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9781563088940

Story Medicine

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    9781563088940

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    1563088940

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-15
  • Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

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Summary

This magical collection of more than 40 tales from around the world brims with wise words and happenings that illustrate many mysterious and sometimes simple ways to wellness and happiness. Through introductions, comments, and discussion starters, Livo provides guidance for reading and reflecting on each tale. An absolutely wonderful reading experience and resource for educators, parents, students, librarians, folklorists, storytellers, medical professionals, therapists, and anyone interested in folktales and healing. All Levels.

Author Biography

NORMA J. LIVO, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver, has written numerous books and articles on storytelling and has a national following as a storyteller. She has served on the board of directors for the National Storytelling Association and received the NSA leadership award for the Western region. She lives in Lakewood, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
James R. Regan
A Short History of Medicine xiii
Introduction xv
STORIES AND HEALING
The Healing Power of Stories
3(6)
Personal Stories
3(3)
Getting Ready for Winter
6(3)
What is Healing?
9(8)
The Healing Traditions of the Past
10(1)
Ring Around the Roses
10(1)
Jack and Jill
10(1)
Leeches
11(2)
Leech to the Rescue
13(1)
Legends of Mate (South America)
14(1)
Wine As Doctor (Germany)
15(2)
How Stories Heal
17(10)
Stories As Connectors
17(1)
Humor As a Preventative and Cure
18(4)
Healing the Spirit, the Family, and Society
22(1)
Aging and Death
22(1)
Process of Healing Through Narrative
23(4)
THE STORIES
Healing the Self
27(70)
The Princess Who Would Not Laugh (Norway)
29(5)
Iron Logic (Traditional Jewish Folktale)
34(2)
The Old Woman and the Physician (Greece)
36(1)
The Greedy Youngster (Norway)
37(10)
The Princess and the Soldiers (Scotland)
47(10)
Intelligence and Luck (Slavonia)
57(4)
The Cure for Axe Wounds in the Knee (Finland)
61(7)
Dance Like Nobody Is Watching (American Urban Myth)
68(3)
The Maiden Without Hands (Grimm Brothers, Germany)
71(7)
A Journey to the Underworld (Bantu)
78(3)
Salt (Russia)
81(9)
Guru's Advice (Tibet)
90(3)
Anansi's Greed for Common Sense (Jamaica)
93(2)
The Dog and the Wolf (Aesop, Greece)
95(2)
Healing Relationships
97(46)
The Cure (Syria)
99(1)
A Bird Couple's Vow (Hmong)
100(2)
The Lute Player (Russia)
102(5)
The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month (China)
107(4)
The Lake of Healing or Loughleagh (Ireland)
111(5)
Grandfather's Corner (Germany)
116(2)
The Doll (Ukraine)
118(12)
The Tiger's Whisker (Korea)
130(3)
The Mirror (China)
133(3)
The Seven Swans (Europe)
136(7)
Healing the Community
143(42)
A Blessing Might in Fact Be a Curse (Ethiopia and Sudan)
145(3)
Mulla Nasredding (Persia)
148(3)
Stone Soup (Ireland)
151(4)
The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark)
155(3)
Silver Heels (Colorado, United States)
158(2)
The Wonder Doctor (Estonia)
160(9)
Constantine, the Emperor of Rome (Ancient Rome)
169(3)
The Holmolaiset Build a House (Finland)
172(3)
I'd Pick More Daisies (United States)
175(2)
Abandonment Canyon (Japan)
177(2)
The Golden Cup (Buryat)
179(4)
The Story of the Owl (Hmong)
183(2)
Healing the Earth
185(32)
The Little Water Medicine (Seneca)
188(3)
The Medicine Spear (Zambia)
191(3)
The Legend of Hackberry Hill (Colorado, United States)
194(3)
The Ptarmigan (Japan)
197(2)
The Rainbow (Iroquois)
199(2)
The Fallibility of Chiefs (Zaire)
201(2)
Creation, Flood, Naming Story (Hmong)
203(3)
The Grateful Foxes (Japan)
206(5)
Tibetan Creation (Tibet)
211(2)
Where Stories Come From (Seneca, Huron, and Wyandot)
213(4)
Appendix I: Healing Beliefs and Lore 217(18)
Beliefs and Practices Throughout the World
217(1)
Navajo Health Care System
218(1)
Foods That Are Taken When Ill (Hmong)
219(1)
Folk Medicine
220(3)
Herbal Lore from Around the World
223(8)
Proverbs and Quotes
231(4)
Appendix II: Roots of Western Medicine 235(4)
Hippocratic Oath
235(1)
The Caduceus
236(3)
Bibliography 239(4)
Internet
242(1)
Organizations
242(1)
Index 243

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