Author: Josepha Sherman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-26
Total Pages: 1450
ISBN-13: 1317459377
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Author: [Anonymus AC03416919]
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781570853227
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955).
Author: Patricia Monaghan, PhD
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2014-04-01
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 1608682188
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.
Author: John D. McDonald
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 5538
ISBN-13: 1000031543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, comprising of seven volumes, now in its fourth edition, compiles the contributions of major researchers and practitioners and explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries. This major reference presents over 550 entries extensively reviewed for accuracy in seven print volumes or online. The new fourth edition, which includes 55 new entires and 60 revised entries, continues to reflect the growing convergence among the disciplines that influence information and the cultural record, with coverage of the latest topics as well as classic articles of historical and theoretical importance.
Author: Marjatta Jauhiainen
Publisher: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Éva Pócs
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019-01-17
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1527526232
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a nuanced picture of the notions of body and soul held by the peoples of Europe through the soul concepts associated with the Judeo-Christian tradition and other religions and denominations; and the alternative traditions preserved alongside Christianity in folklore collections, linguistic and literary records. The studies also emphasize the connections between these notions and beliefs related to death and the dead, as well as questions of communication between the human world and the spirit world. The essays here focus on the roles notions of the soul and the spirit world play in the everyday life, religion and mentality of various communities; their folklore and literary representations, as well as the narrative metaphors, motifs, topoi and genres of ideas about the soul and about supernatural communication, along with questions of the relationship between narratives and religious notions. This book will appeal to researchers and students of religion, mythology, folklore and the anthropology of religion, as well as general readers interested in the humanities.
Author: Astrida B. Stahnke
Publisher: Zvaigzne
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9789984047577
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