A treasury of African folklore : the oral literature, traditions, myths, legends, epics, tales, recollections, wisdom, sayings, and humor of Africa

著者

• Courlander, Harold

書誌事項

A treasury of African folklore : the oral literature, traditions, myths, legends, epics, tales, recollections, wisdom, sayings, and humor of Africa

by Harold Courlander

Marlowe , Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1996

1st Marlowe & Co. ed

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-608) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Africa is home to the oldest human cultures, whose storytelling is basically oral. A Treasury of African Folklore is a written collection of hundreds of traditional African stories, as well as riddles, epics, myths, love songs, proverbs, and parables that preserve a link to an ancient past that is still dimly remembered. Illustrations.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA79833069
• ISBN:
  • 1569248168
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York,[Berkeley, Calif.]
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 617 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GR350
  • DC21 : 398/.0967
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social life and customs