South of the Clouds
Tales from Yunnan
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Xu, Guo (Übers.) / Miller, Lucien (Übers.) / Kun, Xu (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-295-80700-3
- EAN: 9780295807003
- Produktnummer: 20708943
- Verlag: University of Washington Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 342 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'665 KB
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Edited by Lucien Miller. Translated by Guo Xu, Lucien Miller, and Xu Kun
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