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Wisdom Tales from Around the World Fifty Gems of Story and Wisdom from Such Diverse Traditions As Sufi Zen Taoist Christian Jewish Buddhist African and Native American - World Storytelling
Author: Heather Forest (Editor)

Containing simple truths, common sense, and the promise that people can benefit from past generations' experience, this book is a collection of 50 metaphorical folk tales and parables selected with a global perspective and retold by a professional storyteller. Includes traditional stories reflecting the cumulative wisdom of Sufi, Zen, Taoist...  more », Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American cultures.

Tales from ancient India. Jataka tales. The talkative turtle ; The wise master ; A flock of birds --

Tales from the Panchatantra. The lion makers ; The blue jackal who showed his true colors ; The lion and the rabbit --

The blind men and the elephant.

Tales from China : Taoist parables. Blinded by greed ; The stolen ax / based on a tale by Lieh Tzu --

The best fit / based on a tale by Han Fei --

The powerful fighting cock ; Whose dream is this? ; The useless tree / based on a tale by Chuang Tzu --

A farmer's horse ran off / based on a tale by Lui An.

Zen stories from Japan. A monk with heavy thoughts --

The wild strawberry --

Empty-cup mind --

A dispute in sign language --

Giving the moon.

Tales from ancient Greece. Aesop's fables. Antlers ; Everyone agrees to peace ; Mice in council --

Tales of Mount Olympus. Baucis and Philemon ; Echo and Narcissus.

Tales from the Middle East : Sufi stories of Mulla Nasrudin. The boatman --

The smuggler --

Feeding his clothes --

Looking for the key.

Tales from the Jewish tradition. Feathers (Eastern European, Hasidic) --

This too shall pass (Ancient Israel, a King Solomon legend) --

The wooden sword (Afghanistan).

Tales from the Christian tradition. The legend of St. Genesius --

Amazing grace : the story of John Newton (1725-1807) --

The prodigal son : a parable from the New Testament.

Tales from Africa. Fire, water, truth, and falsehood (Northeast Africa, Ethiopia) --

The red and blue coat (Central Africa, Congo) --

Tongue meat (East-Central Africa, Swahili) --

Why wisdom is everywhere (West Africa, Ashanti).

Tales from Asia and Southeast Asia. The parts of the house argue (Philippines) --

The tiger's whisker (Korea) --

Little Lizard's sorrow (Vietnam).

Tales from Europe. The three wishes (England) --

The wooden bowl (Germany) --

The happy man's shirt (Italy) --

The dancing lass of Anglesey (Scotland).

Tales from the Americas. How war was ended (North American Arctic, Central Yup'ik Eskimo) --

How the quetzal got its red breast (Central America, Maya) --

Old Dog and Coyote (Mexico, Otomi) --

Paca and Beetle (South America, Brazil) --

Gluscabi and the magic game bag (North American eastern woodlands, Abenaki).

Proverbs from around the world  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780874834796
ISBN-10: 0874834791
Publication Date: 11/25/1996
Pages: 156
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: August House Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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