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

Beck, Brenda E. F.

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.

ISBN(s)

978-0-25336-014-4 (hardcover)
978-1-62820-134-5 (e-book)

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