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Annotation A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, Southwestern Lore is about as representative as such a miscellany could be. Bad men, razorbacked hogs, Mexican sheep-herders, treasure hunters, African Americans, cowboys both gringo and Mexican, plant life, songs, oil field, Indians--all find representation in the volume.
Superstition. --- Folk beliefs --- Traditions --- Folklore --- Religion
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Superstition --- Trials (Witchcraft) --- Occultism --- Witchcraft --- Folk beliefs --- Traditions --- Folklore --- Religion
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Folklore. --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling
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Folk Songs, American. --- Superstition. --- African Americans --- Legends --- Folklore. --- Folk beliefs --- Traditions --- Folklore --- Religion --- Folk Songs
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The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, translated by Jack Zipes.
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This book makes a rare contribution towards the preservation and promotion of ukhaliro wa bene Malawi (Malawian culture) that is fast waning. This dilution of culture was put in motion by the British colonial masters and got exacerbated with the inception of democratic governance in 1994. There is need for concerted efforts amongst various practitioners and stakeholders, led by the government itself, if the situation is to be put under control. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will simply be remote history that 'long time ago, there was a unique culture in Malawi'. The book is a collection of twenty short stories that generally promote such themes as nkharo yiwemi (good behaviour); uheni wa chigolo na sanje (the bad side of selfishness and jealousy); kulimbikira pa vinthu (hard working spirit); and uheni wa mitala (the folly of polygamy), among others. The strength of the book lies in the fact that there is room for the reader to draw their own lessons based on their understanding of a particular story, in addition to the lesson already highlighted there-in. The book is a must read for all, young and old, especially those interested in understanding the societal values, not only about Malawi, but of Africa as a whole.
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The book ('From the Invisible Side of the Sky') talks about the Old Faith religion (Non-Christian faith), Old Faith people as well as about the Old Faith as a way of life which was known to our ancestors, before they were Christianized. However, it does not describe something that was alive just a thousand years ago, but it attests life in the 19th and 20th century, here, among us. Pavel Medvešček, half a century ago, managed to win the trust of the Old Faith people in the Soča valley (western Slovenia). He was accepted as their “confessor” and speaker. In doing so, they were led by an awareness that they are the last of their kind and have a unique opportunity to tell the world who they are and how they live in a way that is dying out. In medieval and early modern writings there are descriptions of the Old Faith in Europe, but their authors were Christians, mostly even Christian priests. They were necessarily deficient informed, their story biased, pejorative, mocking, their image of the Old Faith inevitably completely distorted. Through Medvešček as a writer, in the book the Old Faith people themselves talk about themselves. This did not succeed ever before and elsewhere, because they constantly have to hide and to pretend. It is this 'inner voice' which gives the book an incomparable, unique value of utmost importance, especially in an increasingly wilder, globalized world. Knjiga govori o stari veri, starovercih in staroverstvu kot načinu življenja, kkot so poznali naši predniki, preden so jih pokristjanili. Vendar ne opisuje nečesa, kar je živelo samo pred več kot tisoč leti, ampak izpričuje življenje v 19. in 20. st. tu, med nami. Pavlu Medveščku se je pred pol stoletja posrečilo pridobiti zaupanje skupine posoških starovercev, da so ga sprejeli za svojega »spovednika« in pričevalca. Pri tem jih je vodila zavest, da so zadnji svoje vrste in imajo enkratno priložnost povedati svetu, kdo so in kako živijo na način, ki izumira. V srednjeveških in zgodnjenovoveških spisih obstajajo opisi stare vere v Evropi, vendar so njihovi avtorji kristjani, večinoma celo krščanski duhovniki. Njihova obveščenost je nujno pomanjkljiva, podajanje snovi pristransko, slabšalno, posmehljivo, podoba stare vere neizogibno povsem izkrivljena. Skozi Medveščka kot zapisovalca nam v knjigi staroverci sami govorijo o sebi. To se jim nikjer drugje in nikoli prej ni posrečilo, tudi zato, ker so se morali nenehno prikrivati in pretvarjati. Prav ta »notranji glas« daje knjigi neprimerljivo, enkratno vrednost izjemnega pomena, še posebno v vedno bolj podivjanem globalnem svetu.
folk beliefs --- Slovenian folk tradition --- Soča River Valley --- ljudska verovanja --- Posočje --- slovensko ljudsko izročilo
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Compiled to accompany the best-selling textbook, Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: An Introduction, the selections in this anthology extend the discussion in diverse directions, alert the reader to new problems, and introduce alternative perspectives. The essays include folklore classics and recent works, and are organized in sections that correspond to the chapter headings in An Introduction.
Folklore --- -Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- United States --- Social life and customs. --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore, American --- Folklore. --- Etats-Unis --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Social life and customs
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Folklore --- Folklore. --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling
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Folklore --- Folklore. --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling
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