World flutelore : folktales, myths, and other stories of magical flute power

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    • Olsen, Dale A. (Dale Alan)

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World flutelore : folktales, myths, and other stories of magical flute power

Dale A. Olsen

University of Illinois Press, 2013

タイトル別名

Folktales, myths, and other stories of magical flute power

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and indexes

In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and non-human behaviour. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playing, and flute players from around the world as interpreted from folktales, myths, and other stories - in a word, 'flutelore'

収録内容

  • Flute types and stereotypes
  • The making of world flutes
  • Flutes that talk
  • Flutes and gender roles
  • Flutes, sexuality, and love magic
  • Flutes and the animal kingdom
  • Flutes and nature
  • Flutes origin myths and flute-playing heroes
  • Flutes and protective power
  • Flutes and death
  • Flutes and unethical/ethical behavior
  • Religious status of flutes
  • Socioreligious status of flute musicians
  • The aesthetics and power of flute sounds, timbres, and sonic textures

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内容説明

In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and nonhuman behavior. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playing, and flute players from around the world as interpreted from folktales, myths, and other stories--in a word, ""flutelore."" A scholarly yet readable study, World Flutelore: Folktales, Myths, and Other Stories of Magical Flute Power draws upon a range of sources in folklore, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and literary analysis. Describing and interpreting many examples of flutes as they are found in mythology, poetry, lyrics, and other narrative and literary sources from around the world, veteran ethnomusicologist Dale Olsen seeks to determine what is singularly distinct or unique about flutes, flute playing, and flute players in a global context. He shows how and why flutes are important for personal, communal, religious, spiritual, and secular expression and even, perhaps, existence. This is a book for students, scholars, and any reader interested in the cultural power of flutes.

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