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Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore
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Description: Storytelling is an ancient practice common to all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures--elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions.
Storytelling:An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Selected Contents:
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
A-Z
Aarne, Antii; Abassi/Abasi and Atai (West African); Abatwa (South African); Aboriginal Mythology (Australian); Abracadabra; Abzu/Apsu (Sumerian and Babylonian); Achilles (Greek); Adapa (Babylonian); Adon/Adonis (Phoenician); Adroa and Adro (East African); Adroanzi (East African); Aeneid (Roman); Aesop and Aesop's Fables (Greek); Aetheopis/Aithiopis (Greek); African Bushmen Mythology; Ahti/Ahto (Finnish); Aigamuxa (South African); Aino (Finnish); Aiomum Kondi (South American); Ajok (North African); Alalu/Alalus (Hittite); Amadis of Gaul (Spanish or Portuguese); Amazons (Greek); Amled/Amleth (Danish); Amphisbaena (Greek); Amulets; Amun/Amen/Amon/Amun-Re (Egyptian); An/Anu (Sumerian); Anansasem (West African); Animal Bride or Bridegroom; Animal Helper and Grateful Animal; Antar (Middle Eastern); Antero Vipunen (Finnish); Antichrist (Christian); Antigone (Greek);
Anu (Hittite); Anubis/Anpu (Egyptian); Anzu (Sumerian and Babylonian); Aphrodite (Greek); Apollo (Greek); Apple Trees; Arabic Storytelling; Arachne (Greek); Arawn (Welsh); Archetype; Argonautica (Greek); Arianrhod (Welsh); Armageddon (Judeo-Christian); Asbjrnsen, Peter Christen ; Asgard (Norse); Ash Trees (Western European); Athena/Athene (Greek); Atlas (Greek); Atum (Egyptian); Aucassin and Nicolette (Medieval European); Avalon (Celtic); Aztec Mythology
Baba Yaga (Russian); Baby Cast Adrift; Baku (Japanese); Balder (Norse); Balinese Mythology; Ballads; Ballads, Homiletic; Bannik (Slavic); Banshee (Irish); Basile, Giambattista; Basilisk (European); Basque Folklore and Mythology; Bastet/Bast (Egyptian); Bats; Battle of Kadesh (Egyptian); Bees; Bellerophon (Greek); Bendigeidfran/Bran (Welsh); Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon); Berekhiah Ben Natronai Ha-Nakdan ; Bestiary; Black Dogs (English); Black Magic (Western European); Black School (Scandinavian and Scottish); Bluebeard (Western European); Boccaccio, Giovanni; Bogatyr/Bogatyri (Russian); Boy Who Didn't Know Fear; Bremen Town Musicians (German); Bridges; Broadside Ballads; Brothers Grimm; Brownies (British); Brynhilde/Brunhild/Brunnehilde (Norse); Bucephalus (Greek); Bull of Heaven (Sumerian); Bunyips (Australian Aborigine); Bylina/Bylini (Russian)
Camp Stories; Campfire Storytelling; Canterbury Tales, The ; Cat-and-Mouse Tales; Catoblepas (Roman); Cats; Centaurs (Greek); Cerberus (Greek); Champ/Champy (North American); Chapbooks; Charlemagne and his Peers; Charon (Greek); Chaucer, Geoffrey; Chickens; Child, Francis James; Chiron (Greek); Chupacabras (Latin American); Cockatrice (European); Collective Unconscious; Comets; Compassion; Con Man or Woman/Con Artist; Contendings of Horus and Seth, The (Egyptian); Counting-Out Rhymes; Creation Stories of Mesopotamia; Culture Heroes; Cumulative Rhymes and Tales; Curses
Dahut/Ahes (French); Danish Traditional Tales; De Iside et Osiride (Roman); Deals with the Devil; Death; Decameron ; Demeter and Persephone (Greek); Digenis Acritas (Greek); Dilmun (Sumerian and Babylonian); Djinn/Djinni/Jinn/Genie (Arabic); Dobrynya Nikitich (Russian); Dogs; Domovoi/Domovois (Russian); Dongmyeongseong/Chumong (Korean); Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched; Doomed Prince (Egyptian); Doppelganger; Dragons; Dragon-Slayer (European); Dumuzi (Sumerian)
Ears; El Cid (Spanish); Elf Shot/Elf Arrow (British); Elm Trees; Eloquent Peasant, Tale of the (Egyptian); Enki/Ea (Sumerian); Enkidu (Sumerian); Enlil (Sumerian); Enmerkar (Sumerian); Ennead of Heliopolis (Egyptian); Epics; Epics, French; Epics, German; Epics, Greek; Epics, Roman; Epics, Spanish; Erra (Babylonian); Estonian Storytelling; Etana (Babylonian); Ethiopian Mythology; Ethiopian Storytelling; Evil Eye
