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Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World (original 2006; edition 2007)

by Kathleen Ragan (Author)

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Humans of all eras and cultures have lived with fear: of becoming jaguar prey, of being besieged by Vikings, or of nuclear holocaust. For millennia, huddled around campfires and in cottages, we have created folktales to help us transform this fear into action, into solutions, into hope. Inspired by the residual fear and need for stories of resilence following September 11th, Kathleen Ragan, editor of the anthology Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters, has scoured the globe and collected these 64 tales that respond to fear in its wide variety of incarnations. From the old Japanese woman who tricks the tengu monster to the bluebird that uses the Chinook wind to teach her mother compassion, Outfoxing Fear is a collection of positive, even utopian, folktales arranged thematically around topics such as the nature of fear and courage, the importance of laughter, and the need for hope.… (more)
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in Thousand and One Nights, all the intriguing stories are framed by one major tale about Scheherazade, who cleverly tells numerous tales to cure a king's mania and to prevent him from committing even more atrocious acts thn he has already done. (Introduction: Recalling Scheherazade)
September 11, 2001. "You bettor come see this. Something's happened."
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Humans of all eras and cultures have lived with fear: of becoming jaguar prey, of being besieged by Vikings, or of nuclear holocaust. For millennia, huddled around campfires and in cottages, we have created folktales to help us transform this fear into action, into solutions, into hope. Inspired by the residual fear and need for stories of resilence following September 11th, Kathleen Ragan, editor of the anthology Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters, has scoured the globe and collected these 64 tales that respond to fear in its wide variety of incarnations. From the old Japanese woman who tricks the tengu monster to the bluebird that uses the Chinook wind to teach her mother compassion, Outfoxing Fear is a collection of positive, even utopian, folktales arranged thematically around topics such as the nature of fear and courage, the importance of laughter, and the need for hope.

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"What are you most scared of?" (Japan) -- The robbers and the old woman (Scotland) -- Cauth Morrisy looking for service (Ireland) -- Death and the old woman (Hungary) -- The story of the caterpillar and the wild animals (Masai People, Kenya and Tanzania) -- Magic to overcome anxiety: turtledove cannot change its nature: what turtledove says (Dahomean People, Benin) -- How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee (Ireland) -- The frightened fox (Persia) -- There is nothing anywhere (that we fear) (Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana) -- The boy who went in search of fear (Germany) --The fearless captain (Korea) -- Girls learn to write by practising on frozen pond (Icelandic-Canadian) -- The cakes of oatmeal and blood (Ireland) -- The neckbone on the knife (Iceland) -- The death "Bree" (Scotland) -- The snail (African-American) -- Different times have different "Adans" (Sudan) -- The story of the king and the four girls (Punjab, India) -- The story of the demon who ate people, and the child (Masai People, Kenya and Tanzania) -- De white man's prayer (African-American) -- The ghost of Farnell (Scotland) -- The fox and her children and Nekhailo the loafer (Ukraine) -- The lion who drowned in a well (Ukraine) -- The tiger, the Brahman, and the jackal (Punjab, India) -- The bee and the Asya (Hopi People, North America) -- The broken friendship (Santal Pargana, India) -- The lady and the unjust judge (Turkey) -- Today me, tomorrow thee (Kiuyu People, Kenya) -- Ole sis goose (African-American) -- The tale of the Emir's sword (Afghanistan) -- The revolution (Mayan People, Central America) -- The stone coat woman (Iroquois People, North America) -- The devil's little joke (Israel) -- Solomon and the vulture (Turkey) -- The landlord and his son (Israel) -- Old man and old woman (Blackfeet People, North America) -- The moon goddess (Chinese-Vietnamese-Australian) -- Xueda and Yinlin (Hui People, China) -- Im 'Awwad and the Ghouleh (Palestinian Arab People) -- An evil being appears at an,appointment instead of the right person (Papua New Guinea) -- The outwitted ghost of the forest (Arawak People, Northwest Amazon Basin) -- Still another spook (Mayan People, Central America) -- The oyster and the shark (Munkan People, Australia) -- Mr. Fox (England) -- Mereaira and Kape Tautini (Maori People, New Zealand) -- The Poles of the house (Tinguian People, Philippines) -- The dead moon (England) -- Legend of Sway-Uock (Snohomish People, North America) -- How the young maidens saved Guam Island (Chamorro People, Guam) -- The meatballs' leader (Afghanistan) -- The maiden who lived with the wolves (Sioux People, North America) -- The tale of Nung-kua-ma (China) -- Baling with a sieve (Kwangtung, China) -- The old woman and the lame devil (Chumash People, North America) -- The woman with red leggings (Arikara People, North America) -- The old lady of Littledean (Scotland) -- The milk and butter stones (Scotland) -- The inexhaustible meal-chest (Ireland) -- The long-haired girl (China) -- The good lie (Persia) -- Ayak and her lost bridegroom (Dinka People, Sudan) -- Bluejay brings the Chinook wind (Flathead-Kalispel People, North America) -- The lions of Vancouver (Salish People, North America),
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