FAIRY TALES FROM BRAZIL - 18 South American Stories E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

It should be noted that there are not many volumes of Brazilian Folklore to be found which makes this volume all the more precious. Within this unique volume of Brazilian Fairy Tales, you will find 18 stories from that vast and amazing country. Tales like How Night Came, How the Rabbit Lost His Tail, How the Toad Got His Bruises, Why the Lamb Is Meek and many more. Imagine this……It is late afternoon in a Brazilian garden. The dazzling blue of sea and sky which characterises a tropical noonday has become subdued and already roseate tints are beginning to prepare the glory of the sunset hour. A lizard crawls lazily up the whitewashed wall. The song of the sabiá, that wonderful Brazilian thrush, sounds from the royal palm tree. The air is heavy with the perfume of the orange blossom. There is no long twilight in the tropics. Night will leap down suddenly upon this garden from out of the glory of the sunset sky. Theresa, the ama, stands before us on the terrace under the mango trees, and we, her yáyázinhas and yóyózinhos, know that the story hour has come. For to sit at the feet of Theresa, the ama, is to pass, from this world, through the gates of story land into a world of enchantment and wonder. Residents of the Amazonian forests know that the animals of the forest and the birds which flit through the trees each have their own language. To them the beasts break silence and talk like humans. For them, the magic wonders of these tales stand forth as testament and living truth that the animals do speak to humans, if only we would take the time to stop and listen to what they have to say. This little volume is an interpretation of a few of the stories they have told. 10% of the net income from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.  

Leseprobe

FAIRY TALESFROM BRAZIL

EIGHTEEN HOW AND WHY TALES

FROMBRAZILIAN FOLK-LORE

Compiled and Retold BY

Elsie Spicer Eells

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

Helen M. Barton

Originally Published By

Dodd, Mead & Company.

CADMUS BOOKS

E. M. HALE AND COMPANY

CHICAGO

[1917]

Resurrected by

Abela Publishing

London

[2017]

Fairy Tales From Brazil

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2014

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2014

ISBN-13: 978-8-822809-84-1

email [email protected]

www.AbelaPublishing.com

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Thanks are due to the publishers of Little Folks, Kindergarten-Primary Magazine, Everyland, Mayflower and Story Tellers' Magazine for the privilege of reprinting stories which they have published.

E.S.E.

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Abela Publishing

acknowledges the work that

Elsie Spicer Eells

did in compiling and publishing

Fairy Tales from Brazil

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

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33% of the net profit from the sale of this book

will be used to support charities.

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PREFACE

t is late afternoon in my Brazilian garden. The dazzling blue of sea and sky which characterises a tropical noonday has become subdued and already roseate tints are beginning to prepare the glory of the sunset hour. A lizard crawls lazily up the whitewashed wall. The song of the sabiá, that wonderful Brazilian thrush, sounds from the royal palm tree. The air is heavy with the perfume of the orange blossom. There is no long twilight in the tropics. Night will leap down suddenly upon my Brazilian garden from out of the glory of the sunset sky.

Theresa, the ama, stands before us on the terrace under the mango trees, and we, her yáyázinhas and yóyózinhos, know that the story hour has come. Theresa, daughter of the mud huts under the palm trees, ama in the sobrado of the foreign senhora, is a royal queen of story land. For her the beasts break silence and talk like humans. For her all the magic wonders of her tales stand forth as living truth. Her lithe body sways backwards and forwards to the rhythm of her words as she unfolds her tales to us. She is a picture to remember as she stands under the mango trees on our terrace. Her spotless white "camiza" is decorated with beautiful pillow lace, her own handiwork. Her skirt of stiffly starched cotton is red and purple in colour. A crimson flowered folded shawl hangs over her right shoulder and great strings of beads ornament the ebony of her neck and arms. To sit at the feet of Theresa, the ama, is to enter the gate of story land.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

I. How Night Came

II. How The Rabbit Lost His Tail

III. How The Toad Got His Bruises

IV. How The Tiger Got His Stripes

V. Why The Lamb Is Meek

VI.Why The Tiger And The Stag Fear Each Other

VII.How The Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles

VIII.How The Monkey Became A Trickster

IX How The Monkey And The Goat Earned Their

Reputations

X.How The Monkey Got A Drink When He Was Thirsty

XI.How The Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry

XII.Why The Bananas Belong To The Monkey

XIII.How The Monkey Escaped Being Eaten

XIV.Why The Monkey Still Has A Tail

XV.How Black Became White

XVI.How The Pigeon Became A Tame Bird

XVII. Why The Sea Moans

XVIII.How The Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats

I

How Night Came