is]]. For example, after Hercules defeated a gang of bandits who wear serpent masks, Iolus claimed he defeated a many-headed serpent called the Hydra.



* The Grandfather character in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

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* The Grandfather character in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.''Film/ThePrincessBride'' tells the film's story to his sick grandson which is set up as a FramingDevice.



* The titular Darby O'Gill in ''Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople'': he goes to the pub and tells tales of his dealings with Brian, King of the Leprechauns...[[CassandraTruth all of them true]].
* In ''Film/{{Hercules 2014}}'', Iolaus' main role in the group is to spread tales of Hercules' great deeds, though he greatly exaggerates to [[ShroudedInMyth make Hercules seem like an even bigger badass than he already is]]. For example, after Hercules defeated a gang of bandits who wear serpent masks, Iolus claimed he defeated a many-headed serpent called the Hydra.

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* The titular Darby O'Gill %%* Uncle Garth, in ''Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople'': he goes to the pub and tells tales of his dealings with Brian, King of the Leprechauns...[[CassandraTruth all of them true]].
* In ''Film/{{Hercules 2014}}'', Iolaus' main role in the group is to spread tales of Hercules' great deeds, though he greatly exaggerates to [[ShroudedInMyth make Hercules seem like an even bigger badass than he already is]]. For example, after Hercules defeated a gang of bandits who wear serpent masks, Iolus claimed he defeated a many-headed serpent called the Hydra.
''Film/SecondhandLions''.



* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': Sprite uses her illusion powers to tell humans stories of the Eternals' battles against the Deviants, which in turn bled into ancient mythology.



%% * Taleswapper (aka [[HistoricalDomainCharacter William Blake]]) from the ''[[Literature/TheTalesOfAlvinMaker Alvin Maker]]'' series.
* Orrec Caspro in ''Literature/AnnalsOfTheWesternShore''. He develops the talent in the first book, ''Gifts'', by making up extra "chapters" of his mother's many stories and epic poems. By ''Voices'', he's renowned as a "maker" across the land and his storytelling figures heavily into the Ansul-Ald conflict. In ''Powers'', he becomes a professor at Urdile's university, and his poem "Liberty" inspires many of the other slaves and runaways that Gav meets.
* Lori's mother Beth and Dimity herself provide the tales that are to be published in ''[[Literature/AuntDimity Aunt Dimity's Death]]''. Lori herself has to recount some of them to establish her identity for Dimity's executor, Willis Sr.
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Belgarath the Sorcerer often plays the traveling storyteller when he's WalkingTheEarth. Since he has [[TimeAbyss thousands of years of practice]] and was [[BeenThereShapedHistory present]] for many of the events the stories are based on, he's ''very'' good.
-->His stories were filled with sounds that made them come alive, and through the sounds and the words with which he wove the tales, sight and smell and the very feel of strange times and places seemed also to come to life for his spellbound listeners. All of this wonder he gave freely in exchange for a few meals, a few tankards of ale, and a warm spot in the hay barn in which to sleep.
* The title character of ''Literature/TheBookThief,'' by Marcus Zuzak, finds she can calm people down by reading aloud to them during an air raid in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Dresden.
* The very basis of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.



* ''Literature/WatershipDown''
** Dandelion. Among the main group, he told most of the stories of "the prince of a thousand enemies".
** Bluebell gets to tell one, as well. He's also telling a story to keep some of the other rabbits calm, during the climactic scene.
%%* Bilbo in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Also Aragorn.

