| Telling a story is a very definitive art of making | | | | man's use of creativity and imagination as a form |
| people interested and convinced about your point | | | | of communication comes from the primitive era |
| of view. We see a very good example of this | | | | of around 35,000 years ago. The astonishing |
| capability of storytelling in Biblical accounts as well | | | | discovery of Aboriginal cave paintings revealed an |
| as other religious scriptures. Generally, stories are | | | | interesting narrative of a hunt in the form of |
| very appealing to the younger audience. This is | | | | visual slideshow. This was perhaps man's first |
| the reason that many children books such as | | | | endeavor to show off his power and glory. |
| 'Jesus for children' and 'Jesus in me' are a part of | | | | Numerous accounts of such factual events in the |
| church resources. These books are narrative | | | | form of paintings and carvings are found dating |
| compilations of Biblical accounts written in the | | | | back to the primitive world. |
| form of children's stories. | | | | Later on, as civilizations began to develop we see |
| Storytelling can be regarded as a very creative | | | | a very strong connection between religions and |
| way of communication. The basic concept behind | | | | stories. The stories became so influential that |
| a story is to convey an idea, a thought, | | | | people actually started to regard the myths as |
| knowledge or a message in a more engaging way. | | | | Gods. In Egyptian civilization, while the hieroglyphs |
| The stories usually carry certain powerful | | | | narrate the stories of bravery, greatness and |
| aesthetics that may allure an audience to imagine | | | | immortality of the Pharaohs, they also give a |
| themselves as a part or character of the story. | | | | very detailed account of Gods and the life after |
| Although, people regard storytelling as human's | | | | death. In ancient Rome, Greek, China and India |
| innate capability or instinct, some people consider | | | | the stories took a very fictional and magical |
| it a result of human's natural desire of being | | | | forms and these myths eventually became the |
| appreciated or complimented on their | | | | gods. |
| achievements. The latter definition of storytelling | | | | Despite being fictional, these stories were so |
| as a desire secondary to human nature is proven | | | | influential because they were based on strong |
| quite true because the earliest accounts of | | | | values and moralities and were more like a guide |
| storytelling were based on fact rather than fiction. | | | | for human behaviors and ethics. It was during the |
| However, this statement still does not completely | | | | same period when performing art became a |
| define storytelling, as we have seen it evolve | | | | major story telling medium. This tradition lived on |
| immensely throughout the history, and so did the | | | | and took a major global exposure in the times of |
| motives and desires behind it. | | | | Shakespeare, whose stories were also a criticism |
| Strangely enough, the very first example of | | | | on the evils of society. |