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

World flutelore : folktales, myths, and other stories of magical flute power / Dale A. Olsen.

"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 playi...

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Main Author: Olsen, Dale A. (Dale Alan) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press ; [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Supplement.
Subjects:
Flute > History.
Flute > Folklore.
Flute in literature.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Flute
Music and magic
Flute in literature
Flöte
Flötenmusik
Magie
Mythologie
Music.
Electronic book.
Folklore
History
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Summary:"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'."--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and indexes.
ISBN:9780252095146
0252095146
1306980704
9781306980708
Language:Text in English.

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