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* ''Literature/WatershipDown''
** Dandelion. Among
%%* Literature/ColasBreugnon, the main group, he told most narrator and protagonist of the novel of the same title.
* Hoid, an InexplicablyAwesome recurring character in Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'', is a storyteller in many of his appearances, aided by his [[TimeAbyss millennia of personal experience]] and his [[MasterOfIllusion illusion magic]]. It's most notable in ''{{Literature/Warbreaker}}'' and ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', where he uses his
stories of "the prince to nudge several major characters in the right direction.
-->''"[The story] means what you want it to mean. The purpose
of a thousand enemies".
** Bluebell gets
storyteller is not to tell one, you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon."''
%%* Literature/DavidCopperfield was this in his BoardingSchoolOfHorrors.
* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' novels, this trope is associated not only with minstrels but physicians and coachmen
as well. He's also telling For physicians, it's a story way to keep some distract the patient's attention from the discomfort that medical treatment often entails; for coachmen, it's how they entertain stable workers whom their professional dignity forbids them from laboring alongside.
* A series by Elizabeth Vaughan has Ezren Silvertongue, a storyteller by trade. In ''Dagger-Star'', he was MadeASlave, and his cruel master [[TongueTrauma cut off his tongue]] specifically because he was a storyteller, but the heroes save him and restore his tongue with a healing spell. A lot of Ezren's arcs involve him being insecure about storytelling being about his only talent as he is short, scrawny, and no warrior, unlike pretty much every other character. To his surprise, [[ActionGirl Bethral]] falls for him, partly because he is an ''amazing'' storyteller. In ''Destiny's Star'', Ezren and Bethral live among [[ProudWarriorRace the People
of the other rabbits calm, during Plains]]. Ezren at first fears that he will not be accepted, but discovers that the climactic scene.
%%* Bilbo
People of the Plains hold singers and storytellers in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Also Aragorn.high regard.
* In Creator/AletheaKontis's ''Literature/{{Enchanted}}'', Sunday goes into the forest to read stories to the talking frog. It helps him remember having been human.



%%* Puck in ''Puck of Pooks Hill'' by Creator/RudyardKipling.
%%** Also the two {{Intrepid Merchant}}s in Ballad of the King's Jest by the same author.
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Belgarath the Sorcerer often plays the traveling storyteller when he's WalkingTheEarth. Since he has [[TimeAbyss thousands of years of practice]] and was [[BeenThereShapedHistory present]] for many of the events the stories are based on, he's ''very'' good.
-->His stories were filled with sounds that made them come alive, and through the sounds and the words with which he wove the tales, sight and smell and the very feel of strange times and places seemed also to come to life for his spellbound listeners. All of this wonder he gave freely in exchange for a few meals, a few tankards of ale, and a warm spot in the hay barn in which to sleep.

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%%* Puck in ''Puck * Literature/EvaLuna from, well, ''[[RoleCalled Eva Luna]]'' is a protagonist version of Pooks Hill'' by Creator/RudyardKipling.
%%** Also
this. Her talent for stories (inherited from her MissingMom Consuelo) gets her out of poverty, solitude, and even ''death''. [[spoiler:And it allows her to meet her great love Rolf, the two {{Intrepid Merchant}}s in Ballad of local IntrepidReporter.]]
* In ''Literature/FangsOfKaath'', Sandhri begins
the King's Jest by the same author.
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Belgarath the Sorcerer often plays the traveling
novel as a storyteller when he's WalkingTheEarth. Since he has [[TimeAbyss thousands on the streets of years of practice]] an Arabian city. It doesn't bring in much money, [[DoingItForTheArt but she doesn't mind]]. This establishes her character as intelligent and was [[BeenThereShapedHistory present]] for many [[MostWritersAreWriters sympathetic]].
%%* Marianne Engel in ''Literature/TheGargoyle''.
* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit'', this is one
of the events things Bilbo remembers about Gandalf in the opening.
-->''Not the fellow who used to tell such wonderful tales at parties, about dragons and goblins and giants and the rescue of princesses and the unexpected luck of widows' sons?''
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** "Literature/TheCallistanMenace": Stanley expects all of the crew to be able to tell him exciting
stories are based on, he's ''very'' good.
-->His
about their adventures in the Solar System, but it's Mac Steeden that really enjoys stringing a tale together. He's acknowledged to have the best because he used to be crew for [[FamedInStory the legendary Captain Peewee Wilson]].
** "Literature/{{Someday}}": The little computer Bard is designed to generate an infinite number of
stories were filled with sounds that made them come alive, and through by combining all different fairytale elements.
* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm The January Dancer]]'',
the sounds and harper sought out the words with which he wove the tales, sight and smell and the very feel of strange times and places seemed also scarred man to come get him to life for tell her his spellbound listeners. All of this wonder he gave freely in exchange for a few meals, a few tankards of ale, and a warm spot in the hay barn in which to sleep.stories, so she could write songs about them.



