ÂAll intellectuals driven by nationalist sentiments directly or indirectly are always preoccupied with searching for the most ancient roots of their budding nations in order to ground their compatriots in particular soil and to make them more indigenous.
Thirty-three fairy tales from the folklore of Rhodesia, Uganda, Denmark, Spain, Scandinavia, and Scotland.
Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fabl…
by Mitchell, Susan, Fili, Louise, Tyler, Royall
fromPantheon fairy tale & folklore library
Contains over 200 tales from medieval Japan.
Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama, this book examines variations of the Oedipus tale from around the world. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist perspectives, the 19 essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this …
Gathers fairy tales told by Clementina Todesco, an Italian immigrant, offers background information about her life in Italy and America, and explains how and when the tales were told
