Another popular figure in myth and folk tales is Aligouran, a character in a series of adventures involving an uncle and his nephew. |
Early Indonesian literature consisted largely of local folk tales and traditional religious stories. |
Other famous fairytale writers, such as the German Grimm brothers, were primarily compilers and recorders of folk tales. |
Conflict is then almost endemic to a good story, and literature, mythology, folk tales, and even religious texts are full of violent narratives. |
Like all good folk tales these are stories of human ingenuity and stupidity, the worst of human nature and the best. |
It is precisely with this sense of anticipation that I picked up this book of Dogri folk tales and I was not disappointed. |