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Filipino Myths & Folktales: Treasury of Stories

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Description:We have always been awed by fairytales and epics from other lands, have in fact an inferiority complex about own. Why? Because us cityfolk grew up with other peoples' stories and have never really known our oldest tales, those that are Philippine and Asian, that trace back thousands of years before Christ to their cradle in Central Asia. Many of our stories in fact, are older than Western fairytales. They are without snow or fir trees or cinders; in these stories the sun is always shining, the gods are rice-eating, the heroines ride rattan baskets and the values are Philippine. Treasury of Stories was prepared by an eminent anthropologist who has listened to narratives of minority groups all over the archipelago. There is something in this high quality feast of myths, legends, epics and folk stories for every age group in a family. The background notes preceding each section are of course for the crusty scholars. It at one time or another you have been bored by folktales, this collection should redeem them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Filipino Myths & Folktales: Treasury of Stories. To get started finding Filipino Myths & Folktales: Treasury of Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: We have always been awed by fairytales and epics from other lands, have in fact an inferiority complex about own. Why? Because us cityfolk grew up with other peoples' stories and have never really known our oldest tales, those that are Philippine and Asian, that trace back thousands of years before Christ to their cradle in Central Asia. Many of our stories in fact, are older than Western fairytales. They are without snow or fir trees or cinders; in these stories the sun is always shining, the gods are rice-eating, the heroines ride rattan baskets and the values are Philippine. Treasury of Stories was prepared by an eminent anthropologist who has listened to narratives of minority groups all over the archipelago. There is something in this high quality feast of myths, legends, epics and folk stories for every age group in a family. The background notes preceding each section are of course for the crusty scholars. It at one time or another you have been bored by folktales, this collection should redeem them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Filipino Myths & Folktales: Treasury of Stories. To get started finding Filipino Myths & Folktales: Treasury of Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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