* Taleswapper (aka [[HistoricalDomainCharacter William Blake]]) from the ''[[Literature/TheTalesOfAlvinMaker Alvin Maker]]'' series

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* Taleswapper (aka [[HistoricalDomainCharacter William Blake]]) from Sara Crewe in ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'', as well as all the ''[[Literature/TheTalesOfAlvinMaker Alvin Maker]]'' seriesadaptations thereof. Especially notable in [[Film/ALittlePrincess1995 the Alfonso Cuaron film]] and in the [[Anime/PrincessSarah anime]], where her narratives are shown in detail, and become an important plot point.
%%* Bilbo in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Also Aragorn.



%%* Thom Merrilin in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.
%%* Literature/DavidCopperfield was this in his BoardingSchoolOfHorrors.

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%%* Thom Merrilin in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.
%%* Literature/DavidCopperfield
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kaela is a RebelliousPrincess with a gift for telling tales. She jokes that it started with the wild excuses she gave to her father to explain why she was late for dinner.
* Bastian from ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' enjoyed regaling a younger girl with his stories that he made up. When in Fantastica,
this in ability is vital to him as he is the only person, being human, who can create stories. Eventually creates a library containing all of his BoardingSchoolOfHorrors.stories with a story of his.
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' novel ''Remnant'', this is the role of the Shamed One I'pan, who both tells stories to entertain his fellow outcasts and also serves as a priest of the as-yet-inchoate Jedi Heresy, retelling the tales that will form the basis of the religion. Even Nom Anor, a spy, ManipulativeBastard, and all-around cynic, can't help but be impressed at how well I'pan works a crowd. [[spoiler:Although I'pan is killed, he inspires Nom Anor to create the guise of Yu'shaa, the Prohpet, a charismatic figure who can spread the heresy further and wider than ever before.]]
%%* Puck in ''Puck of Pooks Hill'' by Creator/RudyardKipling.
%%** Also the two {{Intrepid Merchant}}s in Ballad of the King's Jest by the same author.
* Creator/AnnAguirre's ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'': Morrow serves as the storyteller for Company D. Eventually, he [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis writes his stories down]].



* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', [[OldRetainer Old Nan]] is both the children's caretaker and the storyteller of [[GrimUpNorth Winterfell]]. She's particularly fond of telling scary stories about [[EldritchAbomination the Others]].
%%* Flea, Cricket, and Orca in ''Sorrow's Knot'' by Erin Bow.



* Sara Crewe in ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'', as well as all the adaptations thereof. Especially notable in [[Film/ALittlePrincess1995 the Alfonso Cuaron film]] and in the [[Anime/PrincessSarah anime]], where her narratives are shown in detail, and become an important plot point.
* The title character of ''Literature/TheBookThief,'' by Marcus Zuzak, finds she can calm people down by reading aloud to them during an air raid in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Dresden.
%%* Marianne Engel in ''Literature/TheGargoyle''.



