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Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest Edited and Walter Skeat

Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest By Edited and Walter Skeat

Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest by Edited and Walter Skeat

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Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language.

Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest Summary

Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest by Edited and Walter Skeat

Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative folklore or the fables of the Malay peninsula.

Table of Contents

1. Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of Tupai the squirrel and Ruan the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy; 11. The 'tigers' fold'; 12. The tiger and the shadow; 13. Wit wins the day; 14. The king-crow and the water-snail; 15. Father 'follow-my-nose' and the four priests; 16. The elephant-princess and the prince; 17. The elephant has a bet with the tiger; 18. Princess Sadong of the caves; 19. The saint that was shot out of his own cannon; 20. The saints who grave-stones moved; 21. Nakhoda Ragam who was pricked to death by his wife's needle; 22. The legend of Patani; 23. A Malayan deluge; 24. King Solomon and the birds; 25. The outwitting of the Gedembai; 26. The silver prince, and Princess lemon-grass; Notes; Index.

Additional information

NLS9781107432888
9781107432888
110743288X
Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest by Edited and Walter Skeat
Edited and Walter Skeat
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2014-10-02
126
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