Say To The Sun Don T Rise And To The Moon Don T Set

Pastoralist traditions have long been extraordinarily important to the social, economic, political, and cultural life of western India. The Marathi-language oral literature of the Dhangar shepherds is not only one of the most important elements of the traditional cultural life of its region, but also a treasure of world literature. This volume presents translations of two lively and well-crafted examples of the ovi, a genre typical of the oral literature of Dhangars. The two ovis in the volume narrate the stories of Biroba and Dhuloba, two of these shepherds' most important gods. Each of the ovis tells an elaborate story of the birth of the god-a miraculous and complicated process in both cases-and of the struggles each one goes through in order to find and win his bride. The extensive introduction provides a literary analysis of the ovis and discusses what they reveal about the cosmology, geography, society, and political arrangements of their performers' world, as well as about the performers' views of pastoralists and women.

Pastoralist traditions have long been extraordinarily important to the social, economic, political, and cultural life of western India. The Marathi-language oral literature of the Dhangar shepherds is not only one of the most important elements of the traditional cultural life of its region, but also a treasure of world literature. This volume presents translations of two lively and well-crafted examples of the ovi, a genre typical of the oral literature of Dhangars. The two ovis in the volume narrate the stories of Biroba and Dhuloba, two of these shepherds' most important gods. Each of the ovis tells an elaborate story of the birth of the god-a miraculous and complicated process in both cases-and of the struggles each one goes through in order to find and win his bride. The extensive introduction provides a literary analysis of the ovis and discusses what they reveal about the cosmology, geography, society, and political arrangements of their performers' world, as well as about the performers' views of pastoralists and women.

Rudra Narshimha, a boy whose father is killed for reasons unknown to him. He didn't know what his father did in the royal palace but he did know that he held enormous power in the King's court. To protect his family he runs away to a new city leaving their old life behind. Broken by the death of his father he carries on with his life in the new city. There he meets a man of who teaches him to make peace with his past but the man's own past is shrouded in mystery and no one has any concrete idea who the man is or where did he came from? In a turn of events he comes across a nomadic tribe, a tribe who are in search of their homeland for over a century. But no one has ever found it. On the tribe's next voyage he decides to accompany them for his own personal reasons. But soon he realizes going to the voyage was a mistake as he is met with a cruel reality. What he had run from follows him in his new home and his life is turned upside down. Great forces are at work here and he will find himself at the centre of the whirlpool of events. Each event will bring him closer to the truth but what is the truth that is up to him to find out? Who is the man and what is his past? Will he be able to help the tribe find what they are looking for? WIll he be able to find out why his father was killed or will he suffer a fate worse than his father?

"These songs are a source of endless delight." — Grove's Dictionary. One hundred and twenty songs that complete the Brahms song oeuvre: Wie Melodien zieht es and 18 other songs of Opp. 105, 106, 107, 121; 10 additional songs; and sensitive arrangements of 91 folk and traditional songs. English translations.

Mary Oliver is one of America's best-loved poets, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her luminous poetry celebrates nature and beauty, love and the spirit, silence and wonder, extending the visionary American tradition of Whitman, Emerson, Frost and Emily Dickinson. Her extraordinary poetry is nourished by her intimate knowledge and minute daily observation of the New England coast, its woods and ponds, its birds and animals, plants and trees.