Lao Folktales

Author: Wayuphā Thotsa
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This collection seeks to fill a gap in folktale literature by offering tales of the Lao. Organized by broad themes and types, it offers more than 50 tales, including creation myths, animal tales, Buddhist Jataka and moral stories, trickster tales, riddles, ghost stories, local legends and more from peoples on both sides of the Mekong River. In addition, the book includes general information about Lao geography, peoples, and history, as well as recipes, games crafts, color photos and line drawings.

Lao Folktales

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Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain

Author: Margaret Bateson-Hill
Publisher: Zero to Ten
ISBN: 9781840890464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A greedy emperor demands an impossible task from Lao Lao, a peasant woman who makes beautiful shapes from paper. Includes instructions for making traditional Chinese paper-cuts.

Lao Folktales

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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Mother's Beloved

Author: ʻUthin Bunnyāvong
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9780295977362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
"Rather than writing through an ideological lens, Outhine focuses on the passions and foibles of ordinary people. Their good luck, disappointments, and plain but poignant conversations reveal the subtle textures of Lao culture. The tragedy of war and the threat of environmental degradation are themes woven into his stories.".

Lao Folktales

Author: Steve Epstein
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings. We find a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently. The reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a Jataka tale, but each story is distinctively Lao, retold with Lao humor and charm reflecting a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Works by Anoulom Souvandouane, the foremost illustrator in Laos, enliven the stories. Steven Epstein lived in Laos from 1990 to 1997. He worked for the Swedish government setting up English training programs in different ministries.

Traditional Recipes of Laos

Author: Phia Sing
Publisher: Prospect Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781903018958
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A manuscript from notebooks compiled by the late Master of Ceremonies and Chef at the Royal Palace at Luang Prabang.

A Sticky Mess

Author: Nor Sanavongsay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989885003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A young monk keeps getting in trouble with the head of the monastery who thinks the boy can't do anything right. Finally, the young boy decides to turn the tables with the help of a red rooster and a little bit of a sticky snack called mieng. What happens next has become the stuff of legend for hundreds of years! This is the hilarious tale of cleverness and ingenuity for children ages four and up.

The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching

Author: Demi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416912061
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Explores the teachings of Lao Tzu, the philosopher believed to be the inspiring force behind the seminal Taoist work, through a collection of eighty-one inspirational passages that speak to the balance of earth and heaven.

Chinese Myths and Folk Tales

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ISBN: 9781435169852
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704

Book Description
Chinese culture is rich with marvelous folklore, and this exquisitely designed collection draws on that magnificent historical repository. It features more than 200 fables and tales chosen from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and other classic compendiums. Here are legends of ancient demons, strange ghosts, magic swords, evil sorcerers, diabolical transformations, flying ogres, fairy foxes, powerful gods, and more. They include: The Painted Wall, The Flower Nymphs, The Boatmen of Lao-lung, The King of the Nine Mountains, The Disowned Princess, and dozens more.