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Author Pino Saavedra, Yolando, 1901-1992 compilor.

Title Folktales of Chile / Foreword by Richard M. Dorson. Translated by Rockwell Gray.

Publication Info. [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press [1967]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.2    Check Shelf
Description xlvii, 317 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Folktales of the world
Note Translation of Cuentos folklóricos de Chile.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [287]-291.
Contents Animal tales. The vixen -- The tarbaby.
Wonder tales. The three stolen princesses -- The mermaid and the poor fisherman -- The fisherman -- The prince of the sword -- Seven colors -- The faithless sister -- The lost prince -- The wandering soldier -- Pedro the blacksmith -- Pedro Urdimale gets into heaven -- José Guerné -- The little frog -- Delgadina and the snake -- Sleeping beauty -- The little orphan girl -- The four little dwarfs -- Maria Cinderella -- The little stick figure -- Florinda -- The Moorish prince and the Christian prince -- The golden-haired beauty -- The magic coconut -- The foolish boy -- The five brothers -- The jewel stone -- Blanca Rosa and the forty thieves -- Juanita.
Religious tales. Food for the crucifix -- The poor compadre.
Romantic tales. The simple lad and the three little pigs -- He who has money does what he likes -- Juan, Pedro, and Diego -- King Clarion of the island of Talagante -- The basil plant -- The wage on the wife's chastity -- White onion -- Quico and Caco.
Tales of tricksters and dupes. The black dog -- Pedro Animales fools his boss -- The unknown bird -- Pedro Urdimale, the little fox, and the mare's egg -- Pedro Urdemales cheats two horsemen -- The miserly rich man and the unlucky poor man -- Pedro Urdimale and the dead priests -- Pedro Urdimale makes exchanges -- We ourselves -- The Chilean swindlers.
Cumulative tales. The thrush.
Subject Tales -- Chile.
Added Title Cuentos folklóricos de Chile. English
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