9781573560252

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This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytelling, a form of communication that dates back to the dawn of humanity

• Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, And Multiethnic Approaches To Oral Traditions Around The World available on September 23 2018 from Indigo for 141.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9781573560252 ξ2 registered September 23 2018
  
• ISBN bar code 9781573560252 ξ1 registered August 15 2012
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978157356025
  

It is an A to Z collection of over 700 entries covering such major storytelling elements as motifs, character types, tale types, place names, and creation mythologies and storytelling techniques of cultures around the world. Examples of subjects covered are the contributions of pioneering folklorists and mythologists such as: Franz Boas, Stith Thompson, and Joseph Campbell; descriptions of such well-known Western tales as Cinderella, the Greek myth of Persephone and Demeter, and the story of Exodus; as well as tales from Native American, African, and Asian cultures, including Indra and the Ants, tales of Anansi, the spider-trickster of the Ashanti, and the Cherokee Bear-man.

^ Leeming, David Adams (1997). 9781573560252, Oryx Press. ISBN 9781573560252 (revised Jun 2014)
^ Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, And Multiethnic Approaches To Oral Traditions Around The World Indigo. ISBN 9781573560252 (revised Sep 2018)