Download or read book Lore Legends of Kerala written by Koṭṭārattil Śaṅkuṇṇi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerala, on the south-western coast of India, was described as late as 1838, as 'God's Garden' by German missionary and scholar, Hermann Gundert. Even as this land continues to sustain its reputation, little is known about its social and cultural ethos. Lore and Legends of Kerala is adistillation of 48 of the most sparkling of the 800 or so stories that form Aithihyamala, the definitive collection of the myths and social history of Kerala.Aithihyamala, which was first published in 1909, is a compilation of narratives that were recorded by Kottarathil Sankunni and published by the Malayala Manorama newspaper and its literary journal Bhashaposhini. Peopled by sorcerers, spirits, dynamic women, and snakes and elephants, the stories ofthis grand collection explore universal human values like faith, commitment to spirituality, respect for elders, reverence for parents and mentors, love for the young, and compassion for dependants. Significantly, the stories range across all the religious groups of Kerala.A representative selection of the themes and stories of this classic work, this book includes illustrations by leading Malayalee artists C.N. Karunakaran and Namboodiri. This book has been designed to appeal to young readers who will find the stories interesting and the illustrations delightful, asalso for enthusiasts of Indian literature and culture and general readers.
Download or read book Stories from Ithihyamala written by A. K. Shrikumar and published by Children's Book Trust. This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ithihyamala Is A Collection Of Legends In Malayalam, Numbering Over A Hundred Written By Kottarathil Sankunni, A Versatile Scholar. The Stories Cover A Vast Spectrum Of Life, Personalities, Events And Skills, Including Magic, Medicine, Illusion, And So On. The Stories Are Remarkable For Their Simplicity, Lucid Style, Richness Of Humour And Charm. The Stories Give A Deep Insight Into The Customs And Traditions Of Kerala. This Volume Contains Select Stories From The Original Classic. Highly Recommended For Children Of All Ages.
Download or read book Aithihyamala written by Kottarathil Sankunni and published by Mathrubhumi Books. This book was released on 2024-05-08 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kottarathil Sankunni’s Aithihyamaala in its richness, lucidity and variety is the Malayalam equivalent to Kathasaritsagara, Arabian Nights and Popol Vuh. This compilation of folklore, a perfect counterpoint to Kerala’s history, transports the reader into a fascinating world of kings and chieftains, elephants and mahouts, temples and deities, priests and wizards, nymphs and sirens. Penned by Kottarathil Sankunni in his inspiring and delightful language, this cherished collection combining a heightened sense of the real and the unreal is considered a classic.
Download or read book Aithihyamaala written by Koṭṭārattil Śaṅkuṇṇi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aithihyamaala written by Kottarathil Sankunni and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-06-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special e-edition combines all three print volumes of the collected enduring legends of Kerala in the Aithihyamaala, the garland of legends. Yakshis, gandharvas, gods and demi-gods. Famous poets and learned Ayurvedic doctors. Magicians, conceited kings and Kalari gurus. Faithful, intelligent elephants and their fatherly mahouts. A vibrant and diverse cast of characters brings to life the ancient stories. The original collection of 126 tales, were documented over 25 years and written in the 1900s by Kottaaraththil Sankunni. These stories of well-known figures in Kerala folklore were first published in Bhashaposhini, the renowned Malayalam literary magazine. This edition of 50 stories, meticulously curated and translated by Leela James, transports you to the magical world of history, myth and fantasy of more than 100 years ago. Wisdom and vice, revenge and loyalty, imagination and fact, faith and superstition are intricately intertwined to create a collector’s edition for lovers of legends, Malayalam folklore and Indian literature.
Download or read book Tales Once Told written by Abraham Eraly and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Selection Of Stories Adapted From The Ithihyamala, A Marvellous Treasury Of Legends Of Kerala These Vibrant Fables Evoke A Long-Lost, Never-Never Land: An Enchanted World Of Sorcerers, Exorcists And Yakshis; Eccentric Rajas And Haughty Poets; Martial-Arts Prodigies And Peerless Physicians; Wily Wits And Devious Gadflies; Clever Elephants, Sly Crooks, Gallant Brigands And A Motley Bunch Of Uncommon Common People. Retold By Best-Selling Author Abraham Eraly And Superbly Illustrated By Jayachandran, Tales Once Told Is An Engaging Blend Of Earthy Wisdom And Sparkling Humour.
