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South of the clouds : tales from Yunnan / edited by Lucien Miller ; translated by Guo Xu, Lucien Miller, and Xu Kun.
- Title
- South of the clouds : tales from Yunnan / edited by Lucien Miller ; translated by Guo Xu, Lucien Miller, and Xu Kun.
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1994.
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- Description
- xiii, 328 p. : maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province's officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by memorable characters, such as: the Tibetan mother who, reborn as a cow, comforts and helps her daughter into her harsh life as a slave girl; the two Kucong sisters who marry snakes; and the bodiless Lahu "head-baby" who grows up to win one of the Earth-god Poyana's daughters in marriage. Chosen for their representativeness, aesthetic appeal, and variety, the stories provide rich examples of the folk traditions of Southwest China.
- Subject
- Tales > Yunnan Sheng
- Note
- "A McLellan book".
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction to Yunnan national minority folk literature / Xu Kun.
- Stories about creation -- Why people do what they do -- Heroes and heroines of the people -- Animal friends and animal foes -- Wonder and magic -- Wise and foolish folk -- Lovers.
- Appendix. Traditional Yunnan ethnic minority cultures / Lucien Miller.
- ISBN
- 0295972939
- LCCN
- ^^^93036563^
- OCLC
- 28926898
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library