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A Folk Tale of a Butterfly [PDF]
, 2009 This folk tale describes how a butterfly and worm respect one anotherThis collection of 77 audio files focuses on weddings and weddings speeches but also contains: folk tales, folk songs, riddles, tongue twisters, and local history from Bang smad Village
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 104-120, March 2026.This essay examines the spectres haunting ideas of egalitarianism among Tashelhiyt‐speaking communities in the Moroccan High Atlas: first, the tyrant, an obvious frontal threat to ideas of equality; and then the vastly more complex figure of the thief (amkhar).
Matthew Carey
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ILCEA, 2014 This paper studies The Folktales of mugwort [Polynnye skazki] by Yuri Koval’, based on his mother’s childhood memories. We will focuse on two apparently contradictory aspects of this text: the realism of the context and the wonderful aspect of folktales.
Laure Thibonnier
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The methods of power transferring in Iranian Folktales [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2019 . Introduction King, prince, and queen are among the most frequently used words in Iranian folktales. Several folktales are about theses fictional characters.
Mostafa Saadat
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A Folk Tale of a Poor Man [PDF]
, 2009 Bstan 'dzin tells a folk tale in which a poor man outsmarts a rich manThis collection of 77 audio files focuses on weddings and weddings speeches but also contains: folk tales, folk songs, riddles, tongue twisters, and local history from Bang smad ...
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DECEPTIVE SANCTITY: The Geopolitics of Shrines and Concealed Antiquities in Afghanistan
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 82-106, February 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores a widely circulated legend in Afghanistan in which foreigners are believed to create shrines to conceal buried antiquities. It represents one of several narratives in which locals express mistrust of foreign motivations and geopolitical deception.
SHAMIM HOMAYUN
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A Folktale of a Wolf and Sheep [PDF]
, 2009 The respondent tells a folktale about a wolf and a sheep.The fifty one audio and nine video files in this collection include: villages’ life stories, circle-dancing songs and performance, local history, folk tales, and interviews from Siyuewu Village ...
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Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 1, January‐June 2026.Short Abstract This article critically examines the role of Indigenous knowledge and mobile livelihoods in contemporary climate adaptation practices, highlighting how these efforts often risk perpetuating colonial power structures and sedentary biases.
Nuhu Adeiza Ismail +10 more
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Experimental Design: Javanese Folktale Preservation Using Augmented Reality Technology
Humaniora, 2018 This research was conducted to discover innovative and interesting methods to preserve also to reintroduce Javanese folktale to today’s society. The data were gathered from primary research through quantitative research to 104 respondents to know about ...
Damba Permatasakti, Vera Jenny Basiroen
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Nima's “Incomplete” Humans: Storying Adolescents’ Black Inhabitations in Accra
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract In this article, I story adolescents as “incomplete” human beings whose inventive modes of storytelling and inhabiting community space shape a “black sense of place” in the Nima neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. In collaborative arts‐based research with Spread‐Out Initiative NGO, Nima adolescents share stories and narrate experiences that witness
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
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