Difference between revisions of "The Bird of Happiness"

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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Tibet Religion in Tibet]
 
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Tibet Religion in Tibet]
 
#[https://www.google.co.in/search?q=tibetan+mythological+creatures&safe=active&biw=1366&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vKXaVPLWMszr8AXupYCADg&ved=0CCoQsAQ Images for Tibetan Mythological creatures]
 
#[https://www.google.co.in/search?q=tibetan+mythological+creatures&safe=active&biw=1366&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vKXaVPLWMszr8AXupYCADg&ved=0CCoQsAQ Images for Tibetan Mythological creatures]
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==Compilations of Tibetan folk tales==
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#[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/14201/11/11_chapter%204.pdf Folk Tales and Ethics-1]
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#[http://mythfolklore.blogspot.in/2014/03/myth-folklore-unit-tibetan-folk-tales.html Folk Tales and Ethics-2]
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#[http://manybooks.net/titles/sheltonaother05tibet.html More folk tales]
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#[http://levigilant.com/Bulfinch_Mythology/bulfinch.englishatheist.org/tibet/Tibet.htm More Tibetan stories]
  
 
=What is this story about=
 
=What is this story about=
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*Names and characters in the Tibetan mythology
 
*Names and characters in the Tibetan mythology
  
 
==Compilations of Tibetan folk tales==
 
 
#[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/14201/11/11_chapter%204.pdf Folk Tales and Ethics-1]
 
#[http://mythfolklore.blogspot.in/2014/03/myth-folklore-unit-tibetan-folk-tales.html Folk Tales and Ethics-2]
 
#[http://manybooks.net/titles/sheltonaother05tibet.html More folk tales]
 
#[http://levigilant.com/Bulfinch_Mythology/bulfinch.englishatheist.org/tibet/Tibet.htm More Tibetan stories]
 
  
  
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=Language used in the story=
 
=Language used in the story=
*Translated text
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*Translated text (talk about the Sino Tibetan family of languages)
 
*Who is the translator?   
 
*Who is the translator?   
 
*Some vocabulary specific to mountains
 
*Some vocabulary specific to mountains

Revision as of 01:08, 11 February 2015

Concept Map

Additional Information

Life and culture in Tibet

  1. Tibetan landscape
  2. Climate in Tibet
  3. Images of Tibetan Life
  4. Tibetan People
  5. Barley and barley bread
  6. Tibet Oral History
  7. Tibetan food
  8. Religion in Tibet
  9. Images for Tibetan Mythological creatures

Compilations of Tibetan folk tales

  1. Folk Tales and Ethics-1
  2. Folk Tales and Ethics-2
  3. More folk tales
  4. More Tibetan stories

What is this story about

  • About a Tibetan village where people where poor and suffering (discuss reasons and the role of natural resources in human life)
  • A boy's search to help his village
  • About the boy's virtues, ethics and how that helps the village
  • We are introduced to the customs in the village
  • Names and characters in the Tibetan mythology



http://www.inyatrust.com/editor/uploads/7/5/2/9/7529832/185003695108296584_10th_english_question_bank_-2014-15.pdf

Language used in the story

  • Translated text (talk about the Sino Tibetan family of languages)
  • Who is the translator?
  • Some vocabulary specific to mountains
  • Some vocabulary which is a slang is also used (for grandfather, etc)
  • Written in the past tense
  • Third person narrative