How to read a folktale : the Ibonia epic from Madagascar

How to read a folktale : the Ibonia epic from Madagascar / translation and reader's guide by Lee Haring.

"How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and due...

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Other Authors: Haring, Lee (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2013.
Series:World oral literature series ; Volume 4.
Subjects:
Tales > Madagascar.
Folklore > Madagascar.
Mythology, Malagasy.
Anthropology.
Folklore, myths and legends.
Literature and literary studies.
Poetry.
Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Mythology, Malagasy
Tales
Madagascar
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