How to read a folktale : the Ibonia epic from Madagascar / / translation and reader's guide by Lee Haring |
Autore | Lee Haring |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 152 pages) : illustrations ; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 398.209691 |
Collana | World Oral Literature Series |
Soggetto topico |
Tales - Madagascar
Folklore - Madagascar Mythology, Malagasy |
Soggetto non controllato |
folklore
oral literature oral tradition African folklore studies Ibonia Madagascar folktales tales |
ISBN |
1-909254-08-8
2-8218-5410-2 1-909254-07-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword to Ibonia -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: What Ibonia is and How to Read it -- 2. How to Read Ibonia: Folkloric Restatement -- 3. What it is: Texts, Plural -- 4. Texture and Structure: How it is Made -- 5. Context, History, Interpretation -- 6. Ibonia, He of the Clear and Captivating Glance -- There Is No Child -- Her Quest for Conception -- The Locust Becomes a Baby -- The Baby Chooses a Wife and Refuses Names -- His Quest for a Birthplace -- Yet Unnamed -- Refusing Names from Princes -- The Name for a Perfected Man -- Power -- Stone Man Shakes -- He Refuses More Names -- Games -- He Arms Himself -- He Is Tested -- He Combats Beast and Man -- He Refuses Other Wives -- The Disguised Flayer -- An Old Man Becomes Stone Man's Rival -- Victory: "Dead, I Do Not Leave You on Earth; Living, I Give You to No Man 3. -- Return of the Royal Couple -- Ibonia Prescribes Laws and Bids Farewell Appendix: Versions and Variants -- Text 0, "Rasoanor 3. Antandroy, 1650's. Translated from Étienne de Flacourt (1661) -- Text 2, "Ibonia3. Merina tale collected in 1875-1877. James Sibree Jr. (1884) -- Text 3, Merina tale collected in 1875-1877. Summary by John Richardson (1877) -- Text 6, "The king of the north and the king of the south3. Merina tale collected in 1907-1910 at Alasora, region of Antananarivo. Translated from Charles Renel, Charles (1910) -- Text 7, "Iafolavitra the adulterer 3. Tanala tale collected in 1907-1910 in Ikongo region, Farafangana province. Translated from Charles Renel (1910) -- Text 8, "Soavololonapanga3. Bara tale, ca. 1934. Translated from Raymond Decary (1964) -- Text 9, "The childless couple 3. Antankarana tale, collected in 1907-1910 at Manakana, Vohemar province. Translated from Charles Renel (1910) -- Text 14, "The story of Ravato-Rabonia3. Sakalava, 1970's. Translated from Suzanne Chazan-Gillig (1991) -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Over the Lip of the World : Among the Storytellers of Madagascar / / Colleen J. McElroy |
Autore | McElroy Colleen J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2/09691 |
Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling
Oral tradition Mythology, Malagasy Storytelling - Madagascar Oral tradition - Madagascar |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-99764-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Illustrations; Introduction; The Tapestry of Languages in Translation; Selected Bibliography; I: AND ALL THE TOWNS BETWEEN; How Stories Carne to Be: Three Views; ""Origins of Myths,"" Alphonse Raharison; ""Tapasiry-Tales from the South,"" Aurelien de Moussa Behavira; ""The Oral Tradition,"" Ernest Rakotosalama; II: UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES: MEMOIRS OF TOLIARA; ""Papango Fito Loha: Seven-headed Hawk""; ""Just Head""; ""Babaky-Squash Boy""; III: TRAFFIC IN SALT COUNTRY; ""The Three Brothers""; ""Two Girls and the Old Woman""; ""Rafaravavy and Randrianoro""
IV: SPIRITS OF WATER, SPIRITS OF LAKES""The Legend of Tritriva""; ""Rafara-Girl of the Waters""; V: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS; ""Raharinora and Randriantsara""; ""Faralahy Mahery: Strong Youngest Son""; ""Ravolamamba and Tsaramiamby""; VI: PEOPLE OF THE HIGHLANDS; PEOPLE OF THE LONG VALLEYS; PEOPLE OF THE THORNS; ""It Was There But Goes By Quickly"" (hiragasy); ""Moonlight,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""Water: The Source of Life,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""The Way to Say Farewell,"" poem by M. Ernest; ""Each Day Now Breaks,"" poem by M. Rado; ""Afrika!"" poem by M. Rado ""Maliciousness,"" poem by M. Rado""Nostalgia,"" poem by M. Rado; VII: TURNING THE BONES; ""Andriananahary (Zanahary) sy Andriantompo: The Lord Who Creates and the Lord Who Owns""; VIII: THE LIGHT STILL SHINES TOMORROW; ""The Rite of Bathing the King""; ""Jadan'Ikoto""; ""Jaotombo, the Fisherman""; IX: ONLY THE SEA BEYOND; ""Betombokoantsoro: The Monster""; Index; A; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G ; H ; I ; J ; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W ; Z ; Plate Sections |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460779403321 |
