Tales from the past : a comparison of Japanese and Norwegian oral traditions

• Main Author: Ng, Eunice You Ni
• Other Authors: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76523
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the different types of mnemonic devices or oral-formulas used by Japanese and Norwegian oral traditions. A philological and stylistic study of two Japanese oral traditions; Saru Kani Gassen, The Monkey-Crab War and Momotarou, The Story of Peach-boy, and two Norwegian oral traditi...