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Tales from Within the Clouds : Nakhi Stories of China / Carolyn Han.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (64 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824840785
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Heavenly Sisters -- Nakhi Creation Tale -- Why Dogs Lap Water -- Naughty Cicada -- Grumbling Goat -- Legend of Ms. Chongcao -- Arrogant Azalea -- Trickster Tale: Flea and Louse -- Brown-Nose Eel -- Why Eagles Catch Chickens -- About the Author -- About the Translator -- About the Illustrator
Summary: South of the clouds, in the land of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, dwell the descendants of a once pastoral people, the Nakhi. In ancient times, family names were passed from mother to child, there were no marriages, and women alone raised children. (In the Nakhi language, there is no word for "father.") Today there are still Nakhi who follow these traditions, and Nakhi folktales reflect these beliefs. In the legends presented here we are introduced to a fantastic cast of characters: plants, insects, animals-all of them female! We discover why the Sun, hot-tempered and impetuous, is unpleasant to look at, while the graceful Moon attracts us with her silvery light; why the goat complains and her sister, the sheep, only murmurs "ba-ba"; why the azalea, for all her beauty, lives the shortest and saddest of lives. The ten stories, each illustrated with delightful paintings by celebrated artist Li Ji, welcome us into the unique and little-known world of the Nakhi.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780824840785

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Heavenly Sisters -- Nakhi Creation Tale -- Why Dogs Lap Water -- Naughty Cicada -- Grumbling Goat -- Legend of Ms. Chongcao -- Arrogant Azalea -- Trickster Tale: Flea and Louse -- Brown-Nose Eel -- Why Eagles Catch Chickens -- About the Author -- About the Translator -- About the Illustrator

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South of the clouds, in the land of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, dwell the descendants of a once pastoral people, the Nakhi. In ancient times, family names were passed from mother to child, there were no marriages, and women alone raised children. (In the Nakhi language, there is no word for "father.") Today there are still Nakhi who follow these traditions, and Nakhi folktales reflect these beliefs. In the legends presented here we are introduced to a fantastic cast of characters: plants, insects, animals-all of them female! We discover why the Sun, hot-tempered and impetuous, is unpleasant to look at, while the graceful Moon attracts us with her silvery light; why the goat complains and her sister, the sheep, only murmurs "ba-ba"; why the azalea, for all her beauty, lives the shortest and saddest of lives. The ten stories, each illustrated with delightful paintings by celebrated artist Li Ji, welcome us into the unique and little-known world of the Nakhi.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)

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