Download or read book Imagining Women written by Karen Gernant and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 37 stories which provide a rare look at the everyday lives of common people, especially women, in the villages of China.
Download or read book The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon written by James Riordan and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siberia. From this strange and beautiful land comes an oral tradition that has altered little in two thousand years. Here is a true spiritual democracy and purity of folk art rarely found in traditional tales.
Download or read book Forestville Tales written by Aaron Berman and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce a refreshing change of pace to the standard language lesson! Join the mischievous adventures of Renard the fox, discover why rabbits have long ears, and gain a valuable moral when a beggar enters a rich man's house! Representing many cultures, these rarely encountered stories and more will captivate children, adolescents, and every reader who is young-at-heart. Each tale opens with a list of words and expressions and closes with enjoyable, versatile exercises designed to reinforce all four language skills. In addition, every story uniquely features sequential illustrations to highlight the action and help the student comprehend the text. It's hard to find a more ideal motivation for learning English!
Download or read book Tales of the Seal People written by Duncan Williamson and published by Interlink Publishing Group. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 14 selkie (half-seal half-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland which embrace the fantasy, romance and unusual perspective of the Scottish travellers.
Download or read book Folk Tale Plays from Around the World That Kids Will Love written by Marci Appelbaum and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eight short read-aloud plays with engaging activities that build reading skills, add spark to social studies lessons, and explore diverse cultures"--Cover
Download or read book Hildur Queen of the Elves and Other Stories written by J.M. Bedell and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild. On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland’s particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.
Download or read book Folktales of India written by Brenda E. F. Beck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics—truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition. "This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general."—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies "The stories collected here are representative, rich in structural subtlety, and endowed with fresh earthy humor."—Kunal Chakraborti, Contributions to Indian Sociology
Download or read book The Types of the Folk tale written by Antti Amatus Aarne and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snake Prince and Other Stories written by Edna Ledgard and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: collected and retold by Edna Ledgard The people of Burma/Myanmar call it Shwe Pyidaw, the Golden Land, their fertile valley cradled in a horseshoe of mountains. When squabbling Western nations vied for control of the newly-mapped country a century ago, the local population had already lived in the mountainous land for over a millenium. Throughout those centuries, the legends and tales rooted in animist religions created a rich tapestry of spirits that underlie the later arrival of Buddhism. "Nat" spirits, dragons, winged lion-dogs, ogres, mythical galon birds, sorceresses and many more populated the land. This volume brings together 25 of the most-loved of these folk tales.
Download or read book The Demon Slayers and Other Stories written by Sayantani DasGupta and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Bengali folk tales. Among the stories of princes, devata (deities) and bloodthirsty rashash (demons), stories of women's lives and images emerge. Women and their goddeses bring to life not only the nurturing Bengali motherland itself, but demons as well.
Download or read book Little Folk written by Paul Robert Walker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, tales of little folk have delighted people all over the world. No matter what these mysterious little creatures are called --fairies, dwarfs, elves, pixies, brownies, hobgoblins, or nunus--they are said to possess magical powers. Some find their power in their wit, others in their ability to change forms, and still others in their name.
Download or read book International Folk Tales written by Sonu Singh and published by iTech. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Girl who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales written by and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Native American stories arranged geographically.
Download or read book The International Collection of Classic Fairy Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Golden Corpse written by Sandra Benson and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Golden Corpse is the first complete English version of the famous Tibetan folktales told to a young boy who has killed seven sorcerers in the defense of his Master. The boy must redeem himself by carrying a talking corpse full of wondrous tales on a long journey, without himself speaking a word. These 25 tales of intrigue and magic provide the reader with a window through which to view ancient Tibetan culture. Within them, you will encounter heroes and villains, fearsome witches, murderous demons, and clever tricksters with a uniquely Tibetan humor. Songs, riddles, jokes, and sayings make the stories come alive as they unfold against the background of everyday Tibet—its farmers and nomads, kings and magical beings.
Download or read book Abu Jmeel s Daughter Other Stories written by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 27 traditional folk stories were written down, shortly before her death, by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed, who had recounted them to the children of her extended family over many years. Authentically Arab in their themes, yet timelessly universal, they are sometimes magical, sometimes naturalistic, and combine a wealth of vivid detail with elements of pathos and humor. Translated by family members of various generations, then expertly edited, the book is a precious store of the kind of tale endlessly cherished but in danger of disappearing.
Download or read book International Folkloristics written by Alan Dundes and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays, beginning with a piece by Jacob Grimm, reveal the evolving theoretical underpinnings of folkloristics from its nineteenth century origins to its academic coming-of-age in the twentieth century. Each piece is prefaced by extensive editorial introductions placing them in a historical and intellectual context. The twenty essays presented here, including several never published previously in English, will be required reading for any serious student of folklore.
