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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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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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Integrative Values of Folktales: Igbo Folktale Example
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2020 The indigenous language of a people is the most accepted medium of communication. It enshrines and translates the peoples’ life (culture) as domesticated in their norms, values and morals. Adopting the functional perspective to sociological studies, this paper aims at x-raying the values of folktales (Igbo Folktale), for the formation of well behaved ...
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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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A Feminist Interpretation of Baek Heena’s Picture Books about Grandmothers
StrenaeTraditional families in Korean folktales often emphasize rigid gender-role stereotypes and idealize self-sacrificing women. This tradition has also influenced Korean picture books for a long time.
Jieun Kim
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Tracing Islamic Sources in the Saraiki Folktales
Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research, 2019 Saraiki is one of the languages spoken by the people of Southern Punjab sine prehistoric times. Like all old languages of the world, this language has a long tradition of oral narratives especially the folktales which transferred by word of mouth from ...
Zahoor Hussain, Saiqa Imtiaz Asif
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Political Polarization and Traditional Folktales: Examining Conflicts in the Legend of Mirah-Golan
Al-Adabiya: Jurnal Kebudayaan dan KeagamaanThe folktales of Mirah and Golan in Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia, are deeply embedded with cultural and social values, reflecting political polarity closely linked to group conflicts and dynamics.
Muhammad Diaz Supandi +1 more
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A Folk Story from Dhofar A Pathway to Indigenous Knowledge
Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2015 Folktales serve certain aspects and involve meaningful intentions in the society. This paper assess a Dhofari folk story in Oman. The story denotes the significance of folk explanation for the first emergence of poultry in Dhofar.
Ali Tigani ElMahi +1 more
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Female role models in Bukusu folktales: Education at the mother’s hearth
Cogent Education, 2016 Folktales serve a descriptive, as well as prescriptive role, by consistently depicting societal and cultural norms. Sexist portrayals sanction the marginality of Bukusu women, particularly when these reflect prevailing gender roles and expectations ...
Namulundah Florence
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‘Afar-Saaho dialectology: a methodology [PDF]
Ethnorêma, 2015 Il proposito di questo articolo è quello di confermare ed estendere le conclusioni basate su un corpus già pubblicato da questo autore2. Partendo con un testo in ‘afar meridionale3 e la sua traduzione in Saaho settentrionale e meridionale4, seguito da ...
Didier Morin
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