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Informationen zum Autor Graham Seal teaches at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Klappentext This comprehensive collection of folk hero tales builds on the success of the first edition by providing readers with expanded contextual information on story characters from the Americas to Zanzibar. Despite the tremendous differences between cultures and ethnicities across the world, all of them have folk heroes and heroines-real and imagined-that have been represented in tales, legends, songs, and verse. These stories persist through time and space, over generations, even through migrations to new countries and languages. This encyclopedia is a one-stop source for broad coverage of the world's folk hero tales. Geared toward high school and early college readers, the book opens with an overview of folk heroes and heroines that provides invaluable context and then presents a chronology. The book is divided into two main sections: the first provides entries on the major types and themes; the second addresses specific folk tale characters organized by continent with folk hero entries organized alphabetically. Each entry provides cross references as well as a list of further readings. Continent sections include a bibliography for additional research. The book concludes with an alphabetical list of heroes and an index of hero types. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface , Overview of Folk Heroes and Heroines , Chronology of Folk Heroes , Major Types and Themes , Introduction, Beauty and the Beast, Celebrity Heroes, Children's Folk Heroes, Cinderella, Culture Heroes, Devil, The, Dragon-Slayers, Fairy Godmother, The, Fairy Tale Heroes, Father Christmas [ See (Major Types)] Frontier Heroes, Giant-Killers, Hare, Helpers, Heroes of Struggle, Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack Tales, Liars, Local Heroes, Magicians, Military Heroes, National Heroes, Nautical Heroes, Numskulls and Noodles, Occupational Heroes, Ogres, Outlaws, Puss in Boots, Religious Heroes, Santa Claus, Shape-Shifters, Sleepers, Thieves, Tooth Fairy, The, Tricksters, Victims, Villains, Warriors, Wise Men and Women, Women Dressed as Men, Africa , Introduction, Abunuwas (Zanzibar; Madagascar; Mauritius), Anansi (West and Central Africa; Caribbean; South America; United States), Cleopatra (Egypt), Fereyel (Gambia), Gizo (Niger; Nigeria), Haitsi-Aibab (South Africa), Hlakanyana (South Africa), Kihuo (East Africa), Mandela, Nelson (South Africa), Mansa Musa (aka Musa Keita) (Mali), Marendenboni (Mali; Mauritania; Senegal), Maria, Fenda (Angola), Nefertiti (Egypt), Pieh, Sengbe (aka Joseph Cinqué) (Sierra Leone), Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia; Yemen), Selassie, Haile (Ethiopia), Spider [ See (Africa); ] Tortoise (Nigeria; Cuba), Yennenga (Burkina Faso), Zulu, Shaka (Zulu Kingdom; South Africa), Americas , Introduction, Amala (Tsimshian; Nass; Skidegate; Kaigani; Massett; Tlingit), Appleseed, Johnny [ See (Americas)] Bass, Sam (United States), Bean, Roy (United States), Bonney, William (United States), Boone, Daniel [ See (Major Types)] Bowie, Jim [ See (Major Types)] Brown, John (United States), Buffalo Bill [ See (Major Types)] Bunyan, Paul (Canada; United States), Calamity Jane [ See (Major Types)] Capone, Al [ See (Major Types)] Caragabi [ See (Major Types)] Carson, Kit [ See (Major Types)] Cassidy, Butch [ See (Americas)] Chapman, John (United States), Christmas, Annie [ See (Major Types)] Cinder-Mary (Mexico), Cortez, Gregorio (Mexico), Coyote (American Indian), Crockett, Davy (United States), Dillinger, John (United States), Febolds...
