A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesParents' Magazine Press, 1968 - 96 pages A collection of fifteen Burmese folktales including "Why the Rabbit's Nose Twitches" and "The Origin of the Coconut." Also contains a separate section explaining Burmese terms and customs mentioned in the stories. |
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... folktales are offered by way of a pleasant introduction . There are fifteen folktales for several reasons , but one is because fifteen is a typical Burmese sum . The Burmese people reckon not by dozens but by tens , and factors or ...
... folktales are offered by way of a pleasant introduction . There are fifteen folktales for several reasons , but one is because fifteen is a typical Burmese sum . The Burmese people reckon not by dozens but by tens , and factors or ...
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... folktales portray it . The parties in a dispute voluntarily seek out an individual with a cool heart and a wise head ; in the folktales , it is the wise rabbit , the village headman or the Princess Learned - in - the - Law . True to ...
... folktales portray it . The parties in a dispute voluntarily seek out an individual with a cool heart and a wise head ; in the folktales , it is the wise rabbit , the village headman or the Princess Learned - in - the - Law . True to ...
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And Other Burmese Folktales Htin Aung (U.), Helen G. Trager. arbiter must go away feeling satisfied , as in ... Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University Press , London . Salem Center , New York September , 1967 Helen G ...
And Other Burmese Folktales Htin Aung (U.), Helen G. Trager. arbiter must go away feeling satisfied , as in ... Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University Press , London . Salem Center , New York September , 1967 Helen G ...
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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asked bamboo shoots bamboo thorn baskets became bee-hunter bees boat brass dish brass ladder Buddhist Burma Burmese calf called cattle chamberlain colt cool dispute driving spear DROP OF HONEY drunkard elephant farmer fight my enemy folktales fried fish ghosts gold dish Golden Crow golden ladder gong greedy girl hair head headman herdsman house lizard inside my stomach jackal jaggery Judge Rabbit jumped king king's laughed little girl live longyi looked Mandalay mats meal mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck monsoon Moon-goddess morning mortar moss mother muddy water Naga night ogre oozie opium-eater otter pagoda parasol partnership pleaded poor traveler pots of gold Princess Learned-in-the-Law rafts rain replied Master Thumb rotten egg sesamum plant seven pots shouted silver coin sire snake stallkeeper surprise tamarind tattooed tiger toddy toddy-climber village village at sunset water jars wear wild pheasant woman zayat دو