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(Hardback)

By: Murti Bunanta

ISBN: 9781563089091
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia is home to hundreds of ethnic groups with diverse cultures and languages. Focusing on the rich heritage of the country, this latest addition to the highly acclaimed World Folklore Series presents 29 stories from across Indonesia, most of which have never been published in the English language.


(Hardback)

By: Heather McNeil

ISBN: 9781563087783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This collection contains Celtic tales of kelpies, mermaids, selkeis, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. Also included is a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories and an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection.


(Hardback)

By: Anna E. Altmann

ISBN: 9781563089671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends).


(Hardback)

By: Fran Stallings

ISBN: 9781591584889
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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From one of Japan's most popular and respected storytellers, this collection introduces readers to more than 40 wonderous tales from rural Japanmany that have not previously been seen or heardfrom animal tales and tales of supernatural beings to stories about village characters and priests and their apprentices.