African FolktalesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 12 août 1983 - 384 pages The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library |
Table des matières
Tales of Wonder from | 31 |
THE PASSWORD | 37 |
MONKEY STEALS A DRUM | 45 |
A MAN WHO COULD TRANSFORM HIMSELF | 56 |
PROFITABLE AMENDS | 64 |
THE HARES | 71 |
RUBIYA | 78 |
AMANAMONGMEN | 86 |
Tales of Trickster and Other | 153 |
ALL THE LITTLE ANIMALS | 159 |
WHY THE DOG ALWAYS CHASES OTHER ANIMALS | 165 |
CURSING THE BIRDS | 176 |
CUTTING THE ELEPHANTS HIPS | 182 |
Tales in Praise of Great Doings | 231 |
Making a Way Through Life | 295 |
Bibliography | 343 |
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African Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World Roger D. Abrahams Affichage d'extraits - 1983 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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