Some stories never make it into books. They are remembered at home, passed from grandparents to grandchildren, told around the family table or unexpectedly brought back to life in conversation. Some survive for generations; others are never told again and gradually fade into oblivion.

Living culture is passed from one generation to the next, changing, adapting and transforming without necessarily losing its roots. This is why studying tradition is only part of the task: passing it on matters just as much. Every person who tells an inherited story anew helps to keep it alive. New technologies give us an extraordinary opportunity to share this heritage and to give a voice to communities that continue to remember, tell and reshape their own traditions.

Perhaps you remember an anecdote your grandmother used to tell, the strange or amusing stories your grandfather would recount time and again, or a tale you heard from your mother that you have never forgotten. Memory can be a treasure chest, often without us even realising it. Within it we may find a story that once made us laugh, songs filled with memories, irreverent jokes, words and expressions disappearing through disuse, superstitions, customs, traditional remedies, frightening tales, tragic or mysterious events that left their mark on a particular place, and even those urban legends someone swore were true because they happened to a friend of a friend.

All of this is folklore, too — and we want to hear about it.

And it does not matter where in the world it comes from. Llegendàrium welcomes legends, stories and traditions from every country, culture and community. Every corner of the world and every human community —however small, remote or little known— holds a heritage worth listening to, studying and passing on. No tradition is too small and no story too local: it is precisely through these individual voices that the extraordinary diversity of the human imagination reveals itself.

If you would like to share one of these stories, write to llegendarium@llegendarium.com and, whenever possible, tell us your name, your age, who you learnt or heard it from, and the village, town, region or country where it is known or traditionally told. We will reply as soon as possible and, if the material is published on Llegendàrium, it can appear under your name or anonymously, whichever you prefer.

If you would like to share songs, folktales, traditional formulas, sayings or other forms of oral tradition, you can also send us audio or video recordings. They do not need to be professionally made: what matters to us is preserving the way you remember them or the way they were passed on to you.

There is also a place for material culture. You can send us photographs or videos of objects, clothing, amulets, toys, tools, household utensils, objects associated with traditional crafts or trades, or anything else from everyday life that carries a story, custom or tradition with it.

Every story, every word and every memory can be a small piece of something much greater. All contributions are welcome and will be treated with the care and respect they deserve.

Thank you for helping us keep this heritage alive.