FOLKLORE AND FAIRY TALES FROM BURMA - 21 Old Burmese Folk and Fairy tales - Anon E. Mouse - E-Book

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The 21 colourful Burmese folk tales in this volume have been retold in English by teachers from the Phaung Daw Oo Monastic Education High School, Mandalay, Myanmar, formerly Burma.  Accompanying the stories are 22 illustrations created by their young pupils. Herein you will find stories like The Crow Is As Proud As The Peacock   , The Three Sisters, The Blind Boy, Shin Mwe Lon And  Min Nanda, The Greedy King, A Disrespectful Daughter and many more. As with most folk tales with Eastern origins, the stories have deeper meanings hidden beneath what, on the surface, may appear to be a simple story.  The morals in these Burmese tales often reoccur in the tales from other cultures’. Such universal themes include traditional family values and respect, still very much to the fore in a country that to a great extent has stood still in time. If, when view the images in this volume, you notice faint writing in the background. This is because the school is reusing old sheets of paper. Clean folio paper is expensive and not really in the school’s budget, so, purchasing a copy of this book will help the school to afford the basic equipment we take for granted in the West. 10% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the Phaung Daw Oo Monastic Education High School, Mandalay to assist with teaching materials. These funds will assist the inspired school founders, Ven. U Nayaka and Ven. U Jotika, who, to date, have helped many underprivileged children benefit from a high standard of education.  

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Folklore & Fairy Tales from

Burma

(myanmar)

Compiled and Edited by

Lynette Spencer

Illustrated by

Chris, Harry, Peter and Shwe Mar Win

Folk and Fairy Tales of Burma

Copyright © 2014 Lynette Spencer

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced 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) without the prior written permission of the publisher or author.

Published in England

by

Abela Publishing Ltd.

Sandhurst, Berkshire, England

2017

ISBN 13: 978-8-822809-75-9

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.AbelaPublishing.com/burma.html

DEDICATION

In memory of my father,

Dudley Spencer (1922-2014)

who shared many precious recollections

about his beloved Maymyo and Burma.

And to my mother,

Daw Mya Mya Spencer,

who often recalls treasured memories about her hometown, Toungoo, Burmese culture and her time as a classical dancer ('Minthamee').

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Our thanks to

Chris, Harry, Peter and Shwe Mar Win

who provided the illustrations.

Our thanks also go to

Anna lisa, Janet, Larwai, Nway Nway, Boke Boke, Jessica, Zin Zin Moe, Little Anne , Sandar, Emma (Ohnmar), Bo Tay (Shin Tejaniya), Thiri, Yu Yu Nwe, Kiera, Zin Zin Htike, Alexandra, Sandar Lin, Ryan, Julie (Thantar Moe), Aye Aye Aung and Lorraine

for retelling the stories.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

 

PART ONE

MAGIC-LORE AND CREATURES

 

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

THE CROW IS AS PROUD AS THE PEACOCK

THE WHITE SWAN

THE THREE SISTERS

THE WONDERFUL COCKEREL

TWO OTTERS AND A FISH      

MA PU KYWE AND THE SMALL SNAIL

THE CLEVER OX

 

PART TWO

MAGICAL TALES OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, AND ROYAL LIFE

 

SHIN MWE LON and MIN NANDA

A GREEDY KING

A TRADITIONAL PHYSICIAN CALLED JIVAKA

 

PART THREE

BUDDHIST TALES

 

IN THE LIFE OF A QUAIL

DURING A PAST LIFE OF BUDDHA - A LESSON

 

PART FOUR

TALES OF BURMESE TRADITIONAL WAYS

 

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS

A SAD FATE

‘FRIENDS’

A DISRESPECTFUL DAUGHTER

 

PART FIVE

CURIOUS TALES

 

AN INTELLIGENT BOY

THE MIRROR

THE BLIND BOY

 

….AND FINALLY, A UNIVERSAL FOLKTALE

 

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

 

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