Oman’s Folklore, Popular Beliefs, and Women’s Oral Storytelling
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 5 February 2026
- ISBN 9798216195115
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 236x154x18 mm
- Weight 520 g
- Language English 685
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Short description:
Offers a detailed analysis of more than sixty Omani folktales and unique insights into the lives of Omani women through the oral tales they narrate.
MoreLong description:
Offers a detailed analysis of more than sixty Omani folktales and unique insights into the lives of Omani women through the oral tales they narrate.
Systematically documenting and analyzing women's folktales in the Sultanate of Oman, this research study analyzes old and contemporary Omani popular beliefs and folktales. Ahmed Al-Rawi offers an understanding of the oral tradition in Oman and the Arab Gulf in general by investigating the available books and articles on Omani folklore. He also provides readers and researchers with an analysis of previously published Omani folktales by referring to their motifs, tale-types, and occurrences.
Omani women play a greater role than men in transmitting cultural norms and folktales from one generation to another. More than sixty folktales narrated by Omani women are included, with a detailed analysis of each tale. These tales were collected from the seven different parts of Oman, especially from elderly women. Oman's Folklore, Popular Beliefs, and Women's Oral Storytelling offers a cultural analysis of Omani folktales and popular beliefs based on an investigation of almost all the available literature inside and outside Oman as well as on forty interviews with Omani women.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Foreword, Thomas Roche and Erin Roche
1. Popular Beliefs on Oman, Its Folklore, and Oral Tradition
2. Omani Women, Supernatural Beliefs, and Myths in Folklore
3. Omani Women's Storytelling
Conclusion
References
Appendix A: Tale Types, Motifs, and Occurrences in Omani Folktales
Appendix B: Illustrations
Index
