Anthologie des mythes et légendes de la Chine ancienne.
Creators: Rémi Mathieu
| Contents/Chapters: Sitting under the great tree of memory, they tell us a hundred stories in their own way. From China and other oriental routes, storytellers have come to us with their words like a feast. They speak of the Sea, on the steps of the Central Principalities, which a bird never ceases to fill, of the Moon inhabited by the hare of immortality, of the Sun said to be haunted by a raven, of islands greener than a dream, and of even stranger things. The literati have transcribed their sayings; like Job, they demand an account of the state of the World. This is what myth is: like a child who tirelessly asks why. From the earliest ages of the written word, which they were in charge of, they have never ceased to answer, sometimes in contradiction. But is that enough? Has there ever been a tale to quench this thirst for knowledge? And is this really about knowledge? It's more a question of the magic of the spoken word! These are the kind of stories that must be read (that's the meaning of legenda). Noted from the earliest antiquity, for the first time in the West grouped by theme, translated and annotated, these hundred flowers of legends are presented here. There are pasts that don't wait. | Material: 276 p. ; no illustrations ; 22.5cm
Call number : 95. Contes et Fables (95. mat)