Introduction -- Wit, humor, and satire in tales -- Songs as mode of communication in tales -- The female character in tales -- The supernatural as motif in tales -- The didactic and moralizing tales -- Dirges, praise songs, praise singers -- The...
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Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
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Introduction -- Wit, humor, and satire in tales -- Songs as mode of communication in tales -- The female character in tales -- The supernatural as motif in tales -- The didactic and moralizing tales -- Dirges, praise songs, praise singers -- The female praise singer -- Verbal art of the xylophonist -- Popular songs as verbal art -- The art of speech making -- The art of proverb usage -- The art of riddling -- Conclusion -- Appendix: proverbs in context
