"Here are 63 traditional stories from world folklore about our nearest relatives: monkeys and apes. As with many tales about other animals, those about monkeys and apes sometimes reflect what we as humans admire about ourselves. However, the stories more frequently embody features that we dislike. Whether they depict monkeys and apes as annoying or clever pranksters, imitative nuisances and troublemakers, loyal and wise friends, or heroic and noble characters who sacrifice themselves for others, the selections in this anthology about our closest primate kin can tell us much about ourselves and what it means to be human."--…mehr
"Here are 63 traditional stories from world folklore about our nearest relatives: monkeys and apes. As with many tales about other animals, those about monkeys and apes sometimes reflect what we as humans admire about ourselves. However, the stories more frequently embody features that we dislike. Whether they depict monkeys and apes as annoying or clever pranksters, imitative nuisances and troublemakers, loyal and wise friends, or heroic and noble characters who sacrifice themselves for others, the selections in this anthology about our closest primate kin can tell us much about ourselves and what it means to be human."--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Terry L. Norton is professor emeritus of education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he taught courses in literacy education and children's and adolescent literature. He lives in Rock Hill.
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Table of Contents Preface Purpose Organization Adaptation Techniques Supplemental Analyses: Commentaries A Note on Monkeys Versus Apes Acknowledgments Introduction: Some Meanings of Monkeys and Apes People and Animals Perceptions of Monkeys and Apes in the Ancient Western World Some Views from the Middle Ages Through the Modern Era Disquieting Simians in the Middle East Mesoamerica and South America Mixed Portrayals in South Asia Major Monkeys: Old Monkey of China and Hanuman of India Conclusion and Invitation to the Reader The Middle East and India The Origin of Monkeys The Greedy Monkeys The Monkey and the Necklace The Monkeys Assigned to Water the Trees The Vile Monkey and the Patient Buffalo The Brahmin and the Monkey The Heroic Monkey's Self-Sacrifice The Monkey Who Outwitted a Water Ogre The Lessons of the Meddling Monkey and the Unheeded Bird The Story of Prince Rama The Monkey and the Elephant The Monkey and the Mirror The Monkey Prince The Men Who Became Monkeys The Children Who Were Turned into Monkeys How the Langur Got Its Tail The Monkey Husband The Monkey Nursemaid The Sultan's Daughter and the Baboon Africa The Monkey and the Shark Monkeys and People The Monkey and the Jackal The Fiddling Monkey Why Old Baboon Has That Kink in His Tail Old Jackal and Young Baboon Leopard and Monkey The Baboons and Xabbiten Xabbiten The Boy and the Baboons The Truthful Monkey The Woman, the Monkey, and the Child How Twins Entered the World How the Tail of the Colobus Monkey Became White Western Europe An Aesop Sampler The King of the Apes The Ape and the Fox The Lion and the Ape The Monkey and the Fox Jupiter and the Monkey The Monkeys and Their Mother The Dancing Monkeys The Monkey and the Dolphin Voltaire Candide, the Girls, and the Two Monkeys Tibet, Korea, Southeast Asia, and China The Two Monkeys The Monkeys Saved from Death The Monkeys and the Moon The Monkey's Judgment Why Monkeys and People Do Not Live Together The Adventures of the Monkey King The Cruel Rich Couple Japan and the Philippines The Fox, the Otter, and the Monkey Raw Monkey Relish The Monkey, the Crab, and the Persimmons The Monkey and the Wise Boar The Monkeys and the Dragonflies How Children Became Monkeys The First Monkey The Story of a Monkey The Monkey and the Turtle The Caribbean, South America, and North America Irraweka and the Flood How Monkey Became a Trickster The Fox and Monkey Thieves The Woman and the Monkey The Monkey Who Begged for Misery The Monkey Girl The Signifying Monkey and the Lion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Purpose Organization Adaptation Techniques Supplemental Analyses: Commentaries A Note on Monkeys Versus Apes Acknowledgments Introduction: Some Meanings of Monkeys and Apes People and Animals Perceptions of Monkeys and Apes in the Ancient Western World Some Views from the Middle Ages Through the Modern Era Disquieting Simians in the Middle East Mesoamerica and South America Mixed Portrayals in South Asia Major Monkeys: Old Monkey of China and Hanuman of India Conclusion and Invitation to the Reader The Middle East and India The Origin of Monkeys The Greedy Monkeys The Monkey and the Necklace The Monkeys Assigned to Water the Trees The Vile Monkey and the Patient Buffalo The Brahmin and the Monkey The Heroic Monkey's Self-Sacrifice The Monkey Who Outwitted a Water Ogre The Lessons of the Meddling Monkey and the Unheeded Bird The Story of Prince Rama The Monkey and the Elephant The Monkey and the Mirror The Monkey Prince The Men Who Became Monkeys The Children Who Were Turned into Monkeys How the Langur Got Its Tail The Monkey Husband The Monkey Nursemaid The Sultan's Daughter and the Baboon Africa The Monkey and the Shark Monkeys and People The Monkey and the Jackal The Fiddling Monkey Why Old Baboon Has That Kink in His Tail Old Jackal and Young Baboon Leopard and Monkey The Baboons and Xabbiten Xabbiten The Boy and the Baboons The Truthful Monkey The Woman, the Monkey, and the Child How Twins Entered the World How the Tail of the Colobus Monkey Became White Western Europe An Aesop Sampler The King of the Apes The Ape and the Fox The Lion and the Ape The Monkey and the Fox Jupiter and the Monkey The Monkeys and Their Mother The Dancing Monkeys The Monkey and the Dolphin Voltaire Candide, the Girls, and the Two Monkeys Tibet, Korea, Southeast Asia, and China The Two Monkeys The Monkeys Saved from Death The Monkeys and the Moon The Monkey's Judgment Why Monkeys and People Do Not Live Together The Adventures of the Monkey King The Cruel Rich Couple Japan and the Philippines The Fox, the Otter, and the Monkey Raw Monkey Relish The Monkey, the Crab, and the Persimmons The Monkey and the Wise Boar The Monkeys and the Dragonflies How Children Became Monkeys The First Monkey The Story of a Monkey The Monkey and the Turtle The Caribbean, South America, and North America Irraweka and the Flood How Monkey Became a Trickster The Fox and Monkey Thieves The Woman and the Monkey The Monkey Who Begged for Misery The Monkey Girl The Signifying Monkey and the Lion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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