John Bierhorst: Latin American Folktales - Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions

ISBN: 9780375714399
Author: John Bierhorst
Page: 400
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2003
Format: Book
Publisher: PANTHEON
Language: English

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Price: 8 295 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions--combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the tree daughters who robbed their father's grave, and the wife in disguise who married her own husband--not to mention the Bear's son, the tricksters Fox and Monkey, the two compadres, and the classic rogue Pedro de Urdemalas. Gathered from twenty countries, including the United States, the stories are here brought together in a core collection of one hundred tales arranged in the form of a velorio, or wake, the most frequent occasion for public storytelling. The tales are preceded by a selection of early Colonial legends foreshadowing the themes of Latino folklore and are followed by a carefully chosen group of modern Indian myths that replay the basic stories in a contrasting key.

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