Studies in Honor of Maurice Bloomfield
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Page : 454 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Oriental philology
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Studies in Honor of Maurice Bloomfield
Author : Maurice Bloomfield
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,30 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781018367507
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Page : 1554 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Oriental philology
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution
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Page : 876 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 1921
Category : African languages
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Studies in Jewish and World Folklore
Author : Haim Schwarzbaum
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110818116
Book Description
The Ocean of Story
Author : Somadeva Bhaṭṭa
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Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Folk literature
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Germanic and its Dialects
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 1977-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027274142
Book Description
Germanists have long lamented the lack of comprehensive bibliographies of past and present literature, particularly in the areas of Frisian, Old English, Old High German, and, most notably, Old Saxon. The compilers of this bibliography deem it crucial to fill this lacuna before embarking on two further volumes project to complete this series: I. Texts, and II. Maps and Commentaries. NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: The publication of the two further volumes (I. Texts; II. Maps and Commentaries) has been canceled.
Folktales of India
Author : Brenda E. F. Beck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2024-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226040860
Book Description
Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics—truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition. "This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general."—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies "The stories collected here are representative, rich in structural subtlety, and endowed with fresh earthy humor."—Kunal Chakraborti, Contributions to Indian Sociology
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
Author : Brian K. Smith
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120815322
Book Description
The classical Vedic texts that deal with large-scale sacrificial ritual and those writings that deal with domestic ritual have traditionally been treated as unrelated. The former are devoted to the explication of rituals that are dominated by wealthy male elites; the latter concern humble private ceremonies more open to famale participation. Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual and Religion argues that there is in fact, a fundamental connection between these two large and important bodies of Indic religious literature.
Empire of Enchantment
Author : John Zubrzycki
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0190934883
Book Description
India's association with magicians goes back thousands of years. Conjurors and illusionists dazzled the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. As British dominion spread over the subcontinent, such wonder-workers became synonymous with India. Western magicians appropriated Indian attire, tricks and stage names; switching their turbans for top hats, Indian jugglers fought back and earned their grudging respect. This book tells the extraordinary story of how Indian magic descended from the realm of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment across the globe. Recounting tales of levitating Brahmins, resurrections, prophesying monkeys and "the most famous trick never performed," Empire of Enchantment vividly charts Indian magic's epic journey from street to the stage. This heavily illustrated book tells the extraordinary, untold story of how Indian magic descended from the realm of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment across the globe. Drawing on ancient religious texts, early travelers' accounts, colonial records, modern visual sources, and magicians' own testimony, Empire of Enchantment is a vibrant narrative of India's magical traditions, from Vedic times to the present day.