%%* Literature/ColasBreugnon, the narrator and protagonist of the novel of the same title.
* Lori's mother Beth and Dimity herself provide the tales that are to be published in ''[[Literature/AuntDimity Aunt Dimity's Death]]''. Lori herself has to recount some of them to establish her identity for Dimity's executor, Willis Sr.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', [[OldRetainer Old Nan]] is both the children's caretaker and the storyteller of [[GrimUpNorth Winterfell]]. She's particularly fond of telling scary stories about [[EldritchAbomination the Others]].
* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm The January Dancer]]'', the harper sought out the scarred man to get him to tell her his stories, so she could write songs about them.
* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit'', this is one of the things Bilbo remembers about Gandalf in the opening.
-->''Not the fellow who used to tell such wonderful tales at parties, about dragons and goblins and giants and the rescue of princesses and the unexpected luck of widows' sons?''
* Literature/EvaLuna from, well, ''[[RoleCalled Eva Luna]]'' is a protagonist version of this. Her talent for stories (inherited from her MissingMom Consuelo) gets her out of poverty, solitude, and even ''death''. [[spoiler:And it allows her to meet her great love Rolf, the local IntrepidReporter.]]
* In Creator/AletheaKontis's ''Literature/{{Enchanted}}'', Sunday goes into the forest to read stories to the talking frog. It helps him remember having been human.
* A series by Elizabeth Vaughan has Ezren Silvertongue, a storyteller by trade. In ''Dagger-Star'', he was MadeASlave, and his cruel master [[TongueTrauma cut off his tongue]] specifically because he was a storyteller, but the heroes save him and restore his tongue with a healing spell. A lot of Ezren's arcs involve him being insecure about storytelling being about his only talent as he is short, scrawny, and no warrior, unlike pretty much every other character. To his surprise, [[ActionGirl Bethral]] falls for him, partly because he is an ''amazing'' storyteller. In ''Destiny's Star'', Ezren and Bethral live among [[ProudWarriorRace the People of the Plains]]. Ezren at first fears that he will not be accepted, but discovers that the People of the Plains hold singers and storytellers in high regard.
* Creator/AnnAguirre's ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'': Morrow serves as the storyteller for Company D. Eventually, he [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis writes his stories down]].
* Bastian from ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' enjoyed regaling a younger girl with his stories that he made up. When in Fantastica, this ability is vital to him as he is the only person, being human, who can create stories. Eventually creates a library containing all of his stories with a story of his.
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' novel ''Remnant'', this is the role of the Shamed One I'pan, who both tells stories to entertain his fellow outcasts and also serves as a priest of the as-yet-inchoate Jedi Heresy, retelling the tales that will form the basis of the religion. Even Nom Anor, a spy, ManipulativeBastard, and all-around cynic, can't help but be impressed at how well I'pan works a crowd. [[spoiler:Although I'pan is killed, he inspires Nom Anor to create the guise of Yu'shaa, the Prohpet, a charismatic figure who can spread the heresy further and wider than ever before.]]
* Orrec Caspro in ''Literature/AnnalsOfTheWesternShore''. He develops the talent in the first book, ''Gifts'', by making up extra "chapters" of his mother's many stories and epic poems. By ''Voices'', he's renowned as a "maker" across the land and his storytelling figures heavily into the Ansul-Ald conflict. In ''Powers'', he becomes a professor at Urdile's university, and his poem "Liberty" inspires many of the other slaves and runaways that Gav meets.
* Hoid, an InexplicablyAwesome recurring character in Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'', is a storyteller in many of his appearances, aided by his [[TimeAbyss millennia of personal experience]] and his [[MasterOfIllusion illusion magic]]. It's most notable in ''{{Literature/Warbreaker}}'' and ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', where he uses his stories to nudge several major characters in the right direction.
-->''"[The story] means what you want it to mean. The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon."''
%%* Flea, Cricket, and Orca in ''Sorrow's Knot'' by Erin Bow.
* The very basis of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
* "Literature/TheCallistanMenace": Stanley expects all of the crew to be able to tell him exciting stories about their adventures in the Solar System, but it's Mac Steeden that really enjoys stringing a tale together. He's acknowledged to have the best because he used to be crew for [[FamedInStory the legendary Captain Peewee Wilson]].
* "Literature/{{Someday}}": The little computer Bard is designed to generate an infinite number of stories by combining all different fairytale elements.
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kaela is a RebelliousPrincess with a gift for telling tales. She jokes that it started with the wild excuses she gave to her father to explain why she was late for dinner.



* In ''Literature/FangsOfKaath'', Sandhri begins the novel as a storyteller on the streets of an Arabian city. It doesn't bring in much money, [[DoingItForTheArt but she doesn't mind]]. This establishes her character as intelligent and [[MostWritersAreWriters sympathetic]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' novels, this trope is associated not only with minstrels but physicians and coachmen as well. For physicians, it's a way to distract the patient's attention from the discomfort that medical treatment often entails; for coachmen, it's how they entertain stable workers whom their professional dignity forbids them from laboring alongside.

to:

* In ''Literature/FangsOfKaath'', Sandhri begins ''Literature/WatershipDown''
** Dandelion. Among
the novel as a storyteller on main group, he told most of the streets stories of an Arabian city. It doesn't bring in much money, [[DoingItForTheArt but she doesn't mind]]. This establishes her character as intelligent and [[MostWritersAreWriters sympathetic]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' novels, this trope is associated not only with minstrels but physicians and coachmen
"the prince of a thousand enemies".
** Bluebell gets to tell one,
as well. For physicians, it's He's also telling a way story to distract keep some of the patient's attention from other rabbits calm, during the discomfort that medical treatment often entails; for coachmen, it's how they entertain stable workers whom their professional dignity forbids them from laboring alongside.climactic scene.
%%* Thom Merrilin in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.



* The aforementioned short-lived Creator/JimHenson series ''Series/TheStoryteller'' (unsurprisingly) featured one. He was credited [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep just as "The storyteller"]] and his storytelling was the FramingDevice for each episode. He was also the protagonist of one story.



