Riassunto
Trama e riassunto di Racconti popolari filippini
A chi è rivolto
Readers who love folk tales, tricksters and talking animals, and anyone curious how one story travels between India, Europe and the Philippine islands.
Che cos’è questo libro
Suan hides in a tree to spy on his mother's shopping, then lets her believe he can guess anything. A datu soon asks him to find his daughter's ring, and Suan relies on a bluff. Filipino Popular Tales gathers more than eighty tales from Tagalog, Pampangan, Bicol, Ilocano, Visayan and other tellers, edited by Dean Spruill Fansler. You will meet cunning boys, small strong heroes, clever women, talking monkeys and turtles. Most tales name their tellers, and the notes trace their cousins around the world.
In questo riassunto
- 1Students wrote down tales their elders toldFree
- 2Quick wits can beat kings and rich men
- 3Small strong boys outgrow their cruel parents
- 4Odd objects help weak heroes bluff giants
- 5Clever women answer a king's impossible demands
- 6Magic objects bring wives but invite thieves
- 7Animals settle quarrels with wit, not strength
- 8Why-stories explain the world with a wink
- 9The notes trace roads from India, Europe and home
Punto chiave 1 di 9
Students wrote down tales their elders told
Dean Spruill Fansler gathers tales collected between 1908 and 1914. The tales are recorded in English, and most entries name the teller, the town and the province. Fansler chose hero tales, animal fables and why-stories, and mostly left out myths and spirit stories.
A Pampangan woman's tale sits beside one from a Tagalog in Manila, a Bicol on Catanduanes and an Ilocano from La Union. Many tellers say they heard the story from a grandmother, a nurse or a servant. After many tales comes a block of notes that sets the story beside versions from India, Europe, Africa and Borneo.
For you, this means most tales arrive with a voice and a place. You can enjoy it as a plain story first. Then you can follow the notes to see where its relatives live.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
The rest of the summary, written and spoken, and the whole book: free to start.
- Nothing to pay today · Renews every year
- We email you before you pay
- Cancel online in two clicks
Questions about Racconti popolari filippini
Who collected these stories and when?
Dean Spruill Fansler edits tales gathered between 1908 and 1914. Filipino students wrote them down in English, usually naming the teller, the town and the province.
What kinds of tales does the book include?
You find clever tricksters, small strong heroes, giants fooled by bluffs, magic charms and princesses, talking monkeys and turtles, and short explanations of why the sky, the crow or the lansones are as they are.