Folklore genre books (125)
Germany
Pakistan33.
Norway34.
Nigeria35.
El Prncipe Feliz y otros cuentos by Oscar Wilde ES
IrelandDescription:
El príncipe feliz y otros cuentos, es una colección de cuentos escrita en 1888 por Oscar Wilde. Contiene cinco cuentos, de los cuales algunos, son conocidos mundialmente como. El gigante egoísta, El ruiseñor y la rosa La historia trata de un joven estudiante enamorado de una chica. Necesitaba una rosa roja para impresionarla y que así ella fuera al baile con él. Sólo tenía rosas blancas en su jardín, entonces se puso a llorar. Un ruiseñor le vio y este, ilusionado con la idea de que el joven pueda encontrar el amor verdadero, toma la decisión de sacrificar su vida para teñir una rosa roja con ... continue
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Fables and Fairy Tales of Cape Verde by R. I. J. ROULHAC EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The exotic, remote and unknown islands of Cape Verde play host to a trio of stories created in part from the imagination of visionary R. I. J. ROULHAC, actual historical archives and cultural Cape Verdean folklore. While tackling issues of Racism, Environmentalism, Socialism and Colonialism that plague Cape Verde still to this very day, tales of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure and mystical mermaids splash over the pages.
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China38.
Fat-Frumos din lacrima by Mihai Eminescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Mihai Eminescu is considered Romania's greatest poet. The Tear-Drop Prince is his only children's story and is popular throughout Romania. This is the tale of the Prince searching for true love, adventure and honour. Eminescu was born in 1850 and died in 1889. As a Romantic poet, his language reflects the sweetness in his language. The cover is illustrated by Emil Childescu and translated into English by A.I. Marin in 2011.
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Folk Tales of the Maldives by Xavier Romero-Frias EN
MaldivesDescription:
A collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the local oral tradition. These folk tales offer insights into the history, culture and beliefs of the people of the Maldives and into the world they live in.
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Folktales Of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden EN
BhutanDescription:
From the author of Bhutanese Tales of the Yeti another dip into the library of the storytellers from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.Folktales of Bhutan is a collection of thirty-eight folktales and legends and is a first attempt by a Bhutanese to record in English the oral tradition of this kingdom in the eastern Himalayas. All of the stories recounted here were heard by the author when she was a child living in Bumthang in the central part of Bhutan and are the ones that she passes on to her children today, in the spirit of the oral tradition.In Bhutan's centuries of self-imposed isolation b... continue