How Night Came: Folk Tales Of The World:A Folk Tale From The Amazon (Puffin Folk Tales of the World S.) - Softcover

Troughton, Joanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140563792 ISBN 13: 9780140563795

Publisher: Puffin, 1998

Synopsis

In this tale of the Tupi Indians of the Amazon, the creation myth is turned upside down and there is daylight but no night. Night is kept under the water by the Great Snake, but when his daughter is ill and needs some darkness, he sends her the dark. All the creatures and birds of the night are created and from that time night has always fallen; during the day it sleeps beneath the waters.

About this title

Synopsis:

In this tale of the Tupi Indians of the Amazon, the creation myth is altered and there is daylight but no night. Night is kept under the water by the Great Snake, but when his daughter is ill and needs some darkness, he sends her the dark, which is when all the creatures of the night are created.

About the Author:

Joanna Troughton has written and illustrated 14 titles in the FOLK TALES OF THE WORLD series. She graduated, with a first class honours degree in graphic design, from Hornsea College of Art and is now a successful, well-established artist. Joanna lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140563792
• ISBN 13: 9780140563795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32