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Folktales Told Around the World
Richard M. Dorson
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Richard M. Dorson
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All the selections in Richard M. Dorson's Folktales Told around the World were recorded by expert collectors, and the majority of them are published here for the first time. The tales presented are told in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania. Unlike other collections derived in large part from literary texts, this volume meets the criteria of professional folklorists in assembling only authentic examples of folktales as they were orally told. Background information, notes on the narrators, and scholarly commentaries are provided to establish the folkloric character of the tales.
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SociologíaIndex of Motifs
All references are to Stith Thompson’s Motif-Index of Folk Literature, 6 vols. (Bloomington, Indiana, 1955–58) unless otherwise indicated as follows. Motifs from other indexes: B = Ernest W. Baughman, A Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America (Indiana University Folklore Series, No. 20: The Hague, 1966); and K = Bacil F. Kirtley, “A Motif-Index of Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian Narratives” Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1955). Suggested motifs: m = Arsenio Manuel for the Philippines; n = Philip A. Noss for the Gbaya of Cameroun; p = Paul Powlison for the Yagua of Peru; and s = Harold A. Scheub for the Xhosa of South Africa; and st = John Milbury-Steen for the Gbande of Liberia.
Motif Number | Motif Title | Tale Title | Country |
A155 | Animals of the gods | Treasure, Envy, and Witchcraft | Peru |
A165.1 | Animals as attendants of god | Treasure, Envy, and Witchcraft | Peru |
A418 | Deity of particular mountain | Treasure, Envy, and Witchcraft | Peru |
A511.1.9 | Culture hero born from egg | Kondoy | Mexico |
A526.7 | Culture hero performs remarkable feats of strength and skill | Kondoy | Mexico |
A571 | Culture hero asleep in mountain | Kondoy | Mexico |
A641 | Cosmic egg | The Lake of Langui | Peru |
A811 | Earth brought up from bottom of p... |