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A kingdom lost for a drop of honey : and other Burmese folktales / by Dr. Htin Aung and Helen G. Trager ; illustrated by Ba Htay Kyi
Bib ID 7382846
Format BookBook [text, still image, volume]
Author
Htin Aung, U., author
 
Edition [Revised edition] 
Description Yangon, Myanmar : the key collection, 2015 
74 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm 
Summary

Fifteen tales from the area of Mandalay in Central Burma.

Full contents
  • Foreword
  • The greedy stallkeeper and the poor traveler
  • Mister Luck and Mister Industry
  • Why the rabbit's nose twitches
  • A Kingdom lost for a drop of honey
  • The four deaf men
  • The fisherman and the King's Chamberlain
  • Partnership
  • The origin of the coconut
  • How Master Thumb defeted the Sun
 
Notes

Previously published: New York : Parents' Magazine Press.

Subjects Folklore -- Burma.  |  Tales -- Burma.
Other authors/contributors Trager, Helen G., 1910-2004, author  |  Ba Htay Kyi, illustrator

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