Story Telling Around the World
Folktales, Narrative Rituals, and Oral Traditions
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 283 pages ; 25 cm
"This one-volume encyclopedia introduces readers to the practice of storytelling in indigenous societies around the world, providing a unique view of how global stories were told, what they were about, and how they served to entertain, educate, and shape cultures"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: why is storytelling important? -- Part I: thematic essays -- History of storytelling around the world (or the origin and early history of storytelling) -- Common storytelling elements across cultures -- Storytelling media: oral, art, and music -- Lessons stories teach us -- The birth and development of 21st-century stories -- Part II: storytelling across cultural groups -- Africa -- Ashanti -- Azande -- Baganda -- Bembe -- Berber -- Bulu -- Dahomeans -- Fjort -- Hadjerai -- Hausa -- Ju/'Hoansi bushment -- Khoikhoi/Hottentot -- Limba -- Maasai -- Malagasy -- Nandi -- Swahilil -- Yoruba -- Zulu -- South America -- Anangu Kichwa people of the Rio Napo -- Chachi (also the Cayapa) -- Inca empire -- Muisca (Chibcha) -- Runa (Canelos Quichua) -- North America -- Anishinaabe people Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Saulteaux -- Cheyenne Nations, or Tsetsehestahese -- Comanche Nation (Numunu) -- Delaware Nation (Lenape, Lenni-Lenape, Munsee) -- Hopi -- Navajo (Dine) -- Pima, Akimel O'odham -- Tohono O'Odham Nation -- Asia and Oceania -- Ainu -- Andamanese, the great -- Buryats -- Chukchee -- Enga -- iban -- Ifugao -- maori -- Nhunggabarras -- Somaip -- Wheelman -- Europe -- Basque -- Roma/Gypsies, Balkan -- Saami -- Middle East -- Bedouins, Negev -- Kurds -- Mandaeans.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples -- Folklore -- Encyclopedias.
Storytelling -- Encyclopedias.
Oral tradition -- Encyclopedias.
Indigenous peoples -- Folklore -- Encyclopedias.
Storytelling -- Encyclopedias.
Oral tradition -- Encyclopedias.
ISBN:
9781440872945
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
REF LITERATURE Folklore Cvo | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
Includes bibliographical references and index.