Russia Animal Tales

ISBN: 9781563244902

出版年: 1998-5

页数: 249

定价: $ 82.43

装帧: 硬精

内容简介

This collection of 150 ancient animal tales illustrates all 119 animal tale types. They feature forest animals (bear, wolf, fox, hare) and domestic animals (cock, dog, cat, pig, horse, bullock, goat). Fish and birds appear less often, and humans play a minor role, if any, in these tales. But it is human, not animal, behavior that is displayed by the sneaky, greedy, adulterous, murderous, conniving, and egotistical creatures who populate them. These stories, translated to preserve the art of the village storyteller, both entertained the peasant community and conveyed lessons needed in the quest for survival.