The Riddle-master of Hed
Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher :
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1976
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780708880517
Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher :
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1976
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780708880517
Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Logic puzzles
ISBN : 9780679446347
In his new book, Raymond Smullyan, grand vizier of the logic puzzlejoins Scheherazade, a charming young woman of "fantastic logical ingenuity", to give us 1001 hours of brain-teasing fun.
Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0750986379
We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies' riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father's will. Have a read – you'll be hooked.
Author : Živilė Gimbutas
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780761828457
The Riddle in the Poem is a study of the ramifications of riddles and riddle elements in the context of selected twentieth-century poetry. It includes works by Francis Ponge, Wallace Stevens, Richard Wilbur, Rainer M. Rilke, and Henrikas Radauskas. This book enlarges the scope of riddles as a "root of lyric" by connecting it with the folkloristic concept of "riddling," essentially a question and answer series, and by tracing the influence of the root in poetic methodology. The Riddle in the Poem may be defined as an attempt to advance the notion, which has been discussed in previous folkloristic and literary studies, which riddle as the root of lyric manifests itself in various ways.
Author : Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Riddles
ISBN :
Author : Jack V. Haney
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2024-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1040288944
"The Complete Russian Folktale" makes available to English readers a rich folk tradition that has not been easily accessible or well known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Russian version of the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales will appear here in translation for the first time. Volume 6 presents tales classified 850-999, which describe the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. They portray acts of fate, prophecy, and even divine justice, in a village context of social misery, folk tradition, the aggravations of family life, and the heartaches of the lovelorn. J.V. Haney's extensive introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.
Author : Valery Carrick
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 802720139X
This beautifully illustrated collection of the greatest russian fairytales & fables has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram The Hungry Wolf The Peasant and the Bear The Dog and the Cock King Frost The Bear's Paw The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters The Straw Ox The Fox and the Blackbird Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka Fire Bird Winged Wolf Self-Playing Harp Seven Brothers Ivan Story of the Golden Mountain Robber Nightingale Renowned Hero Mild Man Duck with Golden Eggs Bulat the Brave Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia The Golden Mountain Morozko Flying Ship Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb Tsarevich Ivan Tale of Little Fool Ivan Little Feather of Fenist Peasant Demyan Enchanted Ring Brave Labourer Sage Damsel Prophetic Dream Two Out of the Knapsack Marko and Vasily Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister Emilian the Fool Witch Girl Headless Princess Soldier's Midnight Watch Warlock Fox-Physician Fiddler in Hell Ride on the Gravestone Two Friends Shroud Coffin-Lid Two Corpses Dog and the Corpse Soldier and the Vampire Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas Priest with the Greedy Eyes Hasty Word.....
Author : Barbara Kerley
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780439114943
An illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins artist and lecturer.
Author : Elmer Davis
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 1915
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Christine Goldberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317946839
There are a number of outstanding dissertations in folklore which warrant a wider readership and which belong in the library of any educational institution or individual with a serious interest in folklore. A few of these are in fact already well known to professional folklorists who may have bothered to send for them through inter-library loan or in more recent times purchased copies from University Microfilms International in Ann Arbor, Michigan. However, it should be noted that not all dissertations are available through UMI. The appearance for selected folklore dissertations and theses, both old and new, in the Folklore Library series will make it much easier for libraries and individuals to obtain these significant studies. Among the most important hitherto unpublished folklore dissertations are such works as motif and/or tale type indices, historic-geographic (comparative) in-depth studies of single folktales or ballads, and surveys of specialized folklore scholarship e.g., of a particular country or group. There are in addition valuable filed collections of folklore data to be found in dissertations. First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.