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Assessing relational values of sacred landscapes through text mining of folktales: Insights from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

People and Nature
Assessing relational values of nature through its cultural and spiritual significance is crucial for effective nature conservation. Folktales offer insights into traditional relationships between people and nature, and text mining is a powerful tool for ...
Naoki Saito, Soyo Takahashi, Akira Iguchi   +2 more
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Reinterpreting tradition through Feminist Literary Theory: Gendered narratives in folktales [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Folktales have long been used as cultural objects to convey values, customs, and social standards throughout generations. This study investigated the portrayal of gender roles in traditional folktales through Feminist Literary Theory, examining how these
Nontokozo Gladys Mdhluli
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Aesthetics and Utilitarian Essence ​of Selected Yorùbá Folktales

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

Journal 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
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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]

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

Lingual, 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
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ETHICS AND VALUES EDUCATION THROUGH ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN EAST NUSA TENGGARA FOLKTALES

Englisia, 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
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Folktales as Inclusive, Culturally Relevant Teaching Resources to Enhance Engagement and Participation in Sesotho Language Classrooms: Teachers’ Perceptions

Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication Studies
Folktales are old enduring oral stories which have been passed from generation to generation and serve as conveyers of Basotho traditions and customs. Their rich cultural and social content make them an inspiring and interesting topic to most learners ...
Maseriti Lineo Hyacinth Morakabi, Matseliso Alice Mohoebi   +1 more
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Morphology of folktales in Bushehr Province [PDF]

Literary Arts, 2018
The present study aims to analyze the morphology of some local stories of the city of Bushehr in Iran. These three stories, with some difference, correspond to the patterns of Vladimir Propp and are in harmony with the functions of his theory, though ...
Human Shakeri, Bahaeddin Eskandari
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Folktales [PDF]

Folklore, 1895
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