Fables; Fabliau/Fabliaux; Fairy Godmothers; Fairy Midwife and Demon Midwife; Faithful Companion; Faithless Wife; Familiar/Familiar Spirit; Fantasy; Fates; Faust, Dr. Johann; Fenrir (Norse); Ferdowsi/Firdawsi/Firdusi/Firdousi; Filipino Mythology; Fingernails; Fink, Mike; Firebird (Russian); Fish and Fishing Folklore; Flood, The (Mesopotamia); Flying Dutchman; Fools; Frame Stories; Freischutz (German); Frey and Freya (Norse); Frigga/Frigg (Norse); Frogs and Toads; Fur-Bearing Trout (North American)
Gambling; Gamelan (Indonesian); Gargoyles; Garm (Norse); Garuda (Indian); Geb (Egyptian); German Storytelling; Gesta Danorum (Danish); Ghost Stories, College; Ghosts, Aviation; Ghosts: A Sampling of Stories; Ghosts and Hauntings; Ghosts, Theater; Giants; Gilgamesh (Sumerian and Babylonian); Goblins (Western European); Golem (Jewish); Grail/Holy Grail (Western European); Grateful Dead; Gremlins (English); Griots/Griottes/Jelis (West African); Gudrun/Kudrun (German)
Habaek and Haemosu (Korean); Hags; Hand of Glory (European); Hands; Hannahanna/Hannahannas (Hittite); Hansel and Gretel (Western European); Harpies (Greek); Hathor (Egyptian); Havelock the Dane (English); Heart in the Egg; Hebat/Hepit/Hepatu (Hittite); Hector (Greek); Heimdall/Heimdallr (Norse); Hel (Norse); Heqat/Hekat/Heket (Egyptian); Hera (Greek); Hermes (Greek); Hervarar Saga (Swedish); Hi'iaka (Hawaiian); Hocus-Pocus; Hodag (North American); Homer (Greek); Hook, The; Horror; Horseshoes; Horus (Egyptian); Hurston, Zora Neale; Hyenas
Iliad (Greek); Iliou Persis (Greek); Illuyankas (Hittite); Ilmarinen (Finnish); Ilmatar (Finnish); Ilya Murometz/Ilya of Murom (Russian); Inanna/Ishtar (Sumerian and Akkadian); Inaras (Hittite); Inca Mythology; Indian Storytelling; Insects; Internet Lore/Netlore; Iroquois Storytelling; Isis (Egyptian); Ivan/Ivan Tsarevich (Russian)
Jackalope (North American); Japanese Storytelling; Jersey Devil (American); Joe Magarac (American); John Henry (American); Johnny Appleseed (American); Jongleurs (French); Joukahainen (Finnish); Journey to the West/Monkey (Chinese); Jump Tales; Jung, Carl Gustav; Juniper Tree, The (German)
Kalevala (Finnish); Kamishibai (Japanese); Kelly, Ned; Kenyan Storytelling; Khnum (Egyptian); Khoikhoi/Hottentot Mythology; Kievan Cycle (Russian); Kikimora (Slavic); Kind and Unkind Girls; King Arthur (British); King of the Cats/King of the Cats is Dead (Western European); King Solomon (Biblical); Kludde (Flemish); Kullervo (Finnish); Kumarbi/Kumaris (Hittite); Kypria (Greek)
La Fontaine, Jean de; Labyrinths; Lake Monsters; Lang, Andrew; Lange Wapper (Flemish); Lares and Penates (Roman); Lemminkainen (Finnish); Leprechauns (Irish); Leshy/Leshiye (Slavic); Liderc (Hungarian); Little Iliad (Greek); Local Legends; Lorelei (German); Louhi (Finnish); Lugalbanda (Sumerian); Lullabies; Lusiads, The (Portuguese); Lutin (French); Lyonesse (British)
Maat (Egyptian); Macdonald, George; Magi (Persian); Magic Incantations and Spells; Magician and his Pupil/Magician's Apprentice; Mahabharata (Indian); Malory, Sir Thomas; Manticore (Persian); Marie de France; Maui (Polynesian); Melusine/Melusina (European); Menehune (Hawaiian); Mermaids; Meskhenet (Egyptian); Metamorphoses (Greek and Roman); Metaphors; Mice; Minnesang/Minnesingers (German); Minotaur (Greek); Minstrels; Mistletoe; Moon's Reflection; Morgan Le Fay; Mother Goddess/Earth Mother (European); Mother Goose (European); Mothman (North American); Motif Index; Motifs; Mystery Lights; Mystery Stories; Mythography; Mythology
Nagas (Hindu); Nanna-Suen/Sin (Sumerian); Neith/Neit/Nit/Net (Egyptian); Nephthys/Nebthet (Egyptian); Nergal (Sumerian and Babylonian); Nightmares; Ninhursanga (Sumerian); Ninurta/Ningirsu (Sumerian and Babylonian); No-Bigger-than-a-Finger (Russian); Nonsense Rhymes; Noodle Tales/Simpleton Tales; Norse Mythology; Nun (Egyptian); Nursery Rhymes (European); Nut (Egyptian); Nymphs (Greek)
Oberon (European); Odin/Odhinn (Norse); Odysseus (Greek); Odyssey (Greek); Oedipus (Greek); Operas and their Stories; Oral History; Orestes and Electra (Greek); Osiris (Egyptian); Ovid; Owl Lore