McElroy Colleen J
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Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Over the lip of the world : among the storytellers of Madagascar / / Colleen J. McElroy |
Autore | McElroy Colleen J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 398.2/09691 |
Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling
Oral tradition Mythology, Malagasy Storytelling - Madagascar Oral tradition - Madagascar |
ISBN | 0-295-99764-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Illustrations; Introduction; The Tapestry of Languages in Translation; Selected Bibliography; I: AND ALL THE TOWNS BETWEEN; How Stories Carne to Be: Three Views; ""Origins of Myths,"" Alphonse Raharison; ""Tapasiry-Tales from the South,"" Aurelien de Moussa Behavira; ""The Oral Tradition,"" Ernest Rakotosalama; II: UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES: MEMOIRS OF TOLIARA; ""Papango Fito Loha: Seven-headed Hawk""; ""Just Head""; ""Babaky-Squash Boy""; III: TRAFFIC IN SALT COUNTRY; ""The Three Brothers""; ""Two Girls and the Old Woman""; ""Rafaravavy and Randrianoro""
IV: SPIRITS OF WATER, SPIRITS OF LAKES""The Legend of Tritriva""; ""Rafara-Girl of the Waters""; V: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS; ""Raharinora and Randriantsara""; ""Faralahy Mahery: Strong Youngest Son""; ""Ravolamamba and Tsaramiamby""; VI: PEOPLE OF THE HIGHLANDS; PEOPLE OF THE LONG VALLEYS; PEOPLE OF THE THORNS; ""It Was There But Goes By Quickly"" (hiragasy); ""Moonlight,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""Water: The Source of Life,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""The Way to Say Farewell,"" poem by M. Ernest; ""Each Day Now Breaks,"" poem by M. Rado; ""Afrika!"" poem by M. Rado ""Maliciousness,"" poem by M. Rado""Nostalgia,"" poem by M. Rado; VII: TURNING THE BONES; ""Andriananahary (Zanahary) sy Andriantompo: The Lord Who Creates and the Lord Who Owns""; VIII: THE LIGHT STILL SHINES TOMORROW; ""The Rite of Bathing the King""; ""Jadan'Ikoto""; ""Jaotombo, the Fisherman""; IX: ONLY THE SEA BEYOND; ""Betombokoantsoro: The Monster""; Index; Plate Sections |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797720703321 |
McElroy Colleen J
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Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Over the lip of the world : among the storytellers of Madagascar / / Colleen J. McElroy |
Autore | McElroy Colleen J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 398.2/09691 |
Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling
Oral tradition Mythology, Malagasy Storytelling - Madagascar Oral tradition - Madagascar |
ISBN | 0-295-99764-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Illustrations; Introduction; The Tapestry of Languages in Translation; Selected Bibliography; I: AND ALL THE TOWNS BETWEEN; How Stories Carne to Be: Three Views; ""Origins of Myths,"" Alphonse Raharison; ""Tapasiry-Tales from the South,"" Aurelien de Moussa Behavira; ""The Oral Tradition,"" Ernest Rakotosalama; II: UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES: MEMOIRS OF TOLIARA; ""Papango Fito Loha: Seven-headed Hawk""; ""Just Head""; ""Babaky-Squash Boy""; III: TRAFFIC IN SALT COUNTRY; ""The Three Brothers""; ""Two Girls and the Old Woman""; ""Rafaravavy and Randrianoro""
IV: SPIRITS OF WATER, SPIRITS OF LAKES""The Legend of Tritriva""; ""Rafara-Girl of the Waters""; V: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS; ""Raharinora and Randriantsara""; ""Faralahy Mahery: Strong Youngest Son""; ""Ravolamamba and Tsaramiamby""; VI: PEOPLE OF THE HIGHLANDS; PEOPLE OF THE LONG VALLEYS; PEOPLE OF THE THORNS; ""It Was There But Goes By Quickly"" (hiragasy); ""Moonlight,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""Water: The Source of Life,"" poem by Mme. Madeline; ""The Way to Say Farewell,"" poem by M. Ernest; ""Each Day Now Breaks,"" poem by M. Rado; ""Afrika!"" poem by M. Rado ""Maliciousness,"" poem by M. Rado""Nostalgia,"" poem by M. Rado; VII: TURNING THE BONES; ""Andriananahary (Zanahary) sy Andriantompo: The Lord Who Creates and the Lord Who Owns""; VIII: THE LIGHT STILL SHINES TOMORROW; ""The Rite of Bathing the King""; ""Jadan'Ikoto""; ""Jaotombo, the Fisherman""; IX: ONLY THE SEA BEYOND; ""Betombokoantsoro: The Monster""; Index; Plate Sections |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823929403321 |
McElroy Colleen J
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Seattle, Wa. : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999 | ||
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