Folk tales from Tibet. With illus. by a Tibetan artist and some verses from Tibetan love-songs; collected and translated by W.F. O'Connor

O'Connor William Frederick Travers Sir 1870-1943

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TIBETFROMFOLK TALES "FROM TIBETTALESFOLK ARTISTBY A TIBETANWITH ILLUSTRATIONSSOME VERSES FROMAND LOVE-SONGS AND TRANSLATEDCOLLECTED BY GLE.W. F.CAPT. 'O'CONNOR/ Mission to Lhasaand the (1904)ofSecretary Interpreter LONDON LTD.HURST AND BLACKETT, HK;H w.c..82, IIOLBORN, 1906 reservedAll rights THI5 CHAI RIVE]TL PRESS 377/ / 05 PREFACE. IN these little stories to the itpresenting public, may be of interest if I describe how I came them.perhaps by two in atDuring Tibet,years spent Gyantse, Lhasa, and I have made friends allelsewhere, many amongst classes of Tibetans and rich and andhigh low, poor have conversed with all sorts of all sortspersons upon of In the course of I learnedtopics. my wanderings that there exists this and little-amongst fascinating known a wealth of hitherto inaccessiblepeople folk-lore, to the outside and I made efforts to ascollectworld, of their stories as I could.many For certain reasons this morespecial quest proved difficult than I had In the first Ianticipated. place, found that of the best known stories had beenmany from India* or and butimported bodily China, possess little of that local which is one of the chiefcolouring charms of folk-lore. some of the best andSecondly, very most characteristic stories are unfit for inpublication such a book as human naturethis.

Sujets

• Tales
• English literature
• Tibetan literature
• Folk Songs

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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TIBETFROMFOLK TALES"FROM TIBETTALESFOLK
ARTISTBY A TIBETANWITH ILLUSTRATIONSSOME VERSES FROMAND
LOVE-SONGS
AND TRANSLATEDCOLLECTED
BY
GLE.W. F.CAPT. 'O'CONNOR/
Mission to Lhasaand the (1904)ofSecretary Interpreter
LONDON
LTD.HURST AND BLACKETT,
HK;H w.c..82, IIOLBORN,
1906
reservedAll rightsTHI5
CHAI
RIVE]TL PRESS
377/
/
05