Palestinian Storytelling; Panchatantra (Indian); Papyrus Westcar/Papyrus Berlin 3033 (Egyptian); Pegasus (Greek); Pele/Madam Pele (Hawaiian); Penelope (Greek); Peri/Pari (Persian); Perrault, Charles; Phantom Bus (English); Phantom Ships/Ghost Ships; Phoenix (Egyptian and Greek); Pixies (English); Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl (Aztec); Popol Vuh (Mayan); Priam, King (Greek); Princess in the Tower; Prometheus (Greek); Proverbs; Ptah (Egyptian); Puppetry and Storytelling; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich; Puss in Boots (European)
Quest for the Missing Husband; Quests
Railroad Folklore (American); Rakshasas (Hindu); Ramakian (Thai); Ravens and Crows; Re/Ra/Pre/Re-Harakhety (Egyptian); Reincarnation; Reynard the Fox; Rhiannon (Welsh); Ring Cycle, The; Rivers, Greek Mythological; Rocs/Rucs/Rukhs/Rukhkhs (Arabic); Rolandslied (German); Role-Playing Games; Romance; Romance of Antar, The (Arabian); Rusalka/Rusalki (Slavic); Rustam (Persian)
Sadko (Russian); Saga of the Volsungs (Norse); Sampo (Finnish); Sandman; Satire; Saxo Grammaticus; Scapegoats; Scheherezade (Arabic); Science Fiction; Seanachai (Irish); Seelie Court and Unseelie Court (Scottish); Seers (Greek); Sekhmet (Egyptian); Seth/Set/Sutekh (Egyptian); Setne Khamwaset Cycle (Egyptian); Shaggy Dog Stories; Shape-Shifters; Shipwrecked Sailor, The Story of the (Egyptian); Shu (Egyptian); Simurgh (Persian); Sinuhe, The Story of (Egyptian); Sirens (Greek); Sius (Hittite); Skald (Norse); Skulls; Slavic Mythology; Sleepers, Enchanted; Sleepers, Heroic (Western European); Sleipner (Norse); Snakes; Snegurochka/Snowmaiden (Russian); Song of Igor's Campaign (Russian); Song of Roland (French); Sorcerer's Apprentice; Sphinx (Egyptian and Greek); Squonk (American); Standing Stones (Western European);
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco; String Figures; Sundiata (Mali); Sunken Cities; Superman (North American); Sword, Broken (Norse); Sword in the Stone/Sword in the Tree; Swords; Symphonic/Tone Poems
Tail Tales; Tale Types; Talismans; Tall Tales; Talmudic Storytelling (Jewish); Tasmisus (Hittite); Tefnut (Egyptian); Telegonia (Greek); Telepinu/Telepinus (Hittite); Teshub (Hittite); Theseus (Greek); Thompson, Stith; Thor (Norse); Thoth/Djehuty (Egyptian); Tiamat (Sumerian and Babylonian); Tibetan Storytelling; Tolkien, J.R.R.; Tom Thumb (English); Tomte/Tomten/Tomtar (Swedish); Tongue Twisters; Tree Spirits; Tricksters; Tristan and Isolde (Celtic); Trojan War (Greek); Troubadours (French); Truth and Falsehood, The Tale of (Egyptian); Twin Brothers; Two Brothers, Tale of the (Egyptian); Typhon (Greek)
Ugly Baby; Ullikummi (Hittite); Unicorns; Upelluri/Ubelluris (Hittite); Urban Legends; Utu/Shamash (Sumerian)
Vainamoinen (Finnish); Valhalla (Norse) ; Valkyries (Norse) ; Vampires; Vanishing Hitchhiker; Vegetable Sheep/Lamb (European); Verse Stories; Vietnamese Storytelling; Vodianoi (Slavic); Vol'ka (Slavic); Volva (Norse)
Wayang (Indonesian); Wele (Kenyan); Wenamun, Report of (Egyptian); Werewolves; West African Mythology; White Horses of England; White Magic; Wicked Stepmothers; William Tell (Swiss); Wise Man or Woman; Wise Men of Chelm (Polish); Wise (or Foolish, or Mad) Men of Gotham (English); Wizards; Wonder Woman (American); World Tree; Wurusemu (Hittite)
Yeti (Tibetan); Yggdrasil (Norse); Ymir (Norse); Yoruban Storytelling (West African) ; Yoshitsune (Japanese); Ys/Ker-Ys (Breton/French)
Zeus (Greek); Ziusudra (Sumerian); Zmeys and Zmeyitsas (Bulgarian); Zulu Mythology; Zwarte Madam (Flemish)
Retellings
Ramayana : A Great Mythic Epic from India
Shah-nameh : Iran's Greatest Epic
Destiny : An American Civil War Tale
Greatest Liar of Them All : An Apache Folktale
Why Ananse Owns Every Story : An Ashante Folktale from Ghana
Brewery of Eggshells : A Changeling Folktale from Wales
Tam Lin : A British Folktale
The Smart Man and the Fool : A Fjort (Congolese) Folktale
The Cauld Lad of Hilton : An English Folktale
The Cuckoo : A "Fool" Folktale of Gotham, England