* The aforementioned short-lived Creator/JimHenson series ''Series/TheStoryteller'' (unsurprisingly) featured one. He was credited [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep just as "The storyteller"]] and his storytelling was the FramingDevice for each episode. He was also the protagonist of one story.



* Music/Nightwish: Tuomas Holopainen (who wrote the song) summarized the lyrics to ''Storytime'' thus [part of a larger text]: "The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity."



* Music/Nightwish: Tuomas Holopainen (who wrote the song) summarized the lyrics to ''Storytime'' thus [part of a larger text]: "The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity."



* Anansi the Spider, who even challenged the gods (or Tiger, depending on the version you're reading) so that he would be considered King of All Stories.



* In Myth/NorseMythology, Odin has charge over riddles and poetry and runes and the like.



* In Myth/NorseMythology, Odin has charge over riddles and poetry and runes and the like.
* Anansi the Spider, who even challenged the gods (or Tiger, depending on the version you're reading) so that he would be considered King of All Stories.



* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', after defeating a major evil, the characters can use the Persuasion skill to tell people the story of their deeds to try to reduce the level of fear among the local populace. This is important because [[spoiler:fear strengthens the monsters and physically transforms the land to their benefit, and the [[BigBad Big Bads']] ultimate plan is to spread enough fear to allow them to manifest in the human world]]. Characters can take an Edge (i.e. ability) called Tale Teller that makes them especially good at this.



* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', after defeating a major evil, the characters can use the Persuasion skill to tell people the story of their deeds to try to reduce the level of fear among the local populace. This is important because [[spoiler:fear strengthens the monsters and physically transforms the land to their benefit, and the [[BigBad Big Bads']] ultimate plan is to spread enough fear to allow them to manifest in the human world]]. Characters can take an Edge (i.e. ability) called Tale Teller that makes them especially good at this.



* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Mimir('s head) serves this purpose, as well as MrExposition; while Kratos and Atreus make their way through Midgard and the various realms, Mimir tells them stories from Norse Mythology to flesh out the world for them and the players alike, most of which he personally witnessed. Of course, anyone familiar with Norse mythology will quickly realise that these versions [[WrittenByTheWinners aren't quite the ones written down in the prose edda...]]
* Kaguya Houraisan, the lunar princess of the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' saga is a proficient storyteller that entertains people during festivals.
%%* Manari from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' SpinOff ''VisualNovel/NakoruruAnoHitoKaraNoOkurimono''. She's actually from a whole clan of these.
%%* Homeros in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. His ending says he became a legend in Jugdral due to this.
* Vernon from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' claims on his CharacterBlog to be descended from storytellers all the way from caveman times, and he is a limitless warehouse of incredibly long and boring stories.



* Lorewalker Cho from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fits beautifully into this character archetype, acting at first as a guide for the player in Pandaria's Jade Forest and thereafter telling the player stories of such figures as King Varian Wrynn and Vol'jin of the Darkspear in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. He also serves as the narrator for a short animated series by Blizzard, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D--GWwca0g The Burdens of Shaohao]].
* Lady Alvane, whose narration bookends ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney,'' plays the trope straight.
* The homeless drunk, Idiot Doom Spiral, from ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' enjoys telling you about his own personal journey [[RichesToRags from being a successful tech-billionaire to a drunken bum living on the street]] as well as various UrbanLegends, provided you are willing to supply him with booze.


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%%* Homeros in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. His ending says he became a legend in Jugdral due to this.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Mimir('s head) serves this purpose, as well as MrExposition; while Kratos and Atreus make their way through Midgard and the various realms, Mimir tells them stories from Norse Mythology to flesh out the world for them and the players alike, most of which he personally witnessed. Of course, anyone familiar with Norse mythology will quickly realise that these versions [[WrittenByTheWinners aren't quite the ones written down in the prose edda...]]
* Vernon from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' claims on his CharacterBlog to be descended from storytellers all the way from caveman times, and he is a limitless warehouse of incredibly long and boring stories.
%%* Manari from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' SpinOff ''VisualNovel/NakoruruAnoHitoKaraNoOkurimono''. She's actually from a whole clan of these.
* Kaguya Houraisan, the lunar princess of the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' saga is a proficient storyteller that entertains people during festivals.
%%* Lady Alvane, whose narration bookends ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney,'' plays the trope straight.
* The homeless drunk, Idiot Doom Spiral, from ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' enjoys telling you about his own personal journey [[RichesToRags from being a successful tech-billionaire to a drunken bum living on the street]] as well as various UrbanLegends, provided you are willing to supply him with booze.


