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Testimonials

Daniele Cambiaso
Teacher
Italy
Excellent initiative, very important at an interdisciplinary level.
Daniele Cambiaso
Teacher
Italy
Excellent initiative, very important at an interdisciplinary level.
 Rita Lavagi
Teacher
Italy
A truly excellent job, congratulations
 Francesca Zaramella
Teacher
Italy
I think the most useful resource is Essays on European legends for clarity and accessibility of the contents and effectiveness of the presentation
 Maria Rosa Medicine
Teacher
Italy
Congratulations on the excellent work done by both Teachers and students
 Veronica Feleppa
Teacher
Italy
It was a good project. The legends always have their charm and their importance and finding links between different cultures and traditions is really fascinating.
 Grace Mignone
Teacher
Italy
I didn't know the Parsifal project and I was enchanted by it.
 Flavia Albertelli
Teacher
Italy
The pupils always participated with great enthusiasm
 Antonella Zerega
Teacher
Italy
On-line Repository of legends and traditional tales because it contains an important documentation of the historical and cultural heritage, which can be transmitted to today's and future generations. I had difficulty choosing between the 3 outputs as they are all equally interesting and relevant from the point of view of teaching.
 Luisa Sorrentino
Teacher
Italy
Legend, as it provides information on legends that founded the history of our country's assets, which we often ignore (enhancement).
 Ottilia Braccini
Teacher
Italy
The interactive map is very immediate and therefore more effective in terms of communication.
 Eliana Bracchi
Teacher
Italy
Teachers of literary subjects can take interesting ideas. New skills can also be developed in computer science.
 Win Castellaro
Teacher
Italy
I would say that all of them can be useful even if as a chemistry Teacher little exploitable for my teaching. The involvement of the children is very interesting, demonstrating that our enthusiasm can move resources in them that they themselves do not recognize.
 Tiziana Ottazzi
Teacher
Italy
Excellent work resulting from a competent and organized team. On line interactive map for immediate usability following an easy consultation.
 Chiara Ronco
Teacher
Italy
Clear and useful work. Congratulations to Teachers and students!
 Francesca Roncallo
Teacher
Italy
The whole project is beautiful, engaging and interesting.
 Elena Manara
Teacher
Italy
I find it useful because it helps to get to know interesting places, both in your own country and abroad, also providing information that arouses curiosity.
 Roberto Boca
Teacher
Italy
The archive of European legends, useful for integrating the material available on the subject of myths and legends, in a multicultural key.
 Fabiola Canova
Student
Italy
The knowledge and use of a lot of information technology as we have learned to use new tools and access new sources.
 Alessia Campus
Student
Italy
The most useful resource could be the latter because it helps for example in language learning. Interesting project.
Joanna Jamińska
Volunteer / Guide
Poland
The project is innovative due to how it combines tradition with innovation. In our society we work with legends and folk tales and we know how important it is to make youth interested in it, to pass on our culture. Legend about Ślęza is not a well-known legend but it is really important for Slavonic culture. It is good that it become international. I like also that it is on a map and anybody interested can find it and visit.
Agnieszka Lulek Piechota
Lecturer
Poland
I like the idea of map. It is helpful at teaching many subjects. This map is a very good teaching material. It will help student to see trails between European countries, connections and roots. Use of IT in learning is trending and it is future.
Ewa Kamyk-Krzykawska
Librarian
Poland
The idea of the project is similar to what we are aiming at in our library – to make kids interested in reading and in local culture. It is wonderful that they become familiar with folk tales and they find connections with other countries due to it. Legends are beautiful lesson of timeless values and history at the same time.
Marcel Mazur
Student
Poland
It was really funny to work in this project. I didn't know many legends.  Legend heroes are similar to my favorite fantasy heroes. You know Wiedźmin (The Witcher – my comment). It is cool that we have similar legends with other countries in Europe!
Nicoletta Michalak
Student
Poland
It was nice to work with legends. I was reading legends when I was a child. I now know that they are not only for kids, they have a message.  Our teacher was really creative with it. I want to use the map on holidays to see all places with dragons.
Justyna Kalwik
Teacher
Poland
I teach English language. I believe that legends and a map are wonderful teaching aids :) On my subject we can focus on anything that is interesting for students and it is in English, obviously. Using internet aids with ready activities makes it easy and flexible. Robert (a Teacher involved in the project) is my friend so I was observing his work – in my opinion, it was really interesting.
Todorka Pavlova
Teacher
Lithuania
The project is very interesting. The students I work with loved it. It was very interesting to them to follow the path from the project to search for interesting legends in their own region and to build routes to connect the places where the legends happen. I personally like the essays, which show common characters and events between legends from the different countries.
Ina Petkova
Eacher/Trainer
Lithuania
Storytelling is a great technique for teaching. Using legends for story telling is really interesting and captivating for kids. Through the world of fantasy and adventure we can teach them how to value their own culture, how to be better people and to see all people and cultures have the same believes. I like the project a lot. 
Galina Surma
Pedagogue Councler
Lithuania
It is important for teachers to have variety of instruments to teach and use in class. The project offers very interesting resources, which teachers can integrate in different subjects. It is good for students to consider the moral and ethical values in the traditional legends of different nations.
Inna Vasileva
Teacher
Lithuania
I think that including an app in the project results make it much more appealing for youngsters. Legends and essays are very interesting and can be easily used in language, history or geography classes.
Mariana Gagova
Teacher
Lithuania
Learning trough stories is great method, especially for younger students. It develops their creative thinking, analytical capabilities. The project also can help in studying the national and European history - it is fun to follow how the same characters appear in countries, which seem not be very close in culture, yet they are. It is good for students to see how characters in the legend overcome different difficulties. As a teacher I find the Parsifal project helpful in my work - it offers variety of possibilities to use the content.
Elisaveta Georgieva
Librarian/Trainer
Lithuania
I think this project shows how traditional cultures and believes can be preserved, acknowledging the common past we all have as Europeans. The app makes it attractive for younger audiences, while the didactic relevance of legends and essays can help teachers in their work.
Elza Gheorghiu
Teacher
Romania
I highly appreciate the On-line Repository of legends and traditional tales because it enables teachers’ and students’ direct access to European legends. Legends have often been used for educational purposes. They give genuine insights into the values of a culture and also promote common European roots. Identifying shared values and similarities helps students develop a sense of commitment to global solidarity and a deep feeling of caring for the heritage. Cultural heritage offers many opportunities to tell stories about the past which students can relate to their own experience. Legends create a certain moral system, which shows people how they should behave themselves and how to apply the moral system to the whole of society. Legends focus on fighting evil and saving lives and teach us that, eventually, good triumphs over evil. Also, legends help students explore important life themes relevant to their future, describe failures and successes, allowing readers and/or listeners to avoid mistakes or helping them reach a successful outcome. Stories about real events can reveal new perspectives helping adolescents to critically check the coherence of belief systems and values or to reshape their value system and identities. Stories can offer role models which can guide students in their search for their place in the world.
Ioan Juncu
Teacher
Romania
The on-line Repository of legends and traditional tales is a really useful “tool”. Many of its materials are designed in accordance with various innovative pedagogical approaches. Teachers should use these classroom resources because they develop cognitive and non-cognitive social skills among the children. Moreover, the repository of legends helps children discover traditional tales through images, pictures, photos and videos.
Marinica Maftei
Teacher
Romania
The Interactive Map and the adjacent App is an excellent tool for both teachers and students who want to find out about common cultural heritage we share with other European countries. It allows people to expand their knowledge about legends and characters, places to visit and stories to read. It can be used both in class, as a teaching tool and useful information for tourists.
Andreea Ionel
Project Manager
Romania
The repository of legends and traditional tales offered by the Parsifal project represent an excellent educational resource to improve students’ literacy and digital skills by resorting to students’ cultural heritage. The project makes use of ICT based devices and the European cultural heritage, particularly traditional tales and stories linked to historical, cultural, geographical and artistic issues. Legends give insight into the values of a culture and also promote common European roots. Identifying shared values and similarities helps students develop a sense of commitment to global solidarity and a deep feeling of caring for the heritage. Cultural heritage offers many opportunities to tell stories about the past which students can relate to their own experience.

