Folklore of Kerala

Folklore of Kerala
Author: Kāvālaṃ Nārāyaṇappaṇikkar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1991
Genre: Folklore
ISBN:

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses
Author: Sahdev Luhar
Publisher: N. S. Patel (Autonomous) Arts College, Anand
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2023-02-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8195500846

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses is an interesting compilation of twenty-eight critical articles on the beginning of folklore studies in the different parts of India. In the absence of a book that could map the history of Indian folklore studies single-handedly, this book can be deemed as the first-of-its-kind to feature the historical development of folklore studies in the different states of India. This book succinctly introduces the readers to the folk culture, folk arts, and folk genres of a particular region and to the different aspects of folkloristic researches carried out in that region.

Aithihyamaala

Aithihyamaala
Author: Kottarathil Sankunni
Publisher: Hachette India
Total Pages: 787
Release: 2015-06-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 935009763X

This special e-edition combines all three print volumes of the collected enduring legends of Kerala in the Aithihyamaala, the garland of legends. Yakshis, gandharvas, gods and demi-gods. Famous poets and learned Ayurvedic doctors. Magicians, conceited kings and Kalari gurus. Faithful, intelligent elephants and their fatherly mahouts. A vibrant and diverse cast of characters brings to life the ancient stories. The original collection of 126 tales, were documented over 25 years and written in the 1900s by Kottaaraththil Sankunni. These stories of well-known figures in Kerala folklore were first published in Bhashaposhini, the renowned Malayalam literary magazine. This edition of 50 stories, meticulously curated and translated by Leela James, transports you to the magical world of history, myth and fantasy of more than 100 years ago. Wisdom and vice, revenge and loyalty, imagination and fact, faith and superstition are intricately intertwined to create a collector?s edition for lovers of legends, Malayalam folklore and Indian literature.

Playing Host to Deity

Playing Host to Deity
Author: Paul Younger
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2002
Genre: Fasts and feasts
ISBN: 0195140443

The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings in the world. This text offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals.