31.2946, Books: On Tamil Folktale, Myth and Legend: Venugopal

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:31:41
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: On Tamil Folktale, Myth and Legend: Venugopal

 


Title: On Tamil Folktale, Myth and Legend 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Language and Literature 23  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LSLL-23-On-Tamil-Folklore-Myth-and-Legend/en 


Author: Saraswathi Venugopal

Paperback: ISBN:  9783969390030 Pages: 176 Price: Europe EURO 64.80


Abstract:

The present volume is a collection of papers presented in various national and
international seminars from 1980's to 2019. The papers cover all genres of
narrative namely tale, legend and myth; in addition to that, papers on
episodes from the great Indian Itihasas, Ramayana and Mahabharata, have been
included. Researches on folktales and mythology from other cultures and
languages have been published in general, in abundance, and some on Tamil
folktales and mythology by great authors have appeared on the international
arena.

All three genres are related, in the sense they are narratives, and not
related, in the sense they have their own characteristics. As the humour in
Tamil folktales is unique, and the story telling techniques are intelligent,
the characters in the tales are down to earth, the concepts found in Tamil
myths are very ancient, some of the interesting tales, myths and legends were
chosen by the author to introduce them to the non- Tamil world and scholars.

The two great Itihasas of India are well known to the world in general; but
the episodes with indigenous and ingenious ideas of Tamil people are to be
known to the world. Hence they have been included in the collection. It is
hoped that the present volume would be appreciated by the non- Tamil readers
and scholars of Folklore and mythology, especially folk narrative research
would find it useful.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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