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Folktales of Egypt : collected, translated, and edited, with Middle Eastern and African parallels

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (Folktales of the World)Chicago University of Chicago Press c1980Description: lviii, 347p.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indicesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226206246
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR355 .E47
Contents:
1 Fantasy tales. 2 Realistic and philosophical tales. 3 Tales based on religious thenes. 4 Etiological belief narratives. 5 Axes, saints, and culture heroes. 6 Local belief legends and personal memorates. 7Animal and formula tales. 8 Humorous narratives and jokes
Abstract: 'This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales.'. 'By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed.'
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Collected, transl., and ed., with Middle Eastern and African parallels, by Hasan M. El-Shamy.. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

1 Fantasy tales. 2 Realistic and philosophical tales. 3 Tales based on religious thenes. 4 Etiological belief narratives. 5 Axes, saints, and culture heroes. 6 Local belief legends and personal memorates. 7Animal and formula tales. 8 Humorous narratives and jokes

'This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales.'. 'By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed.'

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