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Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest

Walter Skeat Ilustrat de F. H. Townsend
en Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2014
Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative folklore or the fables of the Malay peninsula.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107432888
ISBN-10: 110743288X
Pagini: 126
Dimensiuni: 216 x 229 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of Tūpai the squirrel and Rūan the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy; 11. The 'tigers' fold'; 12. The tiger and the shadow; 13. Wit wins the day; 14. The king-crow and the water-snail; 15. Father 'follow-my-nose' and the four priests; 16. The elephant-princess and the prince; 17. The elephant has a bet with the tiger; 18. Princess Sādong of the caves; 19. The saint that was shot out of his own cannon; 20. The saints who grave-stones moved; 21. Nakhōda Rágam who was pricked to death by his wife's needle; 22. The legend of Pătāni; 23. A Malayan deluge; 24. King Solomon and the birds; 25. The outwitting of the Gĕdembai; 26. The silver prince, and Princess lemon-grass; Notes; Index.

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Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula.