Folk Tales of the Maldives

Name: Folk Tales of the Maldives
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ISBN: 9788776941048

ISBN-10: 8776941043

ISBN-13: 9788776941048

Edition: 2012

Authors: Xavier Romero-Frias

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Description:

This volume will ensure that Maldivian folklore is not lost and indeed reaches a global audience. It is a collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends selected from the large corpus of stories in the local oral tradition.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Names of Maldivians


Glossary


Introduction: Maldivian Folklore and Popular Literature in the Divehi Language



The First Coconuts



Makana Kalo



The Two Traders



Small Drops of Blood



Keula Bebe Duï¿½a



The Legend of Koimala



The Skin Disease



Safaru Kaidda



The Sandbank of the Seabirds



The Fried Breadfruit Chips



The Demon King



The Man Who Burned the Mosque



Havva Didi



The First Tunas (or Fiyala Bola Odi Duvvi)



Boat Number Ten



The Fruits of Greed



Amboffulu and Damboffulu



Telabagudi Koe'



Ukunumana and Limana



Ranna Mari



Findanpulu and Bondanpulu



The Skull below the Tree



The Stingray



Herra



The Island of the Lepers



Debo Dunige Vahaka (or The Two-headed Bird)



Don Hiyala and Alifulu



The White Disk



Fulu Digu Handi



The Man on the Whale



Oditan Kalege and His Wife



The Doni Given to Mohan



The Cat and the Broken Jar



Beri



Kullavah Falu Rani (Queen of the Mangrove Forest)



Khalidu and Sitti



Dombeyya



Makumbe



The Monster at the Kitchen Door



Makana's Treachery



The Girl in the Shark's Belly



Delikolu and Alikolu



Arruffanno Fereta



The Scarlet Wake



The Navigator under the Tree



Findana and the Cat



Nadalla Takuru



Hollavai (Folavahi)



A Heavy Kurumba



Fandiyaru Crab



The Honour of the Big Seashell



The Land Crab in the Kitchen



The Obstinate Makana



Sato and the Giant Crab



Makana and his Brother-in-Law



The Vigani That Haunted Toshali Takuru



Handi Don Kamana



Himiccha' eri Fureta (The Monster of Himiti)



Santimariyambu



The Tree at the Island End



Mameli Daita and Her Seven Children



The Pride of the Fleet



The Mud Wasp (or Verehuli)



The Man Who Learned from Two Books



The Legend of the Sandara Shell



The Master Navigator



The Moon in the Jar



The Lament



The Fish That Had More Bones



Kuda Tuttu Didi's Nails



The Mullet and the Clam



Ronu Eduru



The Cat That Chased Two Rats



Fanvakkolu and Valikolu



The Poor Man of Nalafushi and his Cow



The Awful Giant Fish



Kalobondage Diye



The King of the Sea



The Palace Bedbug



Muladovi


Bibliography


Index