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* Lorewalker Cho from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fits beautifully into this character archetype, acting at first as a guide for the player in Pandaria's Jade Forest and thereafter telling the player stories of such figures as King Varian Wrynn and Vol'jin of the Darkspear in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. He also serves as the narrator for a short animated series by Blizzard, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D--GWwca0g The Burdens of Shaohao]].
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* William from ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrimm''. The most clear-cut example of the [[NiceMeanAndInBetween three]] [[CleverCrows ravens]]. He is a gifted storyteller with a flair for the dramatic, and he's also the one who handles most of the actual narration and the one who keeps the story on track when Dotty goes off on a tangent or Jacob gets reluctant about the topics.
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* The titular Darby O'Gill in Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople: he goes to the pub and tells tales of his dealings with Brian, King of the Leprechauns...[[CassandraTruth all of them true]].

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* The titular Darby O'Gill in Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople: ''Film/DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople'': he goes to the pub and tells tales of his dealings with Brian, King of the Leprechauns...[[CassandraTruth all of them true]].



* Literature/EvaLuna from, well, [[RoleCalled Eva Luna]] is a protagonist version of this. Her talent for stories (inherited from her MissingMom Consuelo) gets her out of poverty, solitude, and even ''death''. [[spoiler:And it allows her to meet her great love Rolf, the local IntrepidReporter.]]

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* Literature/EvaLuna from, well, [[RoleCalled ''[[RoleCalled Eva Luna]] Luna]]'' is a protagonist version of this. Her talent for stories (inherited from her MissingMom Consuelo) gets her out of poverty, solitude, and even ''death''. [[spoiler:And it allows her to meet her great love Rolf, the local IntrepidReporter.]]



* In the Literature/NewJediOrder novel ''Remnant'', this is the role of the Shamed One I'pan, who both tells stories to entertain his fellow outcasts and also serves as a priest of the as-yet-inchoate Jedi Heresy, retelling the tales that will form the basis of the religion. Even Nom Anor, a spy, ManipulativeBastard, and all-around cynic, can't help but be impressed at how well I'pan works a crowd. [[spoiler:Although I'pan is killed, he inspires Nom Anor to create the guise of Yu'shaa, the Prohpet, a charismatic figure who can spread the heresy further and wider than ever before.]]

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* In the Literature/NewJediOrder ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' novel ''Remnant'', this is the role of the Shamed One I'pan, who both tells stories to entertain his fellow outcasts and also serves as a priest of the as-yet-inchoate Jedi Heresy, retelling the tales that will form the basis of the religion. Even Nom Anor, a spy, ManipulativeBastard, and all-around cynic, can't help but be impressed at how well I'pan works a crowd. [[spoiler:Although I'pan is killed, he inspires Nom Anor to create the guise of Yu'shaa, the Prohpet, a charismatic figure who can spread the heresy further and wider than ever before.]]



* The very basis of Literature/TheCanterburyTales. A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.

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* The very basis of Literature/TheCanterburyTales.''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. A diverse group of travellers tell each other stories to pass the time on their journey.



* The aforementioned short-lived Creator/JimHenson series Series/TheStoryteller (unsurprisingly) featured one. He was credited [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep just as "The storyteller"]] and his storytelling was the FramingDevice for each episode. He was also the protagonist of one story.

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* The aforementioned short-lived Creator/JimHenson series Series/TheStoryteller ''Series/TheStoryteller'' (unsurprisingly) featured one. He was credited [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep just as "The storyteller"]] and his storytelling was the FramingDevice for each episode. He was also the protagonist of one story.



* Cherilee in the third generation of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony''. The intro even spells it out for us: "I hope we hear a story from Cherilee!"

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* Cherilee in the third generation of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony''.''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3''. The intro even spells it out for us: "I hope we hear a story from Cherilee!"
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* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' features this as its second disc due to budget and production problems - the game turning into mostly VisualNovel, with the story of the in-game events being told from the point of view of the characters sitting around in a chair discussing the events happening around/involving them.

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