The Old Woman and the Eagle / De oude vrouw en de adelaar

Idries Shah

The Old Woman and the Eagle / De oude vrouw en de adelaar
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hoopoe Books
Published
2 September 2022
Pages
36
ISBN
9781958289303

The Old Woman and the Eagle / De oude vrouw en de adelaar

Idries Shah

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(Bilingual English-Dutch edition) In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like. Her efforts mirror a common pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable. This tale is specially presented for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, who, for more than 30 years, collected stories from the Sufi tradition and adapted them to contemporary Western culture. Told since ancient times throughout Central Asia and the Middle East, such tales are used to help foster greater mental flexibility and insight in people of all ages. The Old Woman and the Eagle is wonderfully illustrated by Natasha Delmar, who was taught to paint by her father, the celebrated classic Chinese painter Ng Yi-Ching.

(Tweetalige Engels-Nederlands editie) In dit grappige verhaal ontmoet een oude vrouw voor het eerst een adelaar. Verbijsterd door zijn onbekende uiterlijk besluit ze hem aan te passen aan haar eigen ideeen over hoe een vogel eruit zou moeten zien. Haar pogingen weerspiegelen een algemeen patroon van menselijk denken: het onbekende veranderen om het aanvaardbaar te maken. Dit verhaal wordt speciaal voor kinderen gepresenteerd door de Afghaanse auteur Idries Shah, die al meer dan 30 jaar verhalen uit de Soefitraditie verzamelt en aanpast aan de hedendaagse westerse cultuur. Deze verhalen, die sinds de oudheid in Centraal-Azie en het Midden-Oosten worden verteld, worden gebruikt om mensen van alle leeftijden meer mentale flexibiliteit en inzicht te geven.

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