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Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt (Classic Folk and Fairy Tales)

By Gaston Maspero , Hasan M. El-Shamy (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2002
ISBN
1576076393, 9781576076392
Open Library ID
OL8746860M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1923156 bytes)
Series
ABC-Clio Classic Folk and Fairy Tales
Edition
Reprint
Pages
432\432
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

Gaston Maspero is a towering figure in Egyptology. Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt offers a wealth of primary data and authoritative commentaries on ancient Egyptian culture, language, history, society, and ethnic groups as depicted in Egyptian and Greek–Egyptian narratives. The work provides the contextual data necessary for understanding the tale-texts and reflects Maspero's deep knowledge of many fields, from the classics to life in modern Egypt.This new edition includes a contemporary foreword, which introduces Maspero and describes his scholarship. It also provides, for the first time, extensive identification of the ancient stories in terms of international tale-types and motifs. The new information places the anthology in a broader academic context and is a valuable resource for students of Egyptology, folklore, literature, history, and social and cultural anthropology.

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