Read Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem

Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem

Selma Ekrem

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Description:Once there was and once there was not, in the time before..."" This is the traditional opener for Turkish stories used here to start nine fairy tales never before published in this country. They are interesting for comparison and contrast to their European counterparts. The author learned them from her nurse who learned them from the wandering storytellers of Turkey--one of the few paid occupations open to women in the old days. Easy to tell and short, they make use of exotic settings for the familiar ingredients--animals chat with people and the poor girls make it to the palace by way of spells and virtue. In The Blackbird and the Pine Needle a wily bird trades up through four hard bargains until he has a flute. The Little Gray Mouse and the Handsome Cock tells of devoted love with the melodrama of near disasters and sudden faints that children find quite reasonable and amusing. (Kirkus Review)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem. To get started finding Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 117

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.

Release: 1964

ISBN

Description: Once there was and once there was not, in the time before..."" This is the traditional opener for Turkish stories used here to start nine fairy tales never before published in this country. They are interesting for comparison and contrast to their European counterparts. The author learned them from her nurse who learned them from the wandering storytellers of Turkey--one of the few paid occupations open to women in the old days. Easy to tell and short, they make use of exotic settings for the familiar ingredients--animals chat with people and the poor girls make it to the palace by way of spells and virtue. In The Blackbird and the Pine Needle a wily bird trades up through four hard bargains until he has a flute. The Little Gray Mouse and the Handsome Cock tells of devoted love with the melodrama of near disasters and sudden faints that children find quite reasonable and amusing. (Kirkus Review)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem. To get started finding Turkish fairy tales. Collected by Selma Ekrem, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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