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Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives. [PDF]

open access: yesBiol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACTAnimal medical systems encompass a wide range of behaviours aimed at maintaining or improving health. It has become clear that these behaviours are not limited to animals treating themselves (self‐medication) but also include the treatment of group members, resulting in the adoption of the more inclusive term “animal medication”. Behaviour with
Pusceddu M   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Religious and Moral Values in Madura Folktales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Madura has a lot of Folktales as the reflection of its values in its social life. As the cultural identity, most of Madura folktales are the mirror of social values and characteristics of Madura society.
Harits, I. W. (Imron)
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The Devil's Colors: A Comparative Study of French and Nigerian Folktales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This study, largely based on five separate published collections, compares French and Nigerian folktales - focusing mainly on French Dauphine and Nigerian Igboland - to consider the role color plays in encounters with supernatural characters from diverse
Ugochukwu, Francoise
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Aesthetics and Utilitarian Essence ​of Selected Yorùbá Folktales

open access: yesAccelerando: BJMD, 2023
Folktales constitute one of the oldest traditional forms of education based on the method of delivery through oral tradition. Among the Yorùbá, folktale is a viable medium for transmission of cultural values, belief, history and philosophy of the ...
Bamidele Omolaye
doaj  

Storytelling, Folktales and the Comic Book Format [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The reading process in comics is an extension of text. In text alone the process of reading involves word-to-image conversion. Comics accelerate that by providing the image.
de Vos, Gail
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“Your Majesty, your son is unable to learn?”: A Study of the Notions of ‘Learning’ and ‘Teaching’ Inscribed in a Sample of Southern Folk Tales from Ancient Lanka [PDF]

open access: yesOUSL Journal, 2019
Despite textual and other historical evidence pertaining to ‘learning’ and ‘teaching’ in ancient Lanka is sparse scholars have focused their attention on such notions.
Lal Medawattegedara
doaj   +1 more source

Indonesian Folktales in English: Media to Integrate Local Wisdom in EFL Classroom

open access: yesLingual, 2020
Indonesia has a lot of folktales as one of the precious cultural heritages that must be preserved. A folktale provides cultural knowledge and moral lessons as one type of literary text.
Muhammad Fadhli
doaj   +1 more source

Embracing Yoruba Folktales as a Tool for Moral Development in Children [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
It is sad to note that morality issues have become a subject of debate in many homes as society now embraces several wrong behaviours and seems not to appreciate the culture of morality. The present study set out to explore the views of adults on the use
Gbenusola Akinwale , Victor Ojakorotu
doaj   +1 more source

ETHICS AND VALUES EDUCATION THROUGH ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN EAST NUSA TENGGARA FOLKTALES

open access: yesEnglisia, 2018
This study describes anthropomorphism that contains ethics and values education within East Nusa Tenggara folktales in Indonesia. The study explored the data on anthropomorphism based on the students’ textbooks of the local content subject, “Pengetahuan ...
Gracia M N Otta
doaj   +1 more source

Folktales and Education: Role of Bhutanese Folktales in Value Transmission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper begins by introducing Meme ‘Haylain’ Happiness, a concept drawn from a Bhutanese folktale about an old man, Meme Haylay Haylay, who exchanges his turquoise for a song, and happily returns home singing the song.
Penjore, Dorji
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