Give Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog a watch, a good example of this imo.
While they have no supernatural ties that I'm aware of the griots of Africa are similar to the European bards.
indirect
The branches scraped the wallpaper leaving gashes in the walls.
sepia
she cried and nodded knowing that it had to be goldfish down the drain
If only to die then why do we live at all perhaps just to dream
peas
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