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The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice
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bookshelves: 2000, bage-mature, diversity, genre-fantasy, genre-short-story, genre-spiritual, groundbreaking, holiday, myth-folktale-fable, nature, sub-food, sub-moon, sub-trees-forest, want-to-own
Mar 06, 2020
bookshelves: 2000, bage-mature, diversity, genre-fantasy, genre-short-story, genre-spiritual, groundbreaking, holiday, myth-folktale-fable, nature, sub-food, sub-moon, sub-trees-forest, want-to-own
This collection of short myths are all in celebration of the Winter Solstice and the return of the light. In addition to the 12 stories there are games, rites and songs in the back that look interesting.
The stories include:
Why Hummingbird has a red throat = Olamentko-Miwok, NC
The Golden Earring = Thoria-Orissa, India
Raven Steals the Light = Inuit N. America
The Sun Crow and the Thief = Kuttia Kondh-Orissa, India
How Maui Snared the Sun = Polynesia
How the Cock got his Crown = Miao Tzu, China
Loki and the Death Light = Norse
The Pull-Together Morning = Sukuma, Tanzania
Grandfather Mantis and his Thinking Strings = Kung San, Khalahari Desert
The Girl who Married the Sun = Luhya, Kenya
The Light Keepers Box = Warao, Venezula
La Befano and the Royal Child of Light = Italy
The stories are grouped into 3 categories. The 1st 4 are the theft of the light, Next 4 are the surrender of the Light and the Last 4 are the grace of the light.
If you enjoy world myths and stories, then this should interest you. They are unknown stories to me. It took me a while to get to it, but I’m glad I finished this.
The stories include:
Why Hummingbird has a red throat = Olamentko-Miwok, NC
The Golden Earring = Thoria-Orissa, India
Raven Steals the Light = Inuit N. America
The Sun Crow and the Thief = Kuttia Kondh-Orissa, India
How Maui Snared the Sun = Polynesia
How the Cock got his Crown = Miao Tzu, China
Loki and the Death Light = Norse
The Pull-Together Morning = Sukuma, Tanzania
Grandfather Mantis and his Thinking Strings = Kung San, Khalahari Desert
The Girl who Married the Sun = Luhya, Kenya
The Light Keepers Box = Warao, Venezula
La Befano and the Royal Child of Light = Italy
The stories are grouped into 3 categories. The 1st 4 are the theft of the light, Next 4 are the surrender of the Light and the Last 4 are the grace of the light.
If you enjoy world myths and stories, then this should interest you. They are unknown stories to me. It took me a while to get to it, but I’m glad I finished this.
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Reading Progress
February 25, 2020
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Started Reading
February 25, 2020
– Shelved
March 6, 2020
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2000
March 6, 2020
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bage-mature
March 6, 2020
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diversity
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
genre-fantasy
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
genre-short-story
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
genre-spiritual
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
groundbreaking
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
holiday
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
myth-folktale-fable
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
nature
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
sub-food
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
sub-moon
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
sub-trees-forest
March 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
want-to-own
March 6, 2020
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Finished Reading
