How to read a folktale : the Ibonia epic from Madagascar / translation and reader's guide by Lee Haring.

"How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and due...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via JSTOR)
Other Authors:	Haring, Lee (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2013.
Series:	World oral literature series ; Volume 4.
Subjects:	Tales > Madagascar. Folklore > Madagascar. Mythology, Malagasy. Folklore. Tales. Madagascar.