Folktales Told Around the World
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Folktales Told Around the World

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Folktales Told Around the World

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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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Index 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...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Choosing the World’s Folktales Richard M. Dorson
  8. Europe
  9. Middle East
  10. Asia
  11. Oceania
  12. Africa
  13. New World
  14. Notes
  15. Index of Motifs
  16. Index of Tale Types
  17. Contributors
  18. General Index
  19. Index of Bibliographic Items
  20. Index of Collectors
  21. List of Narrators