Search Results: Folklore from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Madrid: Libreria general de V. Suarez, 1916. Paperback. Very Good- to Good+ , with spine wear and some foxing. Octavo in pink printed sw; 188 p. p., 24 cm. Folklore; Chile. .

Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1962. Paperback. Minor edge wear; else overall very good(+) to about near fine(-). Tight and clean within.. Quarto in orange photo-illus paper wraps; 123 p. ; 23 cm.; bibliographical references. Studia Norvegica; No. 12. ¶ Reidar Thoralf Christiansen (1886 - 1971) was a Norwegian folklorist, archivist of the Norwegian Folklore Collection (NFS) and professor of folkloristics at the University of Oslo. Christiansen studied theology during 1904-1909 and worked as a language teacher for Finnish and Sami for priest sent to Finnmark, but he was not himself ordained as a priest. Instead, he took an interest in folkloristics under the guidance of Moltke Moe (1859-1914). He received a scholarship for a half-year's stay in Finland in 1912, where he studied under Kaarle Krohn (1863-1933). During 1914-1916 he studied in Copenhagen, studying under Axel Olrik (1864-1917). He also visited Lund University and studied under Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (1878-1952). In 1919, Christiansen… Read More

La Paz: Gobierno Municipal, 1998. 1st edition. As new.. Two volumes, 4to, illus sw, 88 and 145p, bw photos, Text in Spanish.

BA: np, 1940. 1st edition. Paperback. VG(-) with general wear.. Octavo, illus sw, 36p, bibl. Uncommon. // Text in Spanish. // Argentina; Latin America; South America; analysis of folkroe & legends.

Lima: NP, 1947. 1st edition. Paperback. Some foxing, else Very Good. Octavo in illus self-wraps, 239p, bw photos,18 cm, bibl. A nicely done work.

São Paulo] Martins, 1965. Hardcover. Very good with mild edge-wear. Binding trght; leaves clean. Folio in glossy black color illus boards; 75 pages; numerous full-page full color plates; 31 cm. In Portuguese. Uncommon. Richly illustrated. Indigenous Brazilian folklore on Love. Peuples autochtones -- Brésil -- Folklore. Indians of South America. Brazil.

Vic: Spinifex, North Melbourne, 1998. near fine. xvi, 688 pages: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. "In 'Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin', Diane Bell presents a finely textured ethnographic portrait of Aboriginal culture. Here are the voices of women and men who struggled to protect their sacred sites in the Hindmarsh Island, Murray Mouth and Goolwa area. When they did, it became the subject of a series of court cases, legal decisions, media speculation, anthropological disputation and parliamentary conflict, ending in 2001 with a vindication of their words." -- Publisher's websiteContents: Part I. Ngarrindjeri: a distinctive weave. 1. Weaving the world of Ngarrindjeri. 2. Shared designs: different strands. 3. Singing: 'Pakari Nganawi Ruwi'. 4. Family, friends and other relations. 5. A land alive: embodying and knowing the country. 6. Signs and sorcery: finding meaning in a changing world. Part II. The politics of knowledge. 7. Respecting the rules: oral and written cultures. 8. Sorting the sources: writing about… Read More

Buenos Aires: [s.n.], 1942. First printing thus (offprint0. Paperback. Very Good with general wear.. Octavo in light beige printed wrappers; 31 p. 24 cm. Uncommon. Inscribed to Arturo Jimenez Borja by the author in 1943. Text in Spanish // Folklore -- Argentina. -- Social life and customs. Folklore.

London: Priv. Print. for C.J. Sawyer, 1952. Hardcover. Exterior lightly worn; else very Good+ and tigh/tclean.. Small quarto in red cloth; 319 p. 26 cm; footnotes; bibliography ; index. Contents: Poison Damsels, the Tale of Two Thieves; Sacred Prostitution; and The Romance of Betel-Chewing. // South Asia, Folklore -- Asia. "Based on appendixes originally published in C.H. Tawney's edition of: Katha-sarit-sagara ; called : The Ocean of Story," edited by the author.

Edmonton (Canada): Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers, 1972. Presumed first ed. (no earlier dates or printings indicated). Hardcover. Fine in copy in near fine lighty shelfworn jacket in archival mylar. Sharp and crisp./Near fine(+). 127 pages color illustrations 16 x 22 cm. Stunning artwork. / Contents: The magic drum.--Kajortoq, the red fox.--The orphan and the bears.--The ball players.--Kautaluk.--The owl and the ptarmigan.--The swan and the crane.--Kajortoq and the crow.--Lost at sea.--The wolf and the owl.--The deceitful raven.--Taligvak.--The hunter and the children.--Kidnapped by wolves.--The legend of the Coppermine River.--The ghost hunter.--The blind boy and the loon.--The huntress.--The eagle and the hunter.--The lazy son-in-law.--The bear and the child.--The dog and the young girl. Twenty two legends of the Copper Eskimos (Inuit) of the Northwest Territories, originally oral, translated into English from the Inuktitut. Colour illustrations by Agnes Nanogak and Helen Kalvak of the Holman Island… Read More