She-Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales

Name: She-Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales
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ISBN: 9780826321954

ISBN-10: 082632195X

ISBN-13: 9780826321954

Edition: 2000

Authors: Johnny Payne

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For readers tired of everything post-modern, this collection of folk tales reminds us of the primal power fables and oral tradition hold over the imagination. In these thirty-one stories, told by Quechua speakers in highland Peru, we encounter the voice of an indigenous people on the cusp of modernity. These stories overcome stereotypes of what it means to be traditional. Yet they also entertain, instruct, and reassure us that verities exist. Classical mythology, Aesop's Fables, and Grimm's Fairy Tales have their parallels in the Quechua oral tradition. This bilingual edition, the first collection of stories from the Cusco region to be published in English, captures a rich but fast…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 2/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 277
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836

An Interloper's Introduction	p. 1
The Eagles Who Raised a Child	p. 15
The Woman Who Tended Ducks	p. 29
The She-Calf	p. 41
The Condor	p. 57
The Quena	p. 63
The Clever Priest	p. 69
The Baker and the Lovers	p. 75
The Carpenter's Wife	p. 83
The Shepherdess	p. 89
The Pastureland Girl	p. 95
The Hacienda Owner's Daughter	p. 103
The Deserter	p. 111
Watch Dog and Bean Blossom	p. 117
Wayrurkumacha and Chinchirkumacha	p. 125
The Man-Bear	p. 131
The Corn-Beer Seller	p. 141
What the Gringo Ate	p. 147
The Stupid Gringo	p. 151
The Rascal Priest	p. 155
The Idiot (two stories)	p. 161
The Fox and the Mouse (four stories)	p. 173
The Boy Who Didn't Want to Eat	p. 199
The Old Crone	p. 207
The Farewell	p. 215
The Coffin Contest	p. 221
The Wand	p. 231
The Promise	p. 237
The River-Siren	p. 251
An Apparition	p. 257
Child Jesus, Yarn-spinner	p. 263
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