Traditional tales from Brazil for Young People - by Luís da Câmara Cascudo

Reading Traditional Tales of Brazil for Young People allows the student-reader to learn a little about the vast work of Luís da Câmara Cascudo, one of the most important researchers and scholars of Brazil's ethnic roots. The stories, anonymous in their authorship, collected from the voice of the people, mostly from the backlands of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, reveal historical and social information and highlight beliefs, customs and values. According to the author himself, alongside literature, literate intellectual thought, run the parallel, solitary and powerful waters of memory and popular imagination. Divided into twelve sections - Tales of Enchantment, Tales of Example, Tales of Animals, Facets, Religious Tales, Etiological Tales, Deceived Demon, Tales of Divination, Tell-Tale Nature, Accumulative Tales, Cycle of Death and Tradition -, the stories rescue aspects of our culture, our folklore.