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Dee L. Ashliman (born January 1, 1938), who writes professionally as D. L. Ashliman, is an American folklorist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pittsburgh [1] and is considered to be a leading expert on folklore and fairytales. [2] He has published a number of works on the genre.
In 1961, an English-language translation was published by the Foreign Languages Press. [21] Bi describes The Scarecrow as the first major work of children's literature in modern China, [22] while You Chengcheng of the University of Macau calls it the first modern collection of Chinese fairy tales."
A Hungarian variant of the tale was adapted into an episode of the Hungarian television series Magyar népmesék ("Hungarian Folk Tales") , with the title A csillagász, a lopó, a vadász meg a szabó ("The Astronomer, the Thief, the Huntsman and the Tailor"). The English Fairy Tales channel on YouTube did an adaptation. [15]
American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classified the tale in the Aarne-Thompson Index as type AaTh 554B*, "The Child Who Was Raised by An Eagle", [5] a tale type that is otherwise titled "The Boy in the Eagle's Nest" and features a male protagonist that is raised by an eagle.
The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales From the Han Chinese. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-59158-294-6. Li Nianpei (1988). The Beating of the Dragon Robe: A Repertoire of Beijing Opera; Synopses of 100 Most Popular Pieces. Joint Publishing. ISBN 962-04-0636-2
Ashliman, D. L. "Folktales from China". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Churchill, Robert. "Book of Songs". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. "Collection of Chinese Folk Songs". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. "Demons, Monsters, and Ghosts of the Chinese Folklore"
Dummling, sent out with a biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man and is rewarded with a golden goose (the Fairy Gift). The goose has been discovered within the roots of the tree chosen by the little gray man and felled by Dummling.
"Ye Xian" (traditional Chinese: 葉 限; simplified Chinese: 叶 限; pinyin: Yè Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Yeh Hsien; [jê ɕjɛ̂n]) is a Chinese fairy tale that is similar to the European Cinderella story, the Malay-Indonesian Bawang Putih Bawang Merah tale, [1] and stories from other ethnic groups including the Tibetans and the Zhuang. [2]