Download or read book Folk Tales of Kerala written by I. K. K. Menon and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lore Legends of North Malabar written by Vāṇidās Eḷayāvūrȧ and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lore Legends written by Vanidas Elayavoor and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has been a treasure trove of folklore and fables for millennia, history and legend being so entangled that even academics and historians find it difficult to sort fact from fantasy. Well known scholar and orator Sri Vanidas Elayavoor's monumental task of collecting and collating the legends of north Malabar, handed down orally over the centuries, has ensured that this 'archaeology of knowledge' from the past is preserved for ever. Now, for the first time, a selection of stories featuring the Gods, Goddesses and divinities, scholars, warriors and ruling houses, of this fabled land, is available in English.
Download or read book Social and Cultural History of Kerala written by A. Sreedhara Menon and published by New Delhi : Sterling. This book was released on 1979 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Twentieth Century Literatures of India written by Nalini Natarajan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-09-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has a rich literary assemblage produced by its many different regional traditions, religious faiths, ethnic subcultures and linguistic groups. The published literature of the 20th century is a particularly interesting subject and is the focus of this book, as it represents the provocative conjuncture of the transitions of Indian modernity. This reference book surveys the major regional literatures of contemporary India in the context of the country's diversity and heterogeneity. Chapters are devoted to particular regions, and the arrangement of the work invites comparisons of literary traditions. Chapters provide extensive bibliographies of primary works, thus documenting the creative achievement of numerous contemporary Indian authors. Some chapters cite secondary works as well, and the volume concludes with a list of general works providing further information. An introductory essay overviews theoretical concerns, ideological and aesthetic considerations, developments in various genres, and the history of publishing in regional literatures. The introduction provides a context for approaching the chapters that follow, each of which is devoted to the literature of a particular region. Each chapter begins with a concise introductory section. The body of each chapter is structured according to social and historical events, literary forms, or broad descriptive or analytic trends, depending on the particular subject matter. Each chapter then closes with an extensive bibliography of primary works, thus documenting the rich literary tradition of the region. Some chapters also cite secondary sources as an aid to the reader. The final chapters of the book address special topics, such as sub-cultural literatures, or the interplay between literature and film. A list of additional sources of general information concludes the volume.
Download or read book Yellow Is the Colour of Longing written by K.R. Meera and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A literary heavyweight’—Indian Express In these bold, wry and ebullient stories, Meera’s astonishing range of narrative techniques is on full display as she expertly lays bare the faultlines behind the façade of everyday life, sometimes with dark humour and sometimes with astoundingly bitter sadness.
Download or read book Kottarathil Sankunni s Lore Legends and Folktales from Kerala written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hindu Myth Hindu History Religion Art and Politics written by Heinrich von Stietencron and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing Upon Varions Sources And Currents Folk, Tribal, And The Multilayered Sanskritic Tradition The Author Offers In This Volume, Major Insights Into The Complex Cultural History Of Hindu Traditions.
Download or read book On the Far Side of Memory written by Lalithambika Antharjanam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housewife by day, daring writer at night, seated on the bare floor, this thinker of gender engaged with the thriving social and community reform movements of early-mid twentieth century Malayali society. The first prominent voice who spoke on behalf of women, the first startling insights that represented the struggle against the repression of the women of the Namboodiri Brahmin community, Lalithambika Antharjanam’s stories cover half a century of her engagement with caste, gender, and nationalist uprisings. In writing some of the founding texts of feminism in Kerala, she made powerful feminist interventions into literary realism in Kerala. Relatively unknown outside Kerala and yet to receive the critical attention that is her due, this book seeks to resurrect Lalithambika as a feminist public intellectual.
Download or read book Aryans Jews Brahmins written by Dorothy M. Figueira and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aryans, Jews, Brahmins, Dorothy M. Figueira provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. The myth concerns a race that inhabits a utopian past and gives rise first to Brahmin Indian culture and then to European culture. In India, notions of the Aryan were used to develop a national identity under colonialism, one that allowed Indian elites to identify with their British rulers. It also allowed non-elites to set up a counter identity critical of their position in the caste system. In Europe, the Aryan myth provided certain thinkers with an origin story that could compete with the Biblical one and could be used to diminish the importance of the West's Jewish heritage. European racial hygienists made much of the myth of a pure Aryan race, and the Nazis later looked at India as a cautionary tale of what could happen if a nation did not remain "pure." As Figueira demonstrates, the history of the Aryan myth is also a history of reading, interpretation, and imaginative construction. Initially, the ideology of the Aryan was imposed upon absent or false texts. Over time, it involved strategies of constructing, evoking, or distorting the canon. Each construction of racial identity was concerned with key issues of reading: canonicity, textual accessibility, interpretive strategies of reading, and ideal readers. The book's cross-cultural investigation demonstrates how identities can be and are created from texts and illuminates an engrossing, often disturbing history that arose from these creations.
Download or read book A History of Kerala written by Krishnat P. Padmanabha Menon and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
