By Josepha Sherman
ISBN-10: 0765680475
ISBN-13: 9780765680471
Storytelling is an historical perform recognized in all civilizations all through background. Characters, stories, ideas, oral traditions, motifs, and story varieties go beyond person cultures - parts and names swap, however the tales are remarkably related with every one rendition, highlighting the values and matters of the host tradition. interpreting the tales and the oral traditions linked to varied cultures deals a distinct view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings previous and current cultures of the realm to lifestyles via their tales, oral traditions, and function types. It combines folklore and mythology, conventional arts, historical past, literature, and fairs to give an summary of worldwide cultures via their liveliest and such a lot interesting mode of expression. This attractive source comprises particular storytelling recommendations in addition to retellings of news from numerous cultures and traditions.
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It is not known where or by whom the original Amadis of Gaul was written. The work may have been written by Portuguese author Joao de Lobeira in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, but no manuscript has been found. The epic was translated into Castilian Spanish by García Ordóñez de Montalvo in the sixteenth century. The latter was a best seller in its own time and is the version that is best known today. The Story of Amadis The plot of Amadis of Gaul is intricate, as are most stories of this genre.
Blue is said to be a good color to ward off evil. In the Near East, blue glass beads, often set with inlaid images of eyes, are sold as amulets against the evil eye. Amulets are often worn around the neck or as rings, especially in the form of jewelry. In the modern world, many people who wear amulets or good luck charms as jewelry are unaware of their significance. See also: Talismans. A. Amulets and Talismans. London: Collier, 1970. Kunz, George Frederick. The Mystical Lore of Precious Stones.
Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa. ” In Biographica: Nordic Folklorists of the Past: Studies in Honor of Jouko Hautala. Ed. Dag Strömbäck, Brynjulf Alver, Bengt Holbek, and Leea Virtanen. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, 1971. Thompson, Stith. A Folklorist’s Progress: Reflections of a Scholar’s Life. Ed. John Holmes McDowell, Inta Gale Carpenter, Donald Braid, and Erika Peterson-Veatch. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Abassi/Abasi and Atai (West African) I n the mythology of the Efik people in what is now Nigeria, Abassi was the supreme god and the father of humanity.
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