Bantu Myths and Other Tales
Author : Jan Knappert
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Bantu-speaking peoples
ISBN : 9789004054233
Author : Jan Knappert
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Bantu-speaking peoples
ISBN : 9789004054233
Author : Knappert
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004671293
Author : Alice Werner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 9780714617350
First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780192750792
Drawn from all parts of Africa, these stories for children aged ten and over illustrate the fierce sense of justice inherent in African peoples, their powers of patience and endurance, and their supreme ability as story-tellers.
Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1787556344
Sub-Saharan Africa is a land of colourful contrasts and diverse cultures. Despite the destructive influences of colonialism and the slave trade and the lack of early written records, Africa has persevered with its powerful tradition of storytelling, with tales of its history passed down in songs and stories through the generations. Because of the huge diversity of lifestyles and traditions, no real unified mythology exists in Africa, but broadly speaking, a number of beliefs, ideas and themes are shared by African peoples. So this collection offers a selection of descriptions and tales, often those recorded faithfully by some of the first to put them to paper – tales of the gods, creation stories, trickster adventures, animal fables and stories which amuse and teach – from Olukun’s Revenge, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to The Story of the Glutton, from the Bantu-speaking peoples of east Africa, all brought together with the aim of providing an insight into the boundless and vibrant world of African myth. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Author : David Chidester
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 1997-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0313032254
In a changing South Africa, recovering the meaning and power of African tradition is a matter of crucial importance. This work participates in that recovery by providing a comprehensive guide to research on the indigenous religious heritage of this dynamic country. Detailed reviews of over 600 books, articles, and theses are offered along with introductory essays and detailed annotations that define the field of study. This work plus two forthcoming volumes, Christianity in South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography and Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism in South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography will become the standard reference work on South African religions. Scholars and students in Religious Studies, Social Anthropology, History, and African Studies will find this set particularly useful. This work organizes and annotates all the relevant literature on Khoisan, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho-Tswana, Swazi, Tsonga, and Venda traditions. The annotations are concise yet detailed essays written in an engaging and accessible style and supported by an exhaustive index, which comprise a full and complex profile of African traditional religion in South Africa.
Author : Jan Knappert
Publisher : VNew York : Schocken ; Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780805240184
A collection of African myths, legends and fables about gods, spirits, ghosts, heroes, and animals.
Author : Denis Hirson
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780435906726
All by writers who spent their formative years in South Africa, this diverse range of short stories spans from the end of World War II when the National Party was on the upsurge, to the early 1990s when the legal framework of apartheid was abolished, the ANC was legalized and Mandela was released.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2016-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 147662268X
"Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
Author : Carol K. Mack
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 1999-10-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780805062700
Originally published: New York: Arcade Pub.: Distributed by Little, Brown and Company, c1998.