Presents tales from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania. Accompanied by detailed information of their historic and cultural backgrounds, this book is arranged by tale type, covering wonder tales, hero tales, tales of kindness...Daugiau...
This book examines The Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work....Daugiau...
A selection of 50 Slovak folk tales assembled from the collections of folklorist Pavol Dobsinsky. The translator seeks to preserve the poetic qualities of the originals, and the book includes an introduction to the genres of the folktale and the spe...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Jan-1998, Leidėjas: Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110808063)
Walapai, a language of the Yuman group, is spoken in Northern Arizona. This book contains texts of various genres - myths, stories from everyday life - which were collected by the author in the late 50s and 60s. The texts are presented in morpholo...Daugiau...
