Folklore & Mythology

Sara Cone Bryant (1873-? ), later Mrs. Borst was the American author of various children’s book in the early 20th century, including: How to Tell...

Homo Narrans The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature John D. Niles Awarded second place in the 2000 Chicago Folklore Prize competition "Lin...

Visiting a London nursery school, Vivian Paley observes the schoolchildren's reception of another visitor, a handicapped boy named Teddy, who is s...

This book includes real-life examples from over 70 respected organizations, small and large, representing a multitude of industries using stories...

Listen. Hear your deepest longings, triumphs and trials in these ancient tales of the human experience. Journey through these fascinating storie...

Dennis Tedlock presents startling new methods for transcribing, translating, and interpreting oral performance that carry wide implications for all...

Spark children's love of books and reading as they learn each alphabet letter and letter-sound relationships with these multisensory activities, ...

New Testament scholars routinely claim that verbal agreement among parallel Synoptic pericopae is a reliable indicator of literary borrowing by t...

Biblical narrative learning is a non-critical educational approach for Christian communities with diverse learning backgrounds, involving three s...

This anthology of audience participation stories is the next in a series of books that began with the publication of Joining In. Jennifer Justice...

End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences a...

Sara Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to tell ...

The first Gospel has traditionally been considered a very Jewish work. Recent scholarship has suggested some Hellenistic influence. The issue is ...

A crackling fire, the smell of s'mores, an eerie howl in the distance. Refresh your childhood memories with some good old-fashioned horror storie...

The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The ...

Transcribed oral tales that display the lively art of storytelling in the Bayou StateProduct DetailsISBN-13: 9780878059317 Publisher: University Pr...