How to Read a Folktale : The Ibonia Epic from Madagascar

• Huvudskapare: Lee Haring (auth)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: Open Book Publishers
• Ämnen: folklore; oral literature; oral tradition; African folklore studies; Ibonia; Madagascar; folktales; tales
• Länkar: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How to Read a FoIktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a séries of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united...