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Laddar... Fabulous Beasts: The Facts and the Fablesav Finn Bevan
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From the earliest times, people have told stories about the natural world -- stories that celebrate Earth's wonders and explain its mysteries. This fascinating series of books studies these myths and legends, as well as the facts that inspired them. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.2452Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature Tales and lore of plants and animals Animal tales by type of animalKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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The trickster spider is tricked in the West African Anansi and the Chameleon; while Dakuwaqa - the great god of the sharks - is defeated by a giant octopus in the Fijian How the Great Shark God Met His Match. In the Chinese tale, How a Tortoise Saved the World, the goddess Nu Gua uses a tortoise to avert catastrophe, when a battle between the fire god Zhu Rong, and the water god Gong Gong, endangers the world. Raven features in two Native America tales from the Pacific Northwest, Raven Steals the Moon and Raven Creates the World; while the Jaguar is the star of the Brazilian rain forest story, How the Jaguar Lost Its Fire. Finally, the Inuit story of the goddess Sedna is set out in How the Seals Came to Be.
Like Mighty Mountains and Sacred Skies, this thematic collection of folklore was engaging. I continue to appreciate the fact that this series highlights the connections between folklore and geography, and find Diana Mayo's accompanying illustrations charming. I did wish that some more specific information, as to culture of origin, was given for the two Raven tales, as well as for the Brazilian tale of the jaguar. This latter also featured in Philip Ardagh's South American Myths & Legends, where it is listed as Fire and the Jaguar, and is described as a Kayapó myth. I'm not sure what source material Bevan was using, but it surely wouldn't have been that difficult to be more specific. Leaving aside the question of attribution - which seems to pop up with depressing regularity, when it comes to North and South American tales - this was a fairly pleasing collection, although I did wonder how the theme of animals fit into the larger purpose of the series. ( )