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Ladataan... The Fish Prince and Other Stories: Mermen Folk TalesTekijä: Jane Yolen, Shulamith Levey Oppenheim (Toimittaja), Shulamith Levey Oppenheim (Toimittaja)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This book does indeed contain short and succinct recitals of folk tales about mermen. A straight read-through is a bit dry and boring. Not Jane Yolen's shining moment as a storyteller here. Its value seems to lie only in its utility as a reference about mermen and their 'names' as they are known throughout the world. It may be a helpful springboard to discovering other merman literature and/or art. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Mermen? Yes. Long before mermaids emerged to people our inner seas, long before they established their restless, inviting niche in human fantasy, there was the merman. Born of the human need to dominate the great fruitful oceans, to control the vast destructive seas, to regulate the healing rains, to understand the tides, the merman emerged.The merman was water personified. The imposing water gods could be wheedled, cozened, implored, but--in the end--they were never fooled. How often were Poseidon or Neptune, Lir, Njord and the rest pictured riding the waves along inhospitable shores, shaking their magical tridents or spears or fists at the weak, imploring humans on land? The sea gods called up storms or quieted waves. They flooded the lands. They drowned the unwary.Yet despite the importance of early fish-tailed gods such as Ea-Enki and Dagon; despite the preponderance of mermen in the mythologies of Babylon, Greece, the British Isles, the Scandinavian peninsula, Germany; despite the mermen ranging along Slavic shores and inland seas; despite the mermen found in Chinese and Japanese lakes, along Polynesian island coasts, and in the lore and literature of the Middle East, the merman has become Legend's Forgotten Man. With its 27 stories from around the world, this volume reconstructs the unnatural history of the Merman. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The moral here is obviously, do not beat your wife, or a hideous merchild will come and scare you to death. I have always loved stories of mythical creatures, even the scary ones. However, I am not sure I agree with frightening people with monsters, but it kept even one man from knocking his wife around, GREAT!
The story is short and too the point. I wanted more detail. I am sure if one was telling this while sitting around a fire next to the sea at night, there would be a lot more detail.
Another mermen tale from Chile tells of a widower fisherman named Curi-Cavin. This story is called Rayen-Caven and the Sea Spirit. Unable to raise his young Rayen-Caven becomes a woman due to the training of the Sea Spirit, which comes to her as sea air. A week before her twentieth birthday, she brings home a suitor, Necul-Naqui. They tell her father that they are in love and to be married. The father comes clean, and the suitor promises to fight for his bride.
The day before the wedding, Curi-Cavin goes out fishing. A horrible storm kicks up, and the Sea Spirit descends on the village, killing everyone, while Curi-Caven watches helplessly. He is the only one to survive.
This is a story about being careful about making bargains. It is a good message, although it is rather grim. It teaches children to be careful about making decisions about their loved ones. It also could be used to discuss freedom of choice for everyone. I liked it.