Oral Tradition – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 4

Chasing Traces

"In the connected highlands of southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos, recalling the past is a highly sensitive act. Among local societies, many may actively avoid recalling the past for fear of endanger…

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William C Meadows
The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache

"The North American handgame has a long lineage, attested in the myth, oral traditions, and archaeological records of Native American people. In The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache: Spiri…

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Magdalena Zoreva
Baba Yaga: Crone, Witch, and Gatekeeper

Deep within the Slavic forests, Baba Yaga reigns¿an enigmatic and contradictory figure of folklore. More than just a witch or a fairy tale character, she is a guardian of thresholds, a symbol of transform…

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Magdalena Zoreva
Baba Yaga: Crone, Witch, and Gatekeeper

Deep within the Slavic forests, Baba Yaga reigns¿an enigmatic and contradictory figure of folklore. More than just a witch or a fairy tale character, she is a guardian of thresholds, a symbol of transform…

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Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa, Leonardo de Marchi, Renato Pereira Torres Borges
Popular Music in Brazil

This Element outlines an overview of popular music made in Brazil, from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Initially addressing the definition of the 'popular' category, …

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Jon Banks
Hungarian "Gypsy-Band" Music in Vienna, 1850-1914

A detailed investigation, based on extensive study of press reports and early recordings, of the popular Hungarian bands in Vienna who influenced Brahms and other composers.It has long been recognized tha…

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Mardiros H. Ananikian
Armenian Mythology

Mardiros H. Ananikian's Armenian Mythology offers a vivid exploration of the ancient beliefs, gods, and legends of the Armenian people. Drawing from fragments of oral tradition, historical records, and fo…

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Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa, Leonardo de Marchi, Renato Pereira Torres Borges
Popular Music in Brazil

This Element outlines an overview of popular music made in Brazil, from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Initially addressing the definition of the 'popular' category, …

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William Green
This Is the Route of My Forefathers

The state of Iowa is named for the Ioways, but most Iowans--and most Americans--know little about them. In This Is the Route of My Forefathers, William Green elevates an understudied history by synthesizi…

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Aesop,
Aesop's Fables Illustrated

Leather-Bound Classics

This illustrated collection includes hundreds of fables that have influenced our world for centuries.The stories attributed to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in Greece around 620--564 BCE, were …

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Jasper Fforde
Dark Reading Matter

The final novel in the New York Timesbestselling series: Will literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next find her happy ending?The Dark Reading Matter is a theoretical realm that suggests that the observabl…

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Gerry Smyth,
Sailor Song

Reintroduces the traditional sea shanty for a new generation Passed down in the oral tradition and sung as working songs, sea shanties tell the compelling human stories of life on the water: hard labor, b…

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Choden Rinpoche,
The Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa

"The Guru Yoga of Jâe Tsongkhapa is an inspiring and well-loved guru yoga practice that originated from Jâe Tsongkhapa himself and was disseminated by the First Dalai Lama. In this book, Chèoden Rinp…

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Cathy Galvin
Ethnology

Ethnology draws on the mystical cry for the dead of Cathy Galvin's Irish-speaking ancestors. Within an epic narrative she reclaims place, people and language, creating a bridge between our own times and a…

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The History of Sub-Saharan African Literatures on Film

This comprehensive history of cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures analyzes social, economic and political factors that influenced the film versions of texts across a wide range of gen…

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Tom Service
A History of the World in 50 Pieces

BBC Books

Explore how music has changed our world through 50 pieces across classical, folk and world traditions with BBC presenter Tom Service, in this official Radio 3 compendium.Music transports us and defines us…

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Rhonda Byrne
The Secret

Once known only by an elite who were unwilling to share their knowledge of the power, 'the secret' of obtaining anything you desire is now revealed by prominent physicists, authors and philosophers as bei…

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Indian Stories

A uniquely diverse Pocket Classics collection of short stories from all of the major cultures and languages of IndiaIndia has a long tradition of storytelling. To use Salman Rushdie's phrase it is "a…

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Jasper Fforde
Dark Reading Matter

Thursday Next - Band 8

The final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will Thursday find her happy ending?The Dark Reading Matter is a theoretical realm that suggests that the observable bookverse can…

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E. M. Wilmot-Buxton
Old Celtic Tales

Ride into the storm-lit world of ancient Ireland, where warriors stride with fire in their eyes, shadowy spirits stalk the hills, and heroes face down fate beneath blood-red moons.Old Celtic Tales is a sw…

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