Radin African Folktales

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7294-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten

Reihe: Bollingen Series

A representative collection of eighty-one myths and folktales chosen from the oral tradition of the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.

Originally published in 1964.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Radin, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Note to the Paperback Edition, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 1
Prologue, pg. 21
I. The Universe and Its Beginnings, pg. 23
II. The Animal and His World, pg. 91
III. The Realm of Man, pg. 159
IV. Man and His Fate, pg. 227
Epilogue, pg. 305
Sources of the Folktales, pg. 309
Glossary, pg. 313
Index, pg. 321