| Description |
1 online resource (343 pages) |
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McLellan Endowed Series |
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McLellan Endowed Series
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| Contents |
1. Yunnan Province -- 2. Prefectures and autonomous prefectures -- 3. Counties -- 4. Distribution of ethnic minorities -- Preface -- General Introduction -- Introduction to Yunnan National Minority Folk Literature -- Stories About Creation -- Myths Concerning the Creation of the World -- The Origin of Making Offerings to Ancestors -- The Formation of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind -- Sunbird Creates the Sun and the Moon -- Great God Gumiya -- Why People Do What They Do -- The Origin of the Sixth Month Sacrifice -- The Ancestors of Dai Singers -- The Water-Splashing Festival |
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Why Sui People Live in Two-Story Wooden Loft-Houses -- The Torch Festival -- Heroes and Heroines of the People -- A Blang Youth -- Daughter of a Slave -- Wild Goose Lake -- Wine-Flavored Spring -- Stories about Bubo -- Animal Friends and Animal Foes -- Two Sisters and the Boa -- The Gold Pig -- The Arrogant Tiger -- The Gathering of the Birds -- Sun, Moon, and Stars -- Wonder and Magic -- The Magic Shoulder Pole -- Nabulousi, the Life-Restoring Tree -- The Nine Brothers -- The Head-Baby -- Wise and Foolish Folk -- Mr. Crooked and Mr. Straight -- Asking Permission -- Five Tales about Ayidan -- The Clever Sister |
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The Guileless Man and the Trickster Lovers -- The Girl with Tufted Eyebrows -- The Rainbow -- The Rhinoceros Hornbill -- Longsi and the Third Princess -- The Cloud That Longs for a Husband -- The Nanxi River -- Appendix: Traditional Yunnan Ethnic Minority Cultures |
| Summary |
"The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province s officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by memorable characters, such as the Tibetan mother who, reborn as a cow, comforts and helps her daughter into her harsh life as a slave girl; the two Kucong sisters who marry snakes; and the bodiless Lahu head-baby who grows up to win one of the earth-god Poyana s daughters in marriage. Chosen for their representativeness, aesthetic appeal, and variety, the stories provide rich examples of the folk traditions of Southwest China. South of the Clouds includes introductions and an appendix which describe the places and people of Yunnan, analyze the literary and psychological characteristics of their stories, give the sources of the tales, and explain the methodology of collecting folk literature in China."--Google books viewed Jan. 29, 2021 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tales -- China -- Yunnan Sheng
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Tales
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China -- Yunnan Sheng
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Xu, Guo
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Miller, Lucien.
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Kun, Xu
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| ISBN |
9780295807003 |
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0295807008 |
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