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Treasury of Vietnamese folk tales / Nguyễn Đʼ̂ong Chi ; illustrated by Jeet Zdũng ; translated by Nguyễn Bình [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nguyễn, Đổng Chi, author.
- Series:
- Treasury of Vietnamese folk tales ; [Volume 1]
- Language:
- English
- Vietnamese
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Vietnam--Juvenile literature.
- Tales.
- Folklore--Vietnam.
- Folklore.
- Vietnam.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works
- Translations
- Physical Description:
- 142 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 31 x 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Major Books, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Folk tales are foundational and formative to every child's understanding of the world and their own culture. . . . Eleven of these seminal tales have been gathered and translated in Treasure of Vietnamese Folk Tales: Volume 1. We curated and translated the stories from Nguyễn Dổng Chi's definitive collection, of the same name."--Introduction.
- Contents:
- The battle between Sơn Tinh and Thủy Tinh
- Mother Liễu Hạnh
- The tale of the betel, areca, and slaked lime
- The tale of the one night marsh and spontaneous plain
- Tấm Cám
- Who will buy my scallions? or, The magic potion
- A wise wife's teaching of her idiotic husband
- Madame Dupe
- Tale of the sand crab
- The sacred crossbow
- The water god's daughter is in love with the fisherman
- A word from the artist.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Vietnamese.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781917233088
- 1917233086
- OCLC:
- 1594241781
- Publisher Number:
- 90104776662
- CIPO000333955
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