Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales (Exeter Studies in History)

by Kirin Narayan (Author), Urmila Devi Sood (Author)

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  1997

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  Narayan presents 21 stories learned and told orally by one woman, Urmila Devi, in Kangra, North India. Included are stories told for worship and stories told for entertainment. In the process of recounting the stories, Narayan brings to life her friendship with the storyteller, and also offers important arguments about oral traditions and performance, as well as about North Indian families and folklore.