Folktales Told Around the WorldRichard M. Dorson All the selections in Richard M. Dorson's Folktales Told around the World were recorded by expert collectors, and the majority of them are published here for the first time. The tales presented are told in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania. Unlike other collections derived in large part from literary texts, this volume meets the criteria of professional folklorists in assembling only authentic examples of folktales as they were orally told. Background information, notes on the narrators, and scholarly commentaries are provided to establish the folkloric character of the tales. |
Contents
MIDDLE EAST | 135 |
ASIA | 175 |
OCEANIA | 301 |
AFRICA | 341 |
NEW WORLD | 427 |
Index of Motifs | 564 |
Index of Tale Types | 590 |
Contributors | 595 |
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Afghanistan Agkon animals answered Arab-Bacha Arequipa arrived asked Babar Babar Deva Baghban Bibinagar Big-belly bird brother called canoe cheat child Collected crab daughter day thief dead Deva donkey door drink father fish Folklore Folktales Fuusai Gbaya girl give go to river gold Gungutan Hamish Henderson happened head heard hole horse husband island Jack kill King lady Langui legend Liar Mvkang lived look Luc Lacourcière magic married Micronesia Mitja Moghol Moghol-Dokhter morning mother Motifs mountain mouse narrator never night thief Nyanga old woman one-sided boy Peru Prince Quevedo Rawang Roger Mitchell rooster Saint Saint Spyridon says sheep shoulder is broken sister snake South Africa story sword tale telem tell there's thing told took treasure tree Valley of Josaphat variants village Wanto weaverbird wife Winabijou Xhosa Yagua young