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I feel confident, however, that stories such as these, being as they are purely native, with as little admixture of Western ideas as it was possible to give them in dressing them in their garment of English words, will give a better insight into what the native of Burma really is, his modes of thought and ways of looking at and measuring things, than a treatise thrice as long and representing infinitely more literary merit than will be found in these little tales; and at the same time I hope they will be found to the average reader, at least, more interesting. -- from the author's introduction - Summary by Larry Wilson]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7085931/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Literary Collections Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e83c2d78cd7552b184126516b08ee39.jpg</url><title>Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shan-folk-lore-stories-from-the-hill-and-water-country--7085931</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:12:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>William Charles Griggs</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Literary Collections Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker63@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e83c2d78cd7552b184126516b08ee39.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>The following stories have been taken from the great mass of unwritten lore that is to the black-eyed, brown-skinned boys and girls of the Shan mountain country of Burma what "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Cinderella" are to our own children. 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I feel confident, however, that stories such as these, being as they are purely native, with as little admixture of Western ideas as it was possible to give them in dressing them in their garment of English words, will give a better insight into what the native of Burma really is, his modes of thought and ways of looking at and measuring things, than a treatise thrice as long and representing infinitely more literary merit than will be found in these little tales; and at the same time I hope they will be found to the average reader, at least, more interesting. -- from the author's introduction - Summary by Larry Wilson]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"/><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"><itunes:category text="Stories for Kids"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country-William Charles Griggs</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/shan-folk-lore-stories-from-the-hill-and-water-country-william-charles-griggs--73341433</link><description><![CDATA["Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country" by William Charles Griggs invites listeners into a rich tapestry of folklore that captures the essence of the Shan people's connection to their land and water. 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I feel confident, however, that stories such as these, being as they are purely native, with as little admixture of Western ideas as it was possible to give them in dressing them in their garment of English words, will give a better insight into what the native of Burma really is, his modes of thought and ways of looking at and measuring things, than a treatise thrice as long and representing infinitely more literary merit than will be found in these little tales; and at the same time I hope they will be found to the average reader, at least, more interesting. -- from the author's introduction - Summary by Larry Wilson]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>10415</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>burma,country,fairy,folk,griggs,hill,legends,lore,shan,water</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e83c2d78cd7552b184126516b08ee39.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
