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Bearskin
Bearskin
Bearskin
Filipino Popular Tales collected from 1908-1914 in the way they were
recorded (english not spanish)
caught up in the philippine american war
filipino culture
large families desired at the expense of their quality of life
always personally clean and well groomed, houses and gardens well tended
many Christian or Catholic values from Western influences
Element
The Reward of Kindness (Philippines)
(convention/motif/ch
aracter/function
The parents promised devil their child if he gave them The promised child opening is a favorite in filipino Marchen.
one.
The Interdiction
Theres no requirement for him to be dirty. He just has Filipino natives take great pride in their hair and always dress
to spend the money on good things.
it carefully and are impeccably clean and beardless.
Unrecognized
First Function of
Donor
Element
(convention/motif/ch
aracter/function
Soldier lost his job after the war and is looking to make
ends meet.
The Interdiction
Unrecognized
First Function of
Donor
Element
Don Giovanni de la Fortuna (Sicily)
(convention/motif/cha
racter/function
The man was wealthy but wasted all of it so he dressed as During this time there was a repression and the
a pilgrim to beg for bread.
economy suffered greatly.
The Interdiction
Unrecognized
Test: The man had to stay filthy for a certain time frame in
order to be wealthy again.
Reward: The devil would let him free and cleanse his body
if he fulfilled the time frame they agreed.
Mountainous
geography
Industrialization 1750~1900
Early developed market economy & stock market, etc
Pauperism - economic depression
Element
The Devil as Partner (Switzerland)
(convention/mot
if/character/func
tion
The Initial
Situation
The Interdiction
Unrecognized
First Function of
Donor
Sources
Brandewie, Ernest. FAMILY SIZE AND KINSHIP PRESSURES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 1.1 (1973): 618. Web. 27 Jan. 2016.
Fansler, Dean Spruill. Filipino Popular Tales. American Folk-lore Society, 1921. Print.
Roces, Alfredo, and Grace Roces. CultureShock! Philippines. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, 2013. Print.
Der Teufel Grnrock" (Devil Greenjacket) in the first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmrchen, vol. 2 (1815), no. 15.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Der Brenhuter, Kinder- und Hausmrchen (Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales), final edition (1857), no. 101.
The Grimms' source: The Haxthausen family and story by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (ca. 1622-1676) entitled Vom Ursprung des Namens Brnhuter, first
published in 1670.
"A Timeline of Switzerland's History." A Timeline of Switzerland's History. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.