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Title

The folk-tales of Burma : an introduction / by Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han.

Author

Abbott, Gerry.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Khin Thant Han.

Description

xiv, 392 p. : ill., 1 map; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Dritte Abteilung, Südostasien = Handbook of oriental studies. South-East Asia, 0169-9571 ; 11. Bd

Uniform Title

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Dritte Abteilung, Südostasien 11. Bd.

Subjects

• Tales > Burma > Classification
• Minorities > Burma > Social life and customs
• Minorities > Burma > Folklore > History > Sources
• Tales > Burma > History > Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Study of folklore and the folk-tale 4 -- Folk-tale genre: function, form and field 12 -- Collection and study of folk-tales in Burma 20 -- A categorisation of selected tales from Burma 26 -- Summaries of selected tales 31 -- Suggestions for further research 41 -- Part 2 A Selection of Burma's Folk-Tales -- Section I (A) Human origin tales -- 1 Earliest humans (Mon) 58 -- 2 After the old world was destroyed by the flood (Eastern Lisu) 61 -- 3 Lahoo narrative of creation (Lahu) 66 -- 4 Why the Kachins have no alphabet (Kachin) 70 -- 5 Chin and the Burman are brothers (Mindat Chin) 70 -- 6 Naga and the Burman are brothers (Tan-hkun Naga) 73 -- 7 Story of the goats (Palaung) 75 -- 8 Extinction of the Ari (Tan-hkun Naga) 75 -- 9 Plainsmen and hill men (Lahu) 79 -- 10 Why the Kachins have so many nats (Kachin) 80 -- 11 Name given by a ghost (Eastern Lisu) 81 -- 12 'Eating Early Rice' festival (Asho Chin) 84 -- 13 Why people die (Kachin) 85 -- Section I (B) Phenomena tales -- 14 Original state of the earth (Kayah) 91 -- 15 Sunset and sunrise (Yaw) 95 -- 16 Story of the rainbow (Shan) 97 -- 17 Eclipse of the sun (Rawang) 98 -- 18 Eclipse of the moon (I) (Tan-hkun Naga) 100 -- 19 Eclipse of the moon (II) (Burman) 102 -- 20 Life-restoring plant on the moon (Lahu) 105 -- 21 Why we have earthquakes (Tan-hkun Naga) 106 -- 22 In-daw-gyi, or Naung-lut (Kachin) 108 -- 23 Elephant (Sgaw Karen) 111 -- 24 Buffalo and man (Shan) 113 -- 25 Kyi-kan (Asho Chin) 114 -- 26 Why the owl's eyes are open wide (Karen) 115 -- 27 Grass snake (Kayah) 117 -- 28 A-eik-pa (Chin) 119 -- 29 How tea was discovered (Yaw) 120 -- 30 Thu-ya (Yaw) 121 -- 31 Hsa Ma ['Lady Salt'] (Rawang) 122 -- Section II (A) Wonder tales -- 32 Were-tiger and Keik Sal (Hpo Nwan Chin) 133 -- 33 Were-horse (Karen) 139 -- 34 Snake Prince (Burman) 141 -- 35 & 36 Two Burmese crocodile tales (Burman) 149 -- 37 Concern for humans only brings me pain (Arakanese) 150 -- 38 Win-leik-pya: or, the soul-butterfly (Burman) 153 -- 39 Cham Seng and the pe-et (Palaung) 158 -- 40 Ghost in the royal service (Burman) 159 -- 41 Aran Aung and his friend (Mon) 160 -- 42 Hpo Hkwe: from painter to king (Karen) 162 -- 43 Nan Yi-hsaing Kaw (Shan) 168 -- 44 Brown lotus (Arakanese) 173 -- 45 Smim Katut Kalawam (Mon) 176 -- 46 Nan La An (Karen) 183 -- 47 Ein-daw Shinma (Intha) 192 -- 48 Master Born-of-Egg (Mon) 195 -- 49 Silver Hill (Burman) 204 -- 50 Story of Tugleba (Bwe Karen) 209 -- Section II (B) Trickster / simpleton tales, etc. -- 51 Man in a boat who wasn't afraid of ghosts (Mon) 221 -- 52 Canny Lord of Death (Pa-o) 222 -- 53 Liar Mvkang sells ashes (Rawang) 225 -- 54 Stick spear and golden spear (Lahu) 226 -- 55 If you shit on the way, there's a hundred to pay (Intha) 228 -- 56 Story of Ataplem (Mon) 230 -- 57 Monkey and the crocodile (Shan) 235 -- 58 Kyong-si, the sparrow and the Naga king (Palaung) 236 -- 59 Rabbit and the fox (Mindat Chin) 238 -- 60 Elephant versus the tiger (Palaung) 239 -- 61 Fellow at the town-eater's house (Taungyo) 241 -- 62 Ten simpletons (Arakanese) 243 -- 63 Tall tales (Yaw) 250 -- 64 Mr Golden Simple and his wife (Burman) 255 -- 65 End of the Na Hsaung Soe ogres (Padaung) 258 -- 66 Painting competition (Palaung) 262 -- III (A) Guidance tales (lay) -- 67 Peacock, king of the birds (Karen) 268 -- 68 'No hands' dance (Lisu) 269 -- 69 Long-tongued person has twice the burden (Intha) 271 -- 70 Wise fox (Somra Naga) 274 -- 71 Jackfruit tree and bitter gourd vine (Maru) 276 -- 72 Five hundred steps (Rawang) 277 -- 73 To each his own (Mon) 279 -- 74 Looking for true love (Lahu) 281 -- 75 Abbot's mantra (Pa-o) 284 -- 76 Coconut palm owner (Kachin) 288 -- 77 Man who looked for the Lord of Death (Arakanese) 290 -- 78 Let's have a carve-up4 (Mon) 294 -- III (B) Guidance tales (clerical) -- Commentary: Law tales (All Burman) 297 -- 79 Tiger as judge 298 -- 80 Ardent young lover as judge 299 -- 81 Promise 300 -- 82 Elephant-driver who lost his elephant 303 -- 83 Make-believe tales 304 -- Commentary: Monk's tales (All Burman) 307 -- 84 To each his own foot 308 -- 85 Saturday-borns 310 -- 86 Monk and the dwindling tiger 311 -- 87 I ran because the other ran 312 -- 88 British envoy 313 -- 89 Village wiseman and the elephant tracks 314 -- Commentary: Jataka tales (Various sources) 315 -- 90 Lovesick widower [Assaka-Jataka] 316 -- 91 Narrow highway [Rajovada-Jataka] 319 -- 92 Grateful elephant [Alina-Citta-Jataka] 322 -- 93 Learning an old one's tricks can get you out of a fix [Tipallattha-Miga Jataka] 326 -- 94 Naga prince [Bhuridatta Jataka] 329 -- 95 Hare [Sasa-Jataka] 332 -- IV Compound tales -- 96 Elephant and the man [I(B) + II(B)] (Kayah) 337 -- 97 Hkun Hsaik [I(B) + III(A)] (Shan) 338 -- 98 Rose apple tree [I(B) + I(A)] (Burman) 342 -- 99 Legend of Taw-me-pa [I(A) + II(B)] (Karen) 345 -- 100 Nang Upem and Khun Samlaw [I(A) + I(B)] (Shan) 349 -- 101 Don't trust every smooth talker [III(A) + II(B)] (Pa-o) 353.

ISBN

9004118128 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00022316^

OCLC

• 43481713
• SCSB-10408235

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library