Folktales of Egypt

By: Hasan M. El-Shamy

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Paperback | 15 October 1982 | Edition Number 1

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406 Pages

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7 - 8

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2 - 3

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2.21 x 1.42 x 0.21

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In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved.

"This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable."--Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures

"Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less the roots of that culture, is woefully inadequate. 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."--Kenneth J. Perkins, International Journal of Oral History

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge Folklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Sociology & Anthropology

Foreword
Introduction Editorial Note
Fantasy Tales
The Trip to 'Wag-el-Wag'
The Black Crow and the White Cheese
The One Sesame Seed
The Magic Filly
The Grateful Fish
The Maghrabi's Apprentice
The Royal Candlestick
Louliyya, Daughter of Morgan
The Promises of the Three Sisters
Realistic and Philosophical Tales
The Liver of the Wise and the Liver of the Foolish
The Man Who Put His Mother over His Shoulder and Rode His Father
""It Serves Me Rig
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