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The Bridge of Magpies single work   children's fiction   children's   fable  
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 The Bridge of Magpies
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A young prince marries the daughter of the King of the Land of Stars. But the prince and princess become lazy after their marriage. The princess stops weaving clouds, and the prince leaves his cattle to the care of his servants. He and his wife devote themselves to pleasure. The King of the Land of Stars punishes them by separating them from each other on either side of the River of Stars.

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    y separately published work icon Folk Tales and Fables of Asia and Australia Barbara Hayes , Robert Ingpen (illustrator), Limpsfield : Dragon's World Children's Books , 1992 Z1052511 1992 selected work children's fiction children's A selection of seventeen folktales from Asia and Australasia that includes 'Baba Yaga and the Stepdaughter,' 'The Bridge of Magpies,' 'Rainbow Serpent' and 'Maui, the Fisherman.' Limpsfield : Dragon's World Children's Books , 1992 pg. 35-37
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The Cowherd and the Weaver Maid 1979 single work children's fiction children's fable
— Appears in: Folktales from Australia's Children of the World 1979; (p. 22-25) 'A romantic folktale about a couple who are not permitted to see each other because they had become lazy after their marriage. However, on the seventh day of the seventh moon the magpies help the sad couple to meet' (Source: contents page).
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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