{"product_id":"story-medicine-multicultural-tales-of-healing-and-transformation-9781563088940","title":"Story Medicine: Multicultural Tales of Healing and Transformation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperience the extraordinary potential that stories hold-the power to heal, calm, and rejuvenate. This magical collection of more than 40 tales from around the world brims with wise words 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. The stories are organized into four main areas: healing the self, healing relationships, healing the community, and healing the Earth. In addition to an extensive bibliography, Livo offers a treasure trove of traditional proverbs and old-time herblore. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by James R.Regan, M.D\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Short History of Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSTORIES AND HEALING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE HEALING POWER OF STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e Personal Stories Getting Ready for Winter \u003cb\u003eWHAT IS HEALING?\u003c\/b\u003e The Healing Traditions of the Past Ring Around the Roses Jack and Jill Leeches Leech to the Rescue Legends of Mate (South America) Wine As Doctor (Germany) \u003cb\u003eHOW STORIES HEAL\u003c\/b\u003e Stories As Connectors Humor As a Preventative and Cure Healing the Spirit, the Family, and Society Aging and Death Process of Healing Through Narrative \u003cb\u003eTHE STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHEALING THE SELF\u003c\/b\u003e The Princess Who Would Not Laugh (Norway) Iron Logic (Traditional Jewish Folktale) The Old Woman and the Physician (Greece) The Greedy Youngster (Norway) The Princess and the Soldiers (Scotland) Intelligence and Luck (Slavonia) The Cure for Axe Wounds in the Knee (Finland) Dance Like Nobody Is Watching (American Urban Myth) The Maiden Without Hands (Grimm Brothers, Germany) A Journey to the Underworld (Bantu) Salt (Russia) Guru's Advice (Tibet) Anansi's Greed for Common Sense (Jamaica) The Dog and the Wolf (Aesop, Greece) \u003cb\u003eHEALING RELATIONSHIPS\u003c\/b\u003e The Cure (Syria) A Bird Couple's Vow (Hmong) The Lute Player (Russia) The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month (China) The Lake of Healing or Loughleagh (Ireland) Grandfather's Corner (Germany) The Doll (Ukraine) The Tiger's Whisker (Korea) The Mirror (China) The Seven Swans (Europe) \u003cb\u003eHEALING THE COMMUNITY\u003c\/b\u003e A Blessing Might in Fact Be a Curse (Ethiopia and Sudan) Mulla Nasreddin (Persia) Stone Soup (Ireland) The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark) Silver Heels (Colorado, United States) The Wonder Doctor (Estonia) Constantine, the Emperor of Rome (Ancient Rome) The Holmolaiset Build a House (Finland) I'd Pick More Daisies (United States) Abandonment Canyon (Japan) The Golden Cup (Buryat) The Story of the Owl (Hmong) \u003cb\u003eHEALING THE EARTH\u003c\/b\u003e The Little Water Medicine (Seneca) The Medicine Spear (Zambia) The Legend of Hackberry Hill (Colorado, United States) The Ptarmigan (Japan) The Rainbow (Iroquois) The Fallibility of Chiefs (Zaire) Creation, Flood, Naming Story (Hmong) The Grateful Foxes (Japan) Tibetan Creation (Tibet) Where Stories Come From (Seneca, Huron, and Wyandot) \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix I:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealing Beliefs and Lore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Beliefs and Practices Throughout the World Navajo Health Care System Foods That Are Taken When Ill (Hmong) Folk Medicine Herbal Lore from Around the World Proverbs and Quotes \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix II:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoots of Western Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Hippocratic Oath The Caduceus \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Internet Organizations \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770343391575,"sku":"9781563088940","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/story-medicine-multicultural-tales-of-healing-and-transformation-9781563088940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}