Why do we tell stories

Why do we tell stories

•    Entertainment
•     Quick way to learn
•     Posterity
•     Memorize
•     Connect to other people/ideas
•     Communicate
•     Teach lessons
•     Build community
•     Bring cultures together
•     Represent ideas/people/culture/community
•     Re-write history
•     Generate faith
•     Clarify
•     Inform
•     Convey emotions
•     Record (literacy vs orality)
•     Express values
•     Prepare people to do something
•     Motivate/inspire
•     Learning from others’ experience
•     Explanation
•     Create context
•     Advise/warn of dangers
•     Demonstrate power
•     Understand ourselves – who are we?
•     To flatter
•     To heal
•     For survival
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