Omens, Proverbs and Tales: Genre Fluidity in Folklore

Iranian Folklore, Proverbs and Aspiration for Development

Social scientists strongly believe that cultural norms and values shape, stimulate, direct, and influence all activities of human societies. This study attempts to provide a sociological analysis of cultural components, in particular the content of the proverbs included in Dehkhoda's Amsal va Hekam (Proverbs and Parables) and their role in Iran's underdevelopment. This book was chosen ...

Himalayan Folklore and the Fairy Tale Genre

Based on fieldwork by the author conducted in Tibetan cultural areas of the Indian Himalayas, this paper explores Himalayan understandings of what defines a fairy tale, in contrast to the Western understanding. In parts of the Himalayas, a distinction is made between “lakshung” (fairy tales) and “kyakshung”, which are shorter stories, the kind one might tell over tea. In light of the proposals ...

Swapping Tales and Stealing Stories: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Folklore in Children's Literature

THISARTICLE IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE SALIENT issues involved when folktales cross cultural boundaries aboard the vehicle of children’s books, ajourneywith many bumps in the road. Beyond the need to acknowledge the story’s source, especially if it is outside the adaptor’s own culture, is the larger question ofwho owns stories, specifically folktales, but also “story” in a broader sense as folktale...

Sowing Seeds Of Subversion: Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers' Subversive Use Of Fairy Tales And Folklore

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Folklore, Folklorism, and Synchronization: Preserved-Created Folklore in Israel