Oral Tradition

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History of the Mackenzies cover
History of the Mackenzies Alexander Mackenzie · 1879 This book is a clan history by the Scottish historian Alexander Mackenzie, published in 1879 under the full title History of the Mackenzies, with Gene…
Old Indian Days cover
Old Indian Days Charles A. Eastman Old Indian Days is a collection of short stories by the Santee Dakota (Sioux) writer Charles Alexander Eastman (Sioux name Ohiyesa, 1858–1939). Eastma…
Memory Workshop cover
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Memory Workshop 琳恩·凯利 / 李新宇 / 郑连忠 / Shui Xiaoying Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2026 Why can Aboriginal Australians accurately remember landscape changes from tens of thousands of years ago? Why can the Navajo store knowledge of hundre…
Why Are the Japanese No Longer Fooled by Foxes? cover
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Why Are the Japanese No Longer Fooled by Foxes? 内山节 / 熊韵 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2025 In the past, wherever foxes lived in Japan, stories of "foxes tricking people" were bound to circulate. Besides foxes, there were also occasional tale…
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Chinese Stories · Zouma Town 袁曼玲 / 肖延斌 Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2022 Folk tales are a cultural heritage passed down through generations by the people of a place or an ethnic group, and an important part of a nation's cu…
Newly Compiled Folk Tales of the Mulao Ethnic Group cover
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Newly Compiled Folk Tales of the Mulao Ethnic Group 何永强 / 阳崇波 Lijiang Publishing House · 2021 The folk tales of the Mulao ethnic group are short, vivid, and thought-provoking, all imbued with a longing for beauty and a pursuit of happiness, and…
An Investigation of Genealogy Continuation and Ancestor Worship among the Luoguan Mukun of the Manchu cover
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An Investigation of Genealogy Continuation and Ancestor Worship among the Luoguan Mukun of the Manchu 孟盛彬 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2020 Using anthropological methods, this book presents, in text and images, the entire process of the Luo-Guan clan of the Manchu people compiling their ge…
The Tales; or, The New Recreations and Merry Devices cover
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The Tales; or, The New Recreations and Merry Devices Des Périers, Bonaventure, 1500?-1544? Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations cover
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David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations Cusick, David, -1840? Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Book of Legends of the Erzgebirge cover
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Book of Legends of the Erzgebirge Köhler, Johann August Ernst, 1829-1903 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Legend of Dah-nol-yo, Squaw Rock cover
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The Legend of Dah-nol-yo, Squaw Rock Carpenter, Helen McCowen, -1917 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians cover
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Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians Smith, Huron H. (Huron Herbert), 1883-1933 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Legends of Lancashire cover
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Legends of Lancashire Landreth, Peter Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales cover
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Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales Ward, Henry W. Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines cover
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Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines Beyer, H. Otley (Henry Otley), 1883-1966 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Myths of the Iroquois cover
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Myths of the Iroquois Smith, Erminnie A. (Erminnie Adele), 1836-1886 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods cover
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Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods Rinder, Frank, 1865-1945 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving cover
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An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving Corbett, Edward Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Népmesék Heves- és Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok-megyéből cover
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Népmesék Heves- és Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok-megyéből Berze Nagy, János, 1879-1946 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …