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The Three Twins: The Telling of a South Indian Folk Epic

Brenda E. F. Beck 1982
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Study of a popular south Indian folk epic. Beck takes a folk epic and shows how it can be analyzed as both text and performance, drawing its structure, imagery, and value from the context of Sanskrit epics on one hand, and local models of heroism and chastity on the other.
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780253360144 (hardcover)
  • 9781628201345 (ebook)
Subject
  • Folklore
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  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Transliteration Conventions
  • Introduction
  • Synopsis of the Brothers Story
  • One Place, Time, and Personnel
  • Two Ritual Dimensions of the Story
  • Three Oral Performances
  • Plates
  • Four Printed Texts
  • Five Story Structure
  • Six Actions and Events
  • Seven Moral Principles
  • Eight Metaphors and General Comparisons
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix I The Epic Dice Game: Parchesi
  • Appendix II Hero Shrines and Shrine Areas
  • Appendix III Some Tamil Renderings of the Mahābhārata
  • Appendix IV Variant Names in Eight Versions of the Brothers Story
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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