Georgia Through Its Legends, Folklore, and People
Georgia Through Its Legends, Folklore, and People

Author: Michael Berman

Publisher: Nova Novinka

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781612096414

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Everything shifts in the Caucasus, blown by some of the strongest winds on earth. Even the ground moves, splintered by fault lines. In early Georgian myths, it is said that when the mountains were young, they had legs -- could walk from the edges of the oceans to the deserts, flirting with the low hills, shrouding them with soft clouds of love. But what about those aspects of life which remain relatively constant -- the traditional practices of the people, the practices that are reflected in their legends and their folklore? It is these constants that this book concentrates on accompanied with breathtaking images.

Georgia Through Its Folktales
Georgia Through Its Folktales

Author: Michael Berman

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1846942799

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Full of third sons, talking birds, enchanted places, beautiful women and impossible journeys, these charmingly illustrated stories have a magic-realist, almost absurd quality, and they are told and translated with enough shamanstvo to keep you reading. In his introduction and extensive accompanying gloss, Michael Berman skilfully locates them in their historical, religious, storytelling and shamanic contexts with a scholarship that is both thorough and accessible, making it complementary to the reader's enjoyment. A nice collection. David Ronder

Legends of the Caucasus
Legends of the Caucasus

Author: David Hunt

Publisher: Saqi

Published: 2012-05-28

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0863568238

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The Caucasus has an extremely rich folk literature, almost unknown among English speakers, which includes myths, legends, magical tales, anecdotes and proverbs. The one hundred and one legends included in this book reflect the cultures of fourteen different ethnic groups - their dynamism and the matters that concerned them: survival against external dangers, the risk of starvation and the persistence of the family or clan as a coordinated group. Descended from an oral tradition, much of their knowledge was retained in memories and passed down the generations. Yet, with the introduction of the alphabet, the way of life they portray is rapidly becoming extinct. An incomparable collection, Legends of the Caucasus conveys the poetry and romance of these swiftly vanishing tribes. 'This book has brought into light some of the hidden treasures of the Caucasus ... A major contribution not only to the study of the Caucasus, but also to world folklore.' John Colarusso, McMaster University, Canada 'Inventive and meticulous in rendering the extraordinary folk poetry of the many nations of the Caucasus ... [This is] essential reading for anyone seeking an insight into the cultures of the Caucasus.' Donald Rayfield, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Georgian Folk Tales
Georgian Folk Tales

Author: Marjory Wardrop

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 3732643409

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Reproduction of the original: Georgian Folk Tales by Marjory Wardrop

Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby
Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby

Author: Mariella Glenn Hartsfield

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0820334448

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These tales range from the supernatural to the romantic and from the sacred to the secular. A celebration of American imagination, tradition, and manners, this collection of folktales reveals the spirit of people who responded to the demands of rural living with grace, good humor, and endurance.

Gullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast
Gullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast

Author: Charles Colcock Jones

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0820343552

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In 1888, Charles Colcock Jones Jr. published the first collection of folk narratives from the Gullah-speaking people of the South Atlantic coast, tales he heard black servants exchange on his family's rice and cotton plantation. It has been out of print and largely unavailable until now. Jones saw the stories as a coastal variation of Joel Chandler Harris's inland dialect tales and sought to preserve their unique language and character. Through Jones' rendering of the sound and syntax of nineteenth-century Gullah, the lively stories describe the adventures and mishaps of such characters as "Buh Rabbit," "Buh Ban-Yad Rooster," and other animals. The tales range from the humorous to the instructional and include stories of the "sperits," Daddy Jupiter's "vision," a dying bullfrog's last wish, and others about how "buh rabbit gained sense" and "why the turkey buzzard won't eat crabs."

Storytellers
Storytellers

Author: John A. Burrison

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780820312675

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Presents 260 of the rural South's best stories collected over a twenty year period, with their roots in Anglo-Saxon, African-American, and Native American traditions

People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Author: Virginia Hamilton

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

The Literature of Georgia
The Literature of Georgia

Author: Donald Rayfield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1136825363

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The first comprehensive and objective history of the literature of Georgia, revealed to be unique among those of the former Byzantine and Russian empires, both in its quality and its 1500 years' history. It is examined in the context of the extraordinarily diverse influences which affected it - from Greek and Persian to Russian and modern European literature, and the folklore of the Caucasus.

Tales of the Narts
Tales of the Narts

Author: John Colarusso

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-11-03

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0691211523

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An exciting collection of mythology about heroes, heroines, villains, and monsters in the intriguing world of the nomad warriors of the Caucasus The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. Tales of the Narts expands the canon of this precious body of lore by presenting a wide selection of fascinating tales that are part of a living tradition among the peoples of Ossetia in southern Russia. A mythical tribe of nomad warriors, the Narts are courageous, bold, and good-hearted, but also capable of envy, cruelty, and violence. In this wonderfully vivid and accessible collection, colorful and exciting heroes, heroines, villains, and monsters pursue their destinies though a series of exploits, often with the intervention of ancient gods.