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Outfoxing fear : folktales from around the world / edited by Kathleen Ragan ; with an introduction by Jack Zipes.
A collection of folktales from around the world that explore the universal theme of fear and the power it holds over life.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393060365
- ISBN: 0393329321
- ISBN: 9780393329322
- ISBN: 9780393060362
- Physical Description: xxiii, 259 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2006.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- "What are you most scared of?" (Japan) -- The robbers and the old woman (Scotland) -- Cauth Morrisy looking for service (Ireland) -- Death and the old woman (Hungary) -- The story of the caterpillar and the wild animals (Masai People, kenya and Tanzania) -- Magic to overcome anxiety: turtledove cannot change its nature: what turtledove says (Dahomean People, Benin) -- How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee (Ireland) -- The frightened fox (Persia) -- There is nothing anywhere (that we fear) (Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana) -- The boy who went in search of fear (Germany) --The fearless captain (Korea) -- Girls learn to write by practising on frozen pond (Icelandic-Canadian) -- The cakes of oatmeal and blood (Ireland) -- The neckbone on the knife (Iceland) -- The death "Bree" (Scotland) -- The snail (African-American) -- Different times have different "Adans" (Sudan) -- The story of the king and the four girls (Punjab, India) -- The story of the demon who ate people, and the child (Masai People, Kenya and Tanzania) -- De white man's prayer (African-American) -- The ghost of Farnell (Scotland) -- The fox and her children and Nekhailo the loafer (Ukraine) -- The lion who drowned in a well (Ukraine) -- The tiger, the Brahman, and the jackal (Punjab, India) -- The bee and the Asya (Hopi People, North America) -- The broken friendship (Santal Pargana, India) -- The lady and the unjust judge (Turkey) -- Today me, tomorrow thee (Kiuyu People, Kenya) -- Ole sis goose (African-American) -- The tale of the Emir's sword (Afghanistan) -- The revolution (Mayan People, Central America) -- The stone coat woman (Iroquois People, North America) -- The devil's little joke (Israel) -- Solomon and the vulture (Turkey) -- The landlord and his son (Israel) -- Old man and old woman (Blackfeet People, North America) -- The moon goddess (Chinese-Vietnamese-Australian) -- Xueda and Yinlin (Hui People, China) -- Im 'Awwad and the Ghouleh (Palestinian Arab People) -- An evil being appears at an.appointment instead of the right person (Papua New Guinea) -- The outwitted ghost of the forest (Arawak People, Northwest Amazon Basin) -- Still another spook (Mayan People, Central America) -- The oyster and the shark (Munkan People, Australia) -- Mr. Fox (England) -- Mereaira and Kape Tautini (Maori People, New Zealand) -- The Poles of the house (Tinguian People, Philippines) -- The dead moon (England) -- Legend of Sway-Uock (Snohomish People, North America) -- How the young maidens saved Guam Island (Chamorro People, Guam) -- The meatballs' leader (Afghanistan) -- The maiden who lived with the wolves (Sioux People, North America) -- The tale of Nung-kua-ma (China) -- Baling with a sieve (Kwangtung, China) -- The old woman and the lame devil (Chumash People, North America) -- The woman with red leggings (Arikara People, North America) -- The old lady of Littledean (Scotland) -- The milk and butter stones (Scotland) -- The inexhaustible meal-chest (Ireland) -- The long-haired girl (China) -- The good lie (Persia) -- Ayak and her lost bridegroom (Dinka People, Sudan) -- Bluejay brings the Chinook wind (Flathead-Kalispel People, North America) -- The lions of Vancouver (Salish People, North America).
- Awards Note:
- Aesop Prize, 2006.
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| 250 | . | ‡a1st ed. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bW.W. Norton, ‡c©2006. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axxiii, 259 pages : ‡b1 map ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡a"What are you most scared of?" (Japan) -- The robbers and the old woman (Scotland) -- Cauth Morrisy looking for service (Ireland) -- Death and the old woman (Hungary) -- The story of the caterpillar and the wild animals (Masai People, kenya and Tanzania) -- Magic to overcome anxiety: turtledove cannot change its nature: what turtledove says (Dahomean People, Benin) -- How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee (Ireland) -- The frightened fox (Persia) -- There is nothing anywhere (that we fear) (Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana) -- The boy who went in search of fear (Germany) --The fearless captain (Korea) -- Girls learn to write by practising on frozen pond (Icelandic-Canadian) -- The cakes of oatmeal and blood (Ireland) -- The neckbone on the knife (Iceland) -- The death "Bree" (Scotland) -- The snail (African-American) -- Different times have different "Adans" (Sudan) -- The story of the king and the four girls (Punjab, India) -- The story of the demon who ate people, and the child (Masai People, Kenya and Tanzania) -- De white man's prayer (African-American) -- The ghost of Farnell (Scotland) -- The fox and her children and Nekhailo the loafer (Ukraine) -- The lion who drowned in a well (Ukraine) -- The tiger, the Brahman, and the jackal (Punjab, India) -- The bee and the Asya (Hopi People, North America) -- The broken friendship (Santal Pargana, India) -- The lady and the unjust judge (Turkey) -- Today me, tomorrow thee (Kiuyu People, Kenya) -- Ole sis goose (African-American) -- The tale of the Emir's sword (Afghanistan) -- The revolution (Mayan People, Central America) -- The stone coat woman (Iroquois People, North America) -- The devil's little joke (Israel) -- Solomon and the vulture (Turkey) -- The landlord and his son (Israel) -- Old man and old woman (Blackfeet People, North America) -- The moon goddess (Chinese-Vietnamese-Australian) -- Xueda and Yinlin (Hui People, China) -- Im 'Awwad and the Ghouleh (Palestinian Arab People) -- An evil being appears at an. |
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