Dick Whittington and his Cat : A Medieval Folktale from England
Fire! Fire! Burn Stick! : A Cumulative Folktale from England
The Gingerbread Boy : An English Folktale
A Grain of Corn : A Cumulative Folktale from England
The Sorcerer's Apprentice : An English Version of a World Folktale
Tom Thumb's Adventures : A Medieval English Folktale
Virgil the Magician : A Medieval English Folktale
The Laplander Wizard : An Estonian Folktale of a Magician
The Brave Little Tailor : A German Folktale
Rumpelstiltskin : A German Folktale
The Six Swans : A Shape-shifting Folktale from Germany
The Twelve Dancing Princesses : A German Folktale
Cuchulain and the Green Man : An Ancient Irish Folktale
A Leprechaun's Gold : An Irish Folktale
The Storyteller at Fault : An Irish Folktale
The Crystal Casket : An Italian Snow White Folktale
Appointment in Samarra : A Folktale from the Talmud, the Jewish Book of Religious Wisdom
The Golem of Prague : A Jewish Folktale
King Solomon and the Demon : A Jewish Folktale
No Escape from Fate : A Persian Folktale
Koschei the Deathless : A Russian Folktale
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree : A Scottish Snow White Folktale
Geser : A Folktale of the Culture Hero of Tibet
A Bagful of Tricks: A Uighur Folktale from China
The Story of Gelert : A Welsh Local Folktale
Vainamoinen : A Finnish Hero Tale
Guigemar : A Medieval French Hero Tale
A Story of Gwydion : A Medieval Welsh Mythic Tale
Raven Steals the Sun : An American Myth from the Pacific Northwest
Orpheus and Eurydice : An Ancient Greek Myth
Perseus : A Greek Myth of a Culture Hero
Spider Woman : Creation Myth of the Hopi People
A Creation : An Iroquois Myth
Balder : A Norse Myth
Thor Catches the Midgard Serpent : A Norse Myth
Maui Snares the Sun : A Polynesian Myth
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld : An Ancient Sumerian Myth
Prince Wicked and the Grateful Animals : A Parable from the Jataka
The Lady, or the Tiger ?: An American Riddle Tale
Appendix: Storytelling Resources
Bibliography
Index
Review(s): "The introduction is full of practical advice, and will make an excellent resource for novice performers. ...The stories are written in a fashion suitable for oral performance; they tend to include the sort of phrasing discussed in the introductory essay on storytelling, making them good examples with which a storyteller might practice. ...The index is quite detailed and well-subdivided. This level of precision is welcome in any reference work." -- Reference Reviews
"A host of distinguished contributors like Margaret Read MacDonald and Gail de Vos adds to the credibility of this three-volume set. ...This set is an accessible and well-balanced compendium. Recommended for public and school libraries." -- Library Journal
"This set covers more than just tales for storytelling. The scope of the three volumes includes examples of tales and mythology the world over, cultural events that influenced stories, and subjects related to storytelling. ... Both table of contents and volume indexes are well done. This will be a useful resource for public and school libraries, and academic libraries with story storytelling programs. Recommended. General audience, practitioners, and all undergraduates interested in storytelling." -- Choice
"Every now and again you will find a publication that lives up to its name. Josepha Sherman has edited contributions from three dozen writers into an excellent three-volume set about the subjects and aspects one needs to not only tell stories, but to understand where they come from, how they work, and why all cultures have them. ... Attractive black-and-white illustrations and photographs are found throughout the set. The set is oversized for easy reading and is well bound to stand up to continued use. I recommend this set to undergraduates, graduates, the professors, and anyone who wants to understand storytelling or who is interested in becoming a storyteller." -- American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 40
    
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