Folk Tales of the Maldives

Folk Tales of the Maldives
Author: Xavier Romero-Frías
Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9788776941048

A collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the local oral tradition. These folk tales offer insights into the history, culture and beliefs of the people of the Maldives and into the world they live in.


The Maldive Islanders

The Maldive Islanders
Author: Xavier Romero-Frías
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Ethnology
ISBN: 9788472548015


A World Full of Nature Stories

A World Full of Nature Stories
Author: Angela McAllister
Publisher: World Full Of
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0711266476

50 classic nature stories from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Hannah Bess Ross, making this an anthology to treasure for a lifetime and celebrating nature and getting outdoors.


Folk Tales of the Maldives

Folk Tales of the Maldives
Author: Xavier Romero-Frías
Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9788776941055

A collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the local oral tradition. These folk tales offer insights into the history, culture and beliefs of the people of the Maldives and into the world they live in.


Stranger Magic

Stranger Magic
Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2012-03-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0674065077

Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exoticization of magic, and the growing acceptance of myth and magic in contemporary experience.


The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost

The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost
Author: Sekihan Kin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0231153112

The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.


The Orchard Book of Magical Tales

The Orchard Book of Magical Tales
Author: Margaret Mayo
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2009
Genre: Fairy tales
ISBN: 9781846165290

In these 14 magical stories from around the world, you can read about the princess who climbs out of a lemon, the king who wants only to touch the moon, and the three golden apples which can bring a princess back to life.