East Asian
Trickster Tales
Trickster tales feature creative and clever characters who scheme to solve seemingly hopeless situations and to outwit their adversaries. These works from East Asia hold stories of crafty - sometimes even selfish - underdogs and jokesters triumphing over big tigers and menacing crocodiles.
Terrific Trickster Tales from Asia
Spagnoli, Cathy (2001). Terrific Trickster Tales from Asia. Wisconsin: Alleyside Press.
Serving as a bridge and transparent conduit between traditional Asian tricksters – like Princess Learned-in-the-Law, Sang Kancil, Judge Rabbit, and Tenali Raman – and the Western world, Cathy Spagnoli has lived in and traveled to the continent to gather and collect the timeless folktales, having received funding by the Korea Society, the Japan Foundation, and the United States Information Agency to do so. Intending for the anthology to be used in the classroom setting, Spagnoli adds a cheatsheet of "storytelling basics" for teachers new to genre and interdisciplinary activities to supplement each of the stories. Linking the culture to art, science, mathematics, and history, “Terrific Trickster Tales from Asia” provides teachers with a solid, uncluttered foundation upon which to approach using these crafty characters in their curriculum. Anthology textbook (Grades 3-8). |
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Indonesia
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Indonesia
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Thailand
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Laos
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Indonesia
Mouse Deer and Crocodile
Despite how most of the published picture books depicting the trickster tale of "Mouse Deer and Crocodile" from Indonesia are all out-of-print, several YouTube videos visually and humorously chronicle the adventure and an informal website lays out the script for its immediate access. Therefore, the Internet has swooped in and refuses to let this traditional trickster tale fade! With all three sources verbatim to each other, their cultural authenticity checks out.
Shep, Aaron (2005). "The Mouse Deer and Tiger," "The Mouse Deer and Crocodile," & "The Mouse Deer and Farmer." Retrieved from: http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/R01.html#note Spelling out three Indonesian trickster tales, the website points users to Aaron Shep's published anthology of trickster tales, which seems to be one of the sole survivors of the "Mouse Deer and Crocodile" story. Shep, Aaron (2005). "The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia." Retrieved from: http://www.amazon.com /The-Adventures-Mouse-Deer-Indonesian/dp/0938497324 |
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