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Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000123945788
Covers tales that are the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, and popular culture and are fundamental to daily life.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313081033
From the Amazon to the Arctic, the world is teeming with diverse cultures. There's no better way for students to explore the world's cultural diversity than through its folktales. Presenting tales from the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, daily life, and popular culture, The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections gathers together a vast array of folktales and arranges them according to region or cultural group, thus allowing students to quickly and conveniently learn about the tales of particular cultures. Some of these stories have been told for centuries, while others have emerged only in recent times. The four-volume set includes introductory essays in addition to explanatory headnotes, and provides bibliographies on particular regions as well as a selected, general bibliography. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this set gives students and general readers a guided tour of the world's folktales. Each volume of the set is devoted to a particular broad geographic region: Volume 1: Africa, The Middle East, Australia and Oceania Volume 2: Asia Volume 3: Europe Volume 4: North and South America Accessible, informative, and entertaining, this book will help literature students learn how to analyze texts and understand the traditions at the heart of many of the world's literary masterpieces. It will also help social studies students learn about the world's cultures and respect ethnic diversity.
Author : Andy McGrath
Publisher : Hangar 1 Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : PKEY:6610000337804
Beasts of the World is a seven-part series, which seeks to investigate the histories, evidence, and common theories surrounding the numerous cryptid creatures that have been reported around the globe. In Volume 1. - Hairy Humanoids, we examine the diverse collection of hairy, bipedal, man-like monsters that are believed to inhabit the world’s remote and lonely regions and ask the question - do they represent a single species, or, could there be other lesser-known varieties of Wildmen, yet to be revealed? This book seeks to classify some of these distinct kinds and proposes a separation (even when two or more ‘types’ or ‘species’, appear to be sharing a similar geographic area) based upon key physiological and behavioural differences. And so, we find that the Man-Ape – Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest, is something quite different to the Wildman – Almasti, of the Caucuses Mountains; and that the Relict Ape – known as the Yeti, is more akin to the Florida Skunk Ape, than the Chinese Yeren... Are these mysterious monsters surviving Gigantopithecus, extant Neanderthals, undiscovered apes, hidden tribes, or simply folklore and fable, repackaged for the modern world? Join me, as I go in search of these Hairy Humanoids and the many yet to be discovered Beasts of the World.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313337833
Selects and annotates a vast array of folktales from around the world.
Author : John Bierhorst
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307426581
Over one hundred stories showcasing the wisdom and artistry of one the world’s richest folktale traditions—the first panoramic anthology of Hispano-American folk narratives in any language. Gathered from twenty countries and combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America, the stories brought together here represent a core collection of classic Latin American folktales. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the three daughters who robbed their father's grave, and the wife in disguise who married her own husband—not to mention the Bear's son, the tricksters Fox and Monkey, the two compadres, and the classic rogue Pedro de Urdemalas. Featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout, this Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library edition is unprecedented in size and scope, including riddles, folk prayers, and fables never before translated into English.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000109875926
Arranged by geographical regions, an anthology of American folktales offers legends, myths, folktalkes, jokes, and personal experiences.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216109365
Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the experience of Latinos in the United States. Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. These are grouped in topical sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources suitable for student research. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales, while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience. The more than 30 tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000123945770
Covers tales that are the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, and popular culture and are fundamental to daily life.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000109876999
Arranged by geographical regions, an anthology of American folktales offers legends, myths, folktalkes, jokes, and personal experiences.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000124472261
"Each tale is introduced by a brief explanatory headnote, and the volume closes with a selected bibliography. Students in social studies classes will value this book as a window on Native American culture, while students in literature courses will welcome it as a guide to Native American oral traditions."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000123945754
Covers tales that are the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, and popular culture and are fundamental to daily life.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000109875934
Arranged by geographical regions, an anthology of American folktales offers legends, myths, folktalkes, jokes, and personal experiences.
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000109212328
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Author : Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476622293
Anything is possible in the world of Latin American folklore, where Aunt Misery can trap Death in a pear tree; Amazonian dolphins lure young girls to their underwater city; and the Feathered Snake brings the first musicians to Earth. One in a series of folklore reference guides ("...an invaluable resource..."--School Library Journal), this book features summaries and sources of 470 tales told in Mexico, Central America and South America, a region underrepresented in collections of world folklore. The volume sends users to the best stories retold in English from the Inca, Maya, and Aztec civilizations, Spanish and Portuguese missionaries and colonists, African slave cultures, indentured servants from India, and more than 75 indigenous tribes from 21 countries. The tales are grouped into themed sections with a detailed subject index.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:49015003304137
