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South of the clouds : tales from Yunnan
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- Creator
- edited by Lucien Miller ; translated by Guo Xu, Lucien Miller, and Xu Kun
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [1994]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780295807003, 0295972939, 9780295972930, 0295807008, 9780295973487, 029597348X
- OCLC
- ocm28926898, ocn950459469
- "A McLellan book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index.
- Preface / Lucien Miller -- General Introduction / Lucien Miller -- Introduction to Yunnan National Minority Folk Literature / Xu Kun -- Myths Concerning the Creation of the World (Drung) -- The Origin of Making Offerings to Ancestors (Jino) -- The Formation of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind (Lisu) -- Sunbird Creates the Sun and the Moon (Miao) -- Great God Gumiya (Blang) -- The Origin of the Sixth Month Sacrifice (Buyi) -- The Ancestors of Dai Singers (Dai) -- The Water-Splashing Festival (Dai) -- Why Sui People Live in Two-Story Wooden Loft-Houses (Sui) -- The Torch Festival (Yi) -- A Blang Youth (Blang) -- Daughter of a Slave (Tibetan) -- Wild Goose Like (Bai) -- Wine-Flavored Spring (Hani) -- Stories about Bubo (Zhuang) -- Two Sisters and the Boa (Kucong) -- The Gold Pig (Mongol) -- The Arrogant Tiger (Wa) -- The Gathering of the Birds (Yuo) -- Sun, Moon, and Stars (Jingpo) -- The Magic Shoulder Pole (Yi) -- Nabulousi, the Life-Restoring Tree (Lahu) -- The Nine Brothers (Yi) -- The Head-Baby (Lahu) -- Mr. Crooked and Mr. Straight (Jingpo) -- Asking Permission (Hui) -- Five Tales about Ayidan (Naxi) -- The Clever Sister (Nu) -- The Guileless Man and the Trickster (Primi) -- The Girl with Tufted Eyebrows (Achang) -- The Rainbow (De'ang) -- The Rhinoceros Hornbill (Dai) -- Longsi and the Third Princess (Yao) -- The Cloud That Longs for a Husband (Bai) -- The Nanxi River (Dai) -- Appendix: Traditional Yunnan Ethnic Minority Cultures / Lucien Miller