TALES OF GIANTS FROM BRAZIL - 12 stories of giants from Brazil E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Tales of Giants from Brazil is Elsie Spicer Eells’ second collection of twelve, illustrated Brazillian stories. In this volume you will find unique stories with unfamiliar titles. Stories like The Princess Of The Springs, The Fountain Of Giant Land, The Little Sister Of The Giants, The Giant’s Pupil plus eight more. When one thinks of giants in folklore, South America is not usually the region of the world that first comes to mind. We are more familiar with tales of giants in the fairy tales and folklore of the West. So, to have twelve absolutely unique stories of giants from Brazil in one volume is extra-special. For this we have Elsie Spicer-Eells to thank. As Eells puts it, “Brazil is the land of giant fruits and giant flowers. Of course it is the land of giant stories too.” It is safe to stay that storytelling was alive and well in Central and South America when the Portuguese arrived in circa AD1500. It would also be safe to say that the Portuguese brought their folk tales along with their trade. Therefore it does not take a leap of the imagination to conclude that at some point the folklore from these two cultures became entwined to form new stories – much like the mixing of the dark, almost black, waters of the Rio Negro and the brown, lighter, muddy waters of the Rio Solimoes just north of the City of Manaus. It is often claimed that this is where the Amazon River truly starts. So, find a comfy chair, sit back with a hot toddy, and enjoy these twelve unique and  authentic folk stories for children.

Leseprobe

TALES OF GIANTSFROM BRAZIL

Compiled and Retold ByELSIE SPICER EELLS

Author of “Fairy Tales from Brazil”

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYHELEN M. BARTON

Originally Published by

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANYNEW YORK

[1918]

Resurrected by

ABELA PUBLISHING

LONDON

[2017]

Tales of Giants from Brazil

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2017

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

2017

ISBN-13: 978-8-822813-43-5

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.AbelaPublishing.com

Acknowledgements

Abela Publishing

acknowledges the work that

Elsie Spicer Eells

and

Helen M. Barton

did in compiling and illustrating

Tales Of Giants From Brazil

in a time well before

any electronic media was in use.

* * * * * * *

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

will be donated to Charities.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contents

Illustrations

I The Princess Of The Springs

II The Fountain Of Giant Land

III The Boy And The Violin

IV The Most Beautiful Princess

V The Little Sister Of The Giants

VI The Forest Lad And The Wicked Giant

VII How The Giantess Guimara Became Small

VIII The Adventures Of A Fisherman’s Son

IX The Beast Slayer

X The Quest Of Cleverness

XI The Giant’s Pupil

XII Domingo’s Cat

Illustrations

“O Fishes of the river, have you seen my own dear mother?”.

The youngest prince watched the lemon tree carefully every day.

He saw standing before him the most beautiful maiden he had ever dreamed of.

There in the hall stood the most enormous giant she had ever seen.

The giant’s daughter, Guimara, was very much pleased with D. Joaõ.

Immediately a great flock of pigeons appeared.

With the lovely princess borne safely upon the butterfly’s wings, the prince swiftly escaped.

The next day the cat dug up pieces of gold and carried them to the king.

TALES OF GIANTS

FROM

BRAZIL

ITHE PRINCESS OF THE SPRINGS

Once, long ago, the Moon Giant wooed the beautiful giantess who dwells in the Great River and won her love. He built for her a wonderful palace where the Great River runs into the sea. It was made of mother-of-pearl with rich carvings, and gold and silver and precious stones were used to adorn it. Never before in all the world had a giant or giantess possessed such a magnificent home.