Folktales from Australia's children of the world

by Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd

Hardcover, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Publication

U. Smith (1979), Hardcover, 127 pages

Description

An anthology of thirty-three folktales, legends, and fables from around the world. The stories appear in their native languages with English translations.

Language

ISBN

0725405252 / 9780725405250

Local notes

Thirty folktales presented in both English and the language of the story's origin.

Africa - The Jealous Hyena (Swahili); Australia - The Loaded Dog (Henry Lawson); Australian Aboriginal - The Echidna and the Marsupial Mole (Ngaanyatjarra); American - Paul Bunyon and his Ox; Chlie - Lucia and the Snake; China - The Cowherd and the Weaver Maid; Croatia - How the Clever Fox Tricked the Man; English - King Arthur and his Sword; Estonia - The Moon Tarrers; Netherlands - The Hero of Haarlem (Mary Mapes Dodge); France - The White Cat. Etc.
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