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EAN-13 | 9780192741554 |
Product Name | Armenian Folk-Tales And Fables (Oxford Myths And Legends) |
Category | Book / Magazine / Publication |
Short Description | Oxford Univ Pr Childrens Books |
Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon ~ 0192741551 |
SKU | ACOUK_BOOK_USEDVERYGOOD_0192741551 |
Price New | 54.38 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Price Used | 25.92 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Width | 0.75 inches (convert) |
Height | 8.5 inches (convert) |
Length | 5.38 inches (convert) |
Author | Charles Downing |
Page Count | 240 |
Binding | Paperback |
Published | 10/21/1993 |
Features | These folk-tales were told by simple people--vine-dressers, farm-laborers, millers--and were preserved by word of mouth, to be repeated for entertainment in the coffee-house, or at home during the long, hard winters. There are fables here, too, selected from the collections of medieval scholars and philosophers, while the expressive and often humorous proverbs show the ways of the world through shrewd Armenian eyes., Product Details Series: Oxford Myths and Legends Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 21, 1993) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192741551 ISBN-13: 978-0192741554 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #928,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Did we miss any relevant features for this product? Tell us what we missed. Would you like to update product info, give feedback on images, or tell us about a lower price? Editorial Reviews Language Notes Text: English, Armenian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title., Most Helpful Customer Reviews 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful A Fascinating Book By Naomi DeBruyn on January 23, 2005 Format: Hardcover Armenia is a land which has been ravaged by war on far too many occasions. Other nations keep turning it into a battlefield, and tearing it apart. These tales have survived for many generations in the only way possible, through word of mouth. They were told and retold during the long hard winters, told in the coffee houses for entertainment, and have survived just as the Armenian people have survived. These are a very shrewd people, and this is mirrored in a number of the tales and in the proverbs. The proverbs are often told in a humorous manner, but there is still a truth in them. There are a total of 28 folk tales, 35 fables, and 8 pages of proverbs in this oversized paperback. This adds up to a few hours of reading, and all of it enjoyable. A handful of the tales are similar or identical to the ones I read in the Georgian Yes and No Stories. There are 'devis' instead of evil witches, and humanoid beasts with one or more heads that have a taste for death and destruction. Animals seem to play a big part in tales from this region of the world. I've run across tigers, monkeys, foxes, wolves, horses, donkeys, dogs, and cats which all have had the ability to speak and solve problems for the inept humans, or do them wrong, of course. This book is somewhat different from the other books I've read in that the dates of the earliest recordings of all the tales and fables are included with the story. It is rather fascinating to see where and when a tale came from, and how much it can still mirror life in this day and age. Some of these stories have dates in the 1800s, when they stopped being word of mouth and were written down., The Red Cow is a bit of a twist on Hansel and Gretel combined with Cinderella.Read more › Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful exceptional intro to an obscure culture By Bruce D. Wilner on July 4, 2009 Format: Paperback Amazon Verified Purchase (Well, the culture is obscure to me, anyway.) This was, all told, an excellent work. A strong selection of stories, brimming with that authentic, folksy feel--and, indeed, collected, for the most part, more than eighty years ago--one cannot but glean a strong feeling for how the Armenians live, love, and think. The latter part of the book, dealing with fables--many of which, as the editors admit, likely derive from ancient Greek traditions--show well how familiar concepts and lessons are likely to recur the world over with only marginal changes to characters, circumstances, or subplots. Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No See both customer reviews (newest first) Write a customer review |
Long Description | These folk-tales were told by simple people--vine-dressers, farm-laborers, millers--and were preserved by word of mouth, to be repeated for entertainment in the coffee-house, or at home during the long, hard winters. There are fables here, too, selected from the collections of medieval scholars and philosophers, while the expressive and often humorous proverbs show the ways of the world through shrewd Armenian eyes. |
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