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Summary:

"A reference guide to 468 stories and folktales from China, Japan, and Korea, this book aims to lead storytellers, folklorists, teachers, and librarians to both popular and lesser-known East Asian stories. The book includes a comprehensive title index along with a subject index. Two appendices provide a list of stories organized by country and a glossary"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Kindness rewarded and lessons learned
• Cherishing the earth and all living things
• Of wonders, magical objects, and enchantment
• Supernatural loves
• Devotion
• Strange events and ghostly encounters
• The power of dreams
• Supernatural creatures : tangling with tengu, tokkaebi, yamaubas, kappa, ogres
• The heroes : there is no danger which these women and men will not brave for the good of all
• Propitious births and extraordinary children
• Animal fables
• Tricksters and fools
• The way things are
• The problem solvers.

Author/Creator:

Elswit, Sharon

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The East Asian story finder: a guide to 468 tales from China, Japan and Korea, listing subjects and sources [by Elswit, S.]

Subjects:

Tales — East Asia — Bibliography

East Asia — Folklore — Bibliography

Tales

Folklore

Asia — Orient

East Asia

Genres:

Bibliographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and indexes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 280 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Z5984.E18 E47 2009eb GR330

ISBNs:

9780786439454 (illustrated case bdg, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0786439459 (illustrated case bdg, alk. paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009006464 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

431326666

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1594731 (source: MiAaPQ)
EBL1594731 (source: Au-PeEL)
ebr10309939 (source: CaPaEBR)
MIL228070 (source: CaONFJC)