Wonder Tales from Tibet

Wonder Tales from Tibet

Wonder Tales from TibetThe Siddhi-kur is a strange and mysterious creature! He is so old that we...
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Author: Jewett, Eleanore Myers,1890-1967
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Wonder Tales from Tibet

Wonder Tales from Tibet

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Wonder Tales from Tibet

$31.98 $9.99
Author: Jewett, Eleanore Myers,1890-1967
Format: eBook
Language: English

Wonder Tales from Tibet

The Siddhi-kur is a strange and mysterious creature! He is so old that we cannot even guess at his age, and he has traveled so many leagues from the land that originally produced him that we really do not know how much of him is as he was, and how much of him has been changed by time and place. Dusky little boys and girls in faraway India, long, long ago, were the first to listen to the stories that gathered around the figure of the Siddhi-kur, tales of wonder and magic which always ended with the hint of another, even better one to follow. Then from India, still in the unknown long ago, wandering tribes, or perhaps occasional single travelers, carried the stories into the highlands of Tibet. There they grew and flourished, till the Siddhi-kur in his mango tree, with his clever wit and quaint [viii]sense of humor, and the ever persevering Khans Son, became as familiar to Kalmuck and Mongolian children as St. George and his dragon are to us. Some European travelers, hearing the tales from the people and realizing their unusual qualities, their picturesqueness, their fun and adventure, collected them and brought them home. They were first published in 1866 by a German scholar, Bernhardt Jlg, and it is from his pamphlet, Kalmkische Mrchen, and an English translation of the same (Sagas from the Far East, by R.H. Busk, 1873), that I have drawn the following stories, changing and adapting them freely to suit Occidental ethics and taste. I was first moved to put them into book form because of the interest they aroused in a certain small group of boys and girls to whom I told them, one hot, happy summer not so very long ago. The element of repetition, the distinctly human characters, the atmosphere of another land and [ix]strange people, and the romance of questthese things give to the Wonder Tales from Tibet the appeal to the childhood of all times and all races, which is their reason for having lived so long and traveled so far, and reason, too, for believing they will hold the interest of our modern American girls and boys. Eleanore Myers Jewett. [xi] ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66443
Author: Jewett, Eleanore Myers
Release Date: Oct 1, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Day, Maurice, 1892-1983

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