Review of
Danny
Kaye’s Stories From Many Lands
Five out of five stars
The short
stories in this book are from many countries, The places of origin in order of
appearance are Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Canada, Denmark, Eskimo, Iceland, Japan, Korea,
Netherlands, Scotland, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Chile. All are short folk
tales and even though I am a fan of such stories, there was only one that I had
read before.
Yet, people
that have read fairy tales before will recognize similar themes of animal
cleverness, parental difficulties with offspring, great achievers that fool
potential adversaries and female complaints about their husband’s
circumstances. As is mentioned in the preamble to the one from Ecuador, the
story featuring a stubborn wife is common to folk tales all over the world.
Even though the
environments from Iceland to Uruguay are very different, this book demonstrates
that human thought patterns are remarkable consistent.
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