Two Tamil Folktales
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Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9788120802124
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author:
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9788120802124
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9783447045681
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book pursues an ethnographic and a theoretical purpose. The ethnographic first part examines how Tamil folktales, mostly gathered and published by Tamil authors, reflect Tamil culture. However, since the narrators want to amuse their listeners and arouse their interest they tend to exaggerate or invert the normal situation. Therefore, their tales reflect more reliably Tamil values, beliefs and interest than social behaviour. The second theoretical part stresses the importance of the actually occuring motifs and casts doubt on typology. Rather than artificially distinguishing tale types, often thought to exist independent of the narrators, it points out a network of thematic connections among Tamil folktales.
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2018-02-27
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1452166757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traditional Indian lore through the eyes of two artists. “Their collaboration is nothing short of phenomenal. The illustrations take you into another world.” —Medium A shape-shifting tiger and a pretentious rat. A generous goddess and a powerful demon. A clever princess and a prince who returns from the dead. This collection of sixteen traditional tales transports readers to the beguiling world of Indian folklore. Transcribed by Indian and English folklorists in the nineteenth century, these stories brim with wit and magic. Fans of fairy tales will encounter familiar favorites—epic quests and talking animals—alongside delightful surprises—an irreverent sense of humor and an array of bold, inspiring heroines. Each tale in this ebook comes alive alongside exquisite artwork by a pair of contemporary Indian artists.
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0190267119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 'The Ring of Truth', Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature.
Author: Rachna Bhola Yamini
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9788128803550
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: MUGAVAI RAJAMANICKAM
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Published: 2016-11-04
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 8123026528
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Prevalent folk tales of Tamil Nadu which will help to give an insight into the customs, beliefs and lives of the people.
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 681
ISBN-13: 0199360073
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more.
Author: K.V. Zvelebil
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-06
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9004493026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is a number of problems connected with the study and teaching of any Oriental literature in general and of Tamil literature specifically which have to date been mostly ignored, although they are indispensable for solid knowledge and correct interpretation and understanding of the literature in question. These include problems of authenticity and authorship, of transmission and tradition, writing tools and materials, of relationship of orality to literacy, of Sanskrit to Tamil, the prehistory of Tamil written literature, the numerous texts that have been lost, scholarly lineages and the rediscovery of ancient Tamil literature etc. The book deals with all these problems as well as with some specific Tamil cultural phenomena such as the concept of "threefold Tamil" or the relationship of literature ('marked') to grammar ('marker'), with the derivation of the term "Tamil" and with the history of Tamil literary historiography. It will be indispensable as an introduction to the study of the more than 2000 years of Tamil literary history. By addressing questions which have thus far been almost completely neglected, it has also decisive impact on the interpretative comprehension of Tamil literature and on the teaching of this very rich heritage of verbal art.
Author: Stuart H. Blackburn
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9788178241494
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ki Rājanārāyaṇan̲
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788190605649
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book contains a gallery of jealous husbands and conniving goddesses, pious sparrows and randy mice, jewel-crazy girl ghosts and angry star demons, as well as a chapter of "naughty & dirty" folktales!