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The Fabrics of Fairytale: Stories Spun from Far and Wide

door Tanya Robyn Batt

Andere auteurs: Rachel Griffin (Illustrator)

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The weaving of intricate fabrics is related to the threads of the storyteller's tale in this collection of tales about treasured, sacred, and magical garments from around the world.
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New Zealand storyteller and children's author Tanya Robyn Batt presents seven folktales taken from diverse cultural sources in this lovely collection of stories, arranged around the theme of fabric and articles of clothing. Selections include:

Clever Anaeet, an Armenian story in which the humble daughter of a shepherd refuses the marriage proposal of Prince Vachagan unless he learns a trade—something all men should have. Her wisdom is revealed many years later, when his mastery of weaving saves his life, and delivers him and many others from imprisonment. This story has also been retold in Robert D. San Souci's picture book, A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale.

The Cloth of the Serpent Pembe Mirui, a Swahili tale from East Africa, in which the merchant Amadi undergoes many trials in order to find and win the eponymous cloth for his beloved wife, Fatima. Amadi is aided in his quest by a magical black cat, belonging to an old woman to whom he has been generous. In her brief source note, Batt observes the similarity here with Puss-in-Boots. The story is taken from Roger D. Abrahams' 1983 collection, African Folktales.

The Silk Brocade, a story from the Chinese tradition, in which a widow creates the most extraordinarily beautiful silk brocade, only to see it stolen by a rogue wind. Each of her three sons sets out in turn to retrieve it, but only the youngest has the wherewithal to follow it all the way to the palace of the maidens of the Sun, there to insist on its return. The conclusion of the tale sees his mother restored to health, and she and her son (as well as one of the sun maidens) living in happiness in the very house and garden depicted in the brocade. This story has also been retold in picture book format in Sue Arengo and Nancy Lane's The Magic Brocade, as well as in Aaron Shepard and Xiaojun Li's similarly titled The Magic Brocade.

The Feather Cloak, a Hawaiian tale concerning the adventures of the "kukini" (a trained runner) and "tohunga" (someone able to see the spirit world) Eleio, who is dispatched by Kakaalaneo, the chief of Maui, on an errand to fetch some kava root. Distracted on his journey by a beautiful, fleet-footed maiden, Eleio discovers that the person he is pursuing is Kanikani-aula, a ghost who is unable to rest peacefully, because the feather cloak she was creating was never finished. Through his wisdom and skill, Eleio restores Kanikani-aula to life, and the feather cloak—the first of its kind—is completed. This story can be found in a number of anthologies, most recently, in the 2023 Tales of Polynesia: Folktales from Hawai'i, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Samoa, from Chronicle Books.

The Three Fayes, a Swedish story about a young woman with absolutely no interest in spinning, weaving or sewing, who resists her mother's efforts to make her learn these skills. When an argument between the two is interrupted by the queen, and the mother lies about her daughter's prowess, in order to save face, poor May is taken to the palace, and made to spin a room of flax into thread, weave her skeins of thread into cloth, and sew a beautiful shirt—all with the promise of marriage to the prince. In this process she is aided by three old women, each with a different deformity, whose price is that they be called Aunt, and invited to the young woman's wedding. As Batt notes, this is a Scandinavian variants of the Brothers Grimm tale about The Three Spinners, and also has strong similarities to the classic Rumpelstiltskin.

The Patchwork Coat, an eastern European Jewish tale concerning a poor man, Khaim Yankl, who leaves his family in order to find work and to earn his fortune. After many years of wandering, and turning his hand to all manner of job, he returns home a wealthy man, with all of his money sewn into the dirty patchwork coat in which he initially set out. When his wife mistakenly gives this coat (complete with all of Khaim Yankl's money) to a beggar, it seems that disaster has struck, but fortunately our hero manages to make a trade that is very much in his favor. This tale was taken from Leonard Wolf's 1988 Yiddish Folktales.

The Crocodile's Blessing, an Indonesian variant of the Cinderella tale type, in which kindhearted Damura is aided by the magical river crocodile, when she loses her stepmother's best sarong in the waters. Caring for the mother crocodile's child, she is rewarded not only with the return of the sarong, but with a shower of diamonds, when she first returns home. Needless to say, the experiences of her rude and unkind stepsister, when she ventures to the river to win the crocodile's favor, do not go as well. When the family are invited to the village head man's house for a great feast, and Damura is left behind, the crocodile again steps in to help, providing her with the beautiful raiment she needs to attend. The lost slipper and the young man's quest for his beautiful beloved, conclude the story. This tale can also be found in Judy Sierra and Reynold Ruffins' picture book retelling, The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story.

I enjoyed The Fabrics of Fairytale: Stories Spun from Far and Wide immensely, both for the stories themselves, and for Tanya Robyn Batt's two-page introductions to each story, giving more information on the type of fabric featured in the tale—its history, and how it is produced. I also greatly enjoyed British illustrator Rachel Griffin's accompanying mixed media artwork—created using papers, fabrics, beads, stamps, maps and "oddments"—which felt very appropriate to the theme of the collection. Recommended to young folklore lovers in general, and to any readers interested in fabric and clothing, and the important role they play in traditional storytelling. ( )
  AbigailAdams26 | Jan 28, 2024 |
Este livro surpreendente nos traz a história de alguns dos mais encantadores tecidos produzidos através dos tempos por comunidades próximas e distantes. E cada um desses tecidos é protagonista de um conto. Desde os humildes farrapos do pobre até as vestes suntuosas do rei, desde o linho comum até o tecido mágico secretado por uma serpente de sete cabeças, tudo nos fala dos intrincados caminhos que se entrelaçam e formam a trama e a urdidura do tecido da vida.
  editora_sesimg | Dec 12, 2023 |
This is a great educational book. The stories are from a diverse range of cultures, and share the common theme of fabric. I loved all the stories in the book. I would recommed this book for young fairytale lovers.
  A.Smith | Nov 23, 2012 |
A beautifully illustarted book of 7 fairytales from around the world. The common link is that they all involve fabric of some kind. Each story is prefaced by a section about the type of fabric and its production in the country concerned. ( )
  RefPenny | Aug 20, 2009 |
Perfect for someone who likes fairy tales and fabric craft. ( )
  WFB | Mar 19, 2009 |
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