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The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden Who Married A Man From Earth by Hazel J. Wrigglesworth
The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden Who Married A Man From Earth by Hazel J. Wrigglesworth
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Excerpt from the Foreword: Hazel J. Wrigglesworth's The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden Who Married a Man from Earth is a collection of oral history accounts and folktales from twenty-one language groups in the Philippine distributed from North to South. Twenty-seven narratives on the Swanmaiden motif, combining the types "The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife" and "The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight," are presented, all, except two, for the first time in print. In addition, eleven tales from other countries and some Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) material hitherto nprinted are given in an appendix, showing the widespread diffusion of the motif among different non-linguistically related ethnic groups...
Publisher : White Lotus; y First edition (January 1, 1991)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 9711059223
ISBN-13 : 978-9711059224
Item Weight : 1 pounds
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