Tales for big children : Chinese and Filipino folk stories /
Tan, Susie
Tales for big children : Chinese and Filipino folk stories / Susie L. Tan ; with an introduction by Alejandro R. Roces and a foreword by Damiana L. Eugenio. - v. 14 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
v.2 Fables and other folktales. Content : v.1 Myths and legends
This edition is a collection of stories drawn from a larger one actually forms Part II of the author's masteral thesis, and the selections were culled from previously published anthologies and other authoritative sources. This edition was deliberately chosen stories from both Chinese and Filipino folklores which reveal parallel as well as unique features in their narrative types and motifs. They also reveal a lot about the differences and similarities between customs, beliefs, traditions, and even habitat of these two peoples. The author have recreated and retold these stories as the child who would like to have them told and retold, hoping that these will live or be relived in many young hearts and minds as they are kept alive.
9715551033
Fables.
Myths and legends.
Tales, Chinese.
Tales, Filipino.
GR 335 / .T153 1995
Tales for big children : Chinese and Filipino folk stories / Susie L. Tan ; with an introduction by Alejandro R. Roces and a foreword by Damiana L. Eugenio. - v. 14 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
v.2 Fables and other folktales. Content : v.1 Myths and legends
This edition is a collection of stories drawn from a larger one actually forms Part II of the author's masteral thesis, and the selections were culled from previously published anthologies and other authoritative sources. This edition was deliberately chosen stories from both Chinese and Filipino folklores which reveal parallel as well as unique features in their narrative types and motifs. They also reveal a lot about the differences and similarities between customs, beliefs, traditions, and even habitat of these two peoples. The author have recreated and retold these stories as the child who would like to have them told and retold, hoping that these will live or be relived in many young hearts and minds as they are kept alive.
9715551033
Fables.
Myths and legends.
Tales, Chinese.
Tales, Filipino.
GR 335 / .T153 1995
