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Folk heroes and heroines around the world / Graham Seal and Kim Kennedy White, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Encyclopedias.
- Folklore.
- Heroes--Folklore--Encyclopedias.
- Heroes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxviii, 411 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This encyclopedia supplies entries on folk tale characters worldwide that identify related heroes and heroines and provide additional contextual information that enables readers to research a specific region's folk characters.
- Contents:
- Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Overview of Folk Heroes and Heroines; Chronology of Folk Heroes; Major Types and Themes; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Oceania; Alphabetical Index; Index of Heroic Types; Index; About the Editors
- Notes:
- Two columns to the page.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9798400652035
- 9798216085263
- 9781440838613
- 1440838615
- OCLC:
- 956332522
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