Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsNew Foreword by Ibtisam Barakat
Foreword from 1989 by Alan Dundes
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Key to References
Introduction
The Tales
Notes on Presentation and Translation
Group I • Individuals
Children and Parents
1. Tunjur, Tunjur
2. The Woman Who Married Her Son
3. Precious One and Worn-out One
4. Šwēš, Šwēš!
5. The Golden Pail
Afterword
Siblings
6. Half-a-Halfling
7. The Orphans' Cow
8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!
9. The Green Bird
10. Little Nightingale the Crier
Afterword
Sexual Awakening and Courtship
11. The Little Bird
12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds
13. Jbēne
14. Sackcloth
15. Šāhīn
Afterword
The Quest for the Spouse
16. The Brave Lad
17. Gazelle
18. Lōlabe
Afterword
Group II • Family
Brides and Bridegrooms
19. The Old Woman Ghouleh
20. Lady Tatar
21. Šōqak Bōqak!
22. Clever Hasan
23. The Cricket
Afterword
Husbands and Wives
24. The Seven Leavenings
25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion
26. Minjal
27. Im ʿĒše
Afterword
Family Life
28. Chick Eggs
29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan
30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen
31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off
32. Nʿayyis (Little Sleepy One)
Afterword
Group III • Society
33. Im ʿAwwād and the Ghouleh
34. The Merchant's Daughter
35. Pomegranate Seeds
36. The Woodcutter
37. The Fisherman
Afterword
Group IV • Environment
38. The Little She-Goat
39. The Old Woman and Her Cat
40. Dunglet
41. The Louse
Afterword
Group V • Universe
42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well
43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man
44. Maʿrūf the Shoemaker
45. Im ʿAlī and Abū ʿAlī
Afterword
Folkloristic Analysis
Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10
Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs
Appendix C: List of Tales by Type
Selected Bibliography
Footnote Index
