Nusantara: A Sea of Tales

Nusantara: A Sea of Tales

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  • Create Date:2022-01-24 06:51:10
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Heidi Shamsuddin
  • ISBN:9814954594
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Summary

A collection of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, epics, legends, wonder and magic tales from all around Southeast Asia。

Nusantara - A Sea of Tales is the most comprehensive collection of folktales, fairy tales, myths and legends from the Nusantara and Southeast Asian region, and was written to sit alongside the great anthologies of folklore from other parts of the world。

Although it is impossible to trace the origins of most of these traditional tales, we do know that these stories were used as a means to discover ourselves and the world around us。 Like a living creature, these tales came into existence at some point, and have since evolved and adapted to suit the needs of the community that it finds itself in。 The seafaring nature of the people in this region has no doubt contributed to the spread of these tales and explains the fascinating variations across Southeast Asia。

These rich and layered tales contain all manner of wonder, marvels and strange curiosities, and have been written to enthral a new audience。 The author has delved into the history and the meaning behind these tales but like all good fairy tales and folktales, each reader will extract their own meaning from these stories。 The symbols in these stories engage our imagination and challenges us to question, discuss and unravel life's conflicts and mysteries。 Herein lies the true power of these stories and the reason why these tales must be preserved and allowed to live and breathe once more。

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Reviews

Naadhira Zahari

Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin is a collection of mythical tales and folklore spanning across the Malay archipelago。 It contains both stories that I'm familiar with as well stories that I haven't even stumbled across before which makes it an overall fun and interesting read。This book has 61 stories in total and each one of them are such a delight to read。 I absolutely like the fact that the author didn't stop to write just about Malaysian folklores but decides to write tales over Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin is a collection of mythical tales and folklore spanning across the Malay archipelago。 It contains both stories that I'm familiar with as well stories that I haven't even stumbled across before which makes it an overall fun and interesting read。This book has 61 stories in total and each one of them are such a delight to read。 I absolutely like the fact that the author didn't stop to write just about Malaysian folklores but decides to write tales over Nusantara too。 Even though the majority of the stories originated from Malaysia, but I got to broaden my horizon across Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Madagascar, Vietnam and The Philippines too。Some of my favourite stories are The Origins of Akinabalu, The Curse of Mahsuri and both the Bawang Putih Bawang Merah stories (because of nostalgia reasons)。I would totally recommend you to pick up this book because we should totally spend some more time getting familiarised with our country and neighbouring countries' fairytales。 A book that you can basically breeze through yet once you close the book after finishing the last page, it might just give you an impactful and memorable read。 。。。more

Aininenas

This book comprises of 61 stories from all around Malay Archipelago or Nusantara。 Famous for its seafaring nature, most of the tales, myths and legends are spread orally before it is written。 Being a literature student and a fan of folklore, I truly enjoy and marvel at the wonder of these tales。 Some of the tales are familiar to me but most of it are new and it is such a fun experience to explore the new tales。 I am constantly being impressed by the creativity of the olden folks and their abilit This book comprises of 61 stories from all around Malay Archipelago or Nusantara。 Famous for its seafaring nature, most of the tales, myths and legends are spread orally before it is written。 Being a literature student and a fan of folklore, I truly enjoy and marvel at the wonder of these tales。 Some of the tales are familiar to me but most of it are new and it is such a fun experience to explore the new tales。 I am constantly being impressed by the creativity of the olden folks and their ability to deliver such great stories purely for entertainment and to instill moral values as well as the lessons。The language used is simple and makes reading the tales easier。 I also appreciate the author’s effort to inform readers about the background of each story and its history of origin at the end of every tale。 Among the 61 stories, these are what I enjoy the most:•The Legend of Ulek Mayang (from Malaysia)•Cencewi and Puteri Manis (from Malaysia)•The Sembilang Curse (from Malaysia)•The Curse of Mahsuri (from Malaysia)•Pak Pandir and The Hungry Giants (from Malaysia)•The Tale of Hang Nadim (Singapore) 。。。more