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South of the Clouds : Tales From Yunnan by Lucien Miller; Xu Kun; Guo Xu is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is South of the Clouds : Tales From Yunnan about?

"The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province s officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by memorable characters, such as the Tibetan mother who, reborn as a cow, comforts and helps her daughter into her harsh life as a slave girl; the two Kucong sisters who marry snakes; and the bodiless Lahu head-baby who grows up to win one of the earth-god Poyana s daughters in marriage. Chosen for their representativeness, aesthetic appeal, and variety, the stories provide rich examples of the folk traditions of Southwest China. South of the Clouds includes introductions and an appendix which describe the places and people of Yunnan, analyze the literary and psychological characteristics of their stories, give the sources of the tales, and explain the methodology of collecting folk literature in China."--Google books viewed Jan. 29, 2021

Who reads South of the Clouds : Tales From Yunnan?

Author

Lucien Miller; Xu Kun; Guo Xu

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295807003

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, History, Music