Legends create a certain moral system, which shows people how they should behave themselves and how to apply the moral system to the whole of society. Legends focus on fighting evil and saving lives and teach us that, eventually, good triumphs over evil. In addition, legends help students explore important life themes relevant to their future, describe failures and successes, allowing readers and/or listeners to avoid mistakes or helping them reach a successful outcome. Stories about real events can reveal new perspectives helping adolescents to critically check the coherence of belief systems and values or to reshape their own value system and identities. Stories can offer role models which can guide students in their search for their place in the world.

Cristian Timofticiuc
Teacher
Romania
As a former students of Language and Literature, I cannot decide on one single source above the others; the legends themselves are interesting, from a folklore point of view, the essays written based on the legends identified resemble literary criticism, due to their qualitative content and scientific approach. Lastly, the interactive map provides a wonderful visual tool for exploring the geography of the legends identified. If I were to teach literature / folklore topics in a school / university, the tools provided would definitely form a part of the resources used in class.
D. D.
Student
Romania
Essays on European legends are the most useful for me because I think they are more accessible for me and for my English level.
A.
Student
Romania
I think that the Interactive map is the most useful because we can see where the legends are.
S.M.
Student
Romania
I like the interactive map because I can see on the map where the legend is and I can see its origin.
M.M.
Student
Romania
The most useful and part was the first one. Because the most interesting thing about legends is to read them and the first part helped me with that. On the second place is the essay, because learning about how legends are created is also useful and sometimes interesting.
M.B.
Student
Romania
I think the most useful source is the map because you can be clarified for the place where the legend is.
Todorka Pavlova
Teacher
Bulgaria
The project is very interesting. The students I work with loved it. It was very interesting to them to follow the path from the project to search for interesting legends in their own region and to build routes to connect the places where the legends happen. I personally like the essays, which show common characters and events between legends from the different countries.
Ina Petkova
Eacher/Trainer
Bulgaria
Storytelling is a great technique for teaching. Using legends for story telling is really interesting and captivating for kids. Through the world of fantasy and adventure we can teach them how to value their own culture, how to be better people and to see all people and cultures have the same believes. I like the project a lot. 
Galina Surma
Pedagogue Councler
Bulgaria
It is important for teachers to have variety of instruments to teach and use in class. The project offers very interesting resources, which teachers can integrate in different subjects. It is good for students to consider the moral and ethical values in the traditional legends of different nations.
Inna Vasileva
Teacher
Bulgaria
I think that including an app in the project results make it much more appealing for youngsters. Legends and essays are very interesting and can be easily used in language, history or geography classes.
Mariana Gagova
Teacher
Bulgaria
Learning trough stories is great method, especially for younger students. It develops their creative thinking, analytical capabilities. The project also can help in studying the national and European history - it is fun to follow how the same characters appear in countries, which seem not be very close in culture, yet they are. It is good for students to see how characters in the legend overcome different difficulties. As a teacher I find the Parsifal project helpful in my work - it offers variety of possibilities to use the content.
Elisaveta Georgieva
Librarian/Trainer
Bulgaria
I think this project shows how traditional cultures and believes can be preserved, acknowledging the common past we all have as Europeans. The app makes it attractive for younger audiences, while the didactic relevance of legends and essays can help teachers in their work.