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Studies in Finnic-Slavic Folklore Relations
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFelix J. Oinas
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Comparative study of Finnic and Slavic folklore, examining shared motifs, narrative structures, and cultural exchanges. FF Communications No. 205 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Types of Indic Oral Tales: India, Pakistan, and Ceylon
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStith Thompson; Warren E. Roberts
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Catalogue and analysis of Indic oral tales from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, organised by tale-type and thematic motifs. FF Communications No. 180 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Indian Animal Tales: A Preliminary Survey
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLaurits Bodker
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Survey of Indian animal fables, tracing narrative structures, moral lessons, and cross-cultural folklore parallels. FF Communications No. 170 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Index of Spanish Folktales
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRalph S. Boggs
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1993.Classified according to Antti Aarne’s types of the folktale, translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson, in FF Communicatoins No. 74. FF Communications No. 90 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Art of Mixing Metaphors: A Folkloristic Interpretation of the Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlan Dundes; Claudia A. Stibbe
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1981.FF Communications No. 230 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Cinderella Cycle in China and Indo-China
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNai-Tung Ting
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1974.Comparative folklore study of Cinderella-type tales across China and Indo-China, highlighting regional variants, motifs, and diffusion of the cycle. FF Communications No. 213 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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A Bibliography of Riddles
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArcher Taylor
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1939.Comprehensive scholarly bibliography compiling global riddle literature, folklore sources, and critical studies. FF Communications No. 126 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Illustrating Camelot
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBarbara Tepa Lupack; Alan Lupack
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2008. -
Huichol Indian Sacred Rituals
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMariano Valadez; Susana Valadez
Oakland: Amber Lotus, 1992.Monograph of the peyote inspired paintings of the Huichol Indians. “The sacred ways of the Huichol Indians are vividly communicated in traditional art works called “yarn paintings”. Their symbols represent natural forces that are normally invisible, as well as shamanic ceremonies performed by the Huichol to contact, learn from, and work with these energies.” (from jacket blurb)
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Dragons and Dragon Lore
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest Ingersoll
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928.With an introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn.
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Katu Folktales and Society
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartInstitute of Research on Lao Culture and Society; Nancy A. Costello
Vientiane: Ministry of Information and Culture, Institute of Research on Lao Culture and Society, 1993.A collection of stories of the Katu peoples of Vietnam and Laos. An oral storytelling tradition many stories are here recorded in Katu phonetically and with Lao and English translation.