Masai Myths, Tales and Riddles (Masai, Selections) - Softcover
Masai Myths, Tales and Riddles These enchanting tales from the Masai of East Africa describe worlds of warriors and devils, monkeys and hyenas, earthquakes and comets -- magical realms, in which everyday life takes on supernatural elements. For the past hundred years, this volume has served as an authoritative source for studies of Masai culture. Full description
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Some 80 short narratives selected from anthropologist Hollis' The Masai: Their Language and Folklore , published in 1905 by Clarendon Press, London. The new editors have left out tales in the east African language, Americanized the English, slightly rewritten two parables, and translated into English a passage he thought best rendered in Latin. Cul
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- PublisherDover Publications Inc.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0486431991
- ISBN 13 9780486431994
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages116
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