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Filipino Popular Tales
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496 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1921
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October 11, 2015
This book does more than offer a collection of fairy tales. It is a study in ethnology via folk tales.
Each folk tale begins with a short note on the source (native citizen who narrated it), tribe name and location. The stories are compiled together in a chapter based on similarity of plot or theme. At the end of each chapter is a discussion on the recurring theme including comparisons with similar folk tales from other cultures / countries / regions. Possible etymologies and variants are mentioned.
The layout above is efficient because if you're not interested in ethnology / anthropology or lengthy footnotes you can skip the discussions and go directly to the next chapter. However I find the discussions interesting, so I read them all. The author has done his research well and came across as very knowledgeable in comparative mythology, as well as having gone through a culturally diverse reading list.
As a fan of fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all I grew older my intention in reading books in these genres is to understand how different cultures evolved. This book has served this aim. Its clean presentation style of folk tales should be a trend. I would love to be recommended similar books.
Each folk tale begins with a short note on the source (native citizen who narrated it), tribe name and location. The stories are compiled together in a chapter based on similarity of plot or theme. At the end of each chapter is a discussion on the recurring theme including comparisons with similar folk tales from other cultures / countries / regions. Possible etymologies and variants are mentioned.
The layout above is efficient because if you're not interested in ethnology / anthropology or lengthy footnotes you can skip the discussions and go directly to the next chapter. However I find the discussions interesting, so I read them all. The author has done his research well and came across as very knowledgeable in comparative mythology, as well as having gone through a culturally diverse reading list.
As a fan of fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all I grew older my intention in reading books in these genres is to understand how different cultures evolved. This book has served this aim. Its clean presentation style of folk tales should be a trend. I would love to be recommended similar books.
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