The Himalaya has always been a land of folklore, carried across generations in the voices of its people. Villagers by a bonfire, grandmothers at the hearth with grandchildren at their knees, wandering bards, fakirs and mystics have all shaped a vast oral tradition. This is a world where rivers sing, animals speak, demons and tricksters lurk, and gods walk among mortals. In Voices in the Wind, celebrated authors Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal gather this living inheritance from across the length and breadth of the mountains―Kashmir and Ladakh, Himachal and Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Bhutan, and the sister states of the Northeast―into a single, enchanting volume. This collection of folktales, fairytales, spirit stories, legends and fables encompasses generational wisdom and contains within it traditional beliefs, local knowledge systems and a deep understanding of the contradictions of human nature. The tales span the spectrum of human and non-human experience: stories of lovers separated by fate and reunited by magic; of crows who nurture abandoned children; of serpent kings and shape-shifting brides; of feisty heroines, tricksters, and goddesses who challenge injustice; of the everyday courage and wit of villagers negotiating harsh but enchanted landscapes. Rooted in ecological memory, these narratives are also reminders of the delicate Himalayan balance between humans, animals, rivers and forests. Enriched with traditional woodcut illustrations, the volume has contributions from a vast repertoire of scholars, storytellers and folklorists. This collection preserves and resonates with voices that have travelled centuries and continents, and speak urgently to the present. At once an anthology of marvels and a cultural history, Voices in the Wind is a definitive treasury of myth and memory, as enduring and transformative as the mountains themselves.
Tibetan Proverbs Children Voices From The Homeland
Lauren Alderfer
Paljor Publications Pvt. Ltd.
The Whispering Mountains Greatest Himalayan Folktales
Malashri Lal,Namita Gokhale
Penguin Random House Group
Peppa Pig Peppa The Unicorn
Peppa Pig
Ladybird/ Penguin Random House Group
Night Monkey Day Monkey
Julia Donaldson
Farshore/Harper Collins Publishers Limited
Wisdom Stories Of Tibet Tales Of Magic Adventure, And Bravery
Laura Burges,Lama Chonam, Wen Hsu
Shambhala South Asia Edition
A Midnight Wrestling Match
Na
Pegasus/B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd.
Tota Kahani Parrot Tales
George Small
Pilgrims Publishing Varanasi
Meddling Monkey And Other Animal Tales
Nesa A.
Tibetan Tales Stories From The Dsangs Blun The Wise And The Foolish
Antoinette K. Gordon
Fill up your details to notify you when this book will be available