THE OWL DELIVERED THE GOOD NEWS ALL NIGHT LONG: FOLK TALES, LEGENDS AND MODERN LORE OF INDIA by LOPAMUDRA MITRA BAJPAI
LOPAMUDRA MITRA BAJPAI . Unknown Year . English
From Jammu and Kashmir in the North to the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the South, from Dadra and Nagar havens and Daman and diu in the West to Arunachal Pradesh in the east, and all the other states and Union territories of India in between, here are 108 fabulous folk tales, legends, and stories from more than fifty-seven languages and dialects. You will delight in wondrous tales of heroes and heroines, of ordinary men and women, of wicked mothers-in-law and foolish sons-in-law, of love lost and won, of a tree who loved a girl, of seers and wise men, of chudails, werewolves, and wizards, of a Potter girl and the divine cow, of demoiselle cranes and humans transforming into elephants, of how the Woodpecker got its Crest, and much, much more. Startlingly original, brilliant, wise, and often funny, these stories will delight readers of all ages.
Categories: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
About the Author
Lopamudra Maitra- Anthropologist, author and international columnist, she teaches, writes and researches in and about history, popular culture and communication and intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of India and South Asia (especially oral traditions and narratives). 2024- Aleph Book Company- 'How the world was born- Wondrous Indian Myths and Legends' 2023- Aleph Book Company- 'Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury' (Translation of 2 Bengali classics- 'Tuntunir Boi' and 'Golpomala'). 2022- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS, Bhopal, Govt of India) and Kaveri- 'Folk festivals and beliefs of Radh Bengal- Understanding through ethnoarchaeology'. 2021- Aleph Book Company- 'The owl delivered the good news all night long- Folktales, legends and modern lores of India' 2021- Routledge, UK- 'India, Sri Lanka and the SAARC Region- History, Popular Culture and Heritage' 2019- Doshor Publications, Kolkata- 'Stories of the Colonial Architecture- Kolkata- Colombo'.
