Drower’s Folk-Tales of Iraq

Jorunn Buckley

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Drower’s Folk-Tales of Iraq

Jorunn Buckley

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2007

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A collection of folktales from Iraq, dating from the 1930s, found in the archives of the famous English Lady E. S. Drower (1879–1972), who was novelist, folklorist, specialist on the Mandaeans, and writer of travel accounts. New tales edited by Jorunn Buckley form a second volume of Drower’s Folktales. The stories—carrying recognizable Near Eastern folk-tale features—feature monsters and heroes, maidens and fairies and they give a vivid picture of a now extinct oral folktale tradition. This Gorgias Press edition includes previously unpublished tales in addition to those of the 1931 edition.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Introduction A. T. Wilson Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
List Of Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Note On Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
I. The Crazy Woman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
II. The Goat and the Old Woman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
III. Three Little Mice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	10
IV. The Sparrow and his Wife Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	12
V. Dungara Khsheybān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	14
VI. The Crystal Ship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	20
VII. The Old Couple and their Goat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
VIII. Shamshūm al Jabbār Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
IX. Husain an Nim-Nim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
X. The Blackbeetle who Wished to get Married Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
XI. The Thorn-seller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
XII. The Blind Sultan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
XIII. Jarāda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
XIV. The Stork and the Jackal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
XV. 'It is not the Lion's Fur Coat!' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
XVI. Two stories of Abu Nowās Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
XVII. A story of the Khalīfa Hārūn ar Rashīd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
XVIII. Another story of the Khalīfa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
XIX. The Tricks of Jānn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
XX. It was Enough to bewilder the Lion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
XXI. Two Nursery Rhymes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
XXII. The Bitter Orange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
XXIII. Tale told by a Shammar Tribesman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
XXIV. Shammar Stories. I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
XXV. Shammar Stories. II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	108
XXVI. Shammar Stories. III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	112
XXVII. Hājir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
XXVIII. The Woman of the Well Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
XXIX. Hasan the Thief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
XXX. Moses and the Two Men Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
XXXI. Al Gumeyra (Little Moon) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	142
XXXII. The Three Dervishes and the Wonderful Lamp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
XXXIII. The King and the Three Maidens, or the Doll of Patience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
XXXIV. The Merchant's Daughter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
XXXV. Wudayya (Little White Shell) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
XXXVI. The Poor Girl and Her Cow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
XXXVII. The Prince and the Daughter of the Thorn-seller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
XXXVIII. Uhdeydān, Uch'eybān, and Unkheylān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
XXXIX. Melek Muhammad and the Ogre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	210
XL. Er Rūm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
XLI. The Cotton-carder and Kasilūn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
XLII. Bunayya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
XLIII. The Cat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
XLIV. The Fish that Laughed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
XLV. The Honest Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
XLVI. The Generous Man and the Niggardly Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
XLVII. The Boy and the Deyus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
XLVIII. The Shepherd and his Brother Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Part II
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
1. The Story Of The Khalifa And The Three Maidens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
2. The Valiant Shepherd, Or The Chinese Egg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	321
3. The Adventures Of Sultan Mahmud's Youngest Son Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	331
4. Harun Al-Rashid And The Poor Man's Daughter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	339
5. The Arabi Boy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345
6. The Loves Of Ahmad Sultan And Tar Aswar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
7. The Sardines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	377
8. The Coppersmith And The Jinni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
9. The Story Of The Avaricious Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
10. The Story Of The Fisherman And The Sultan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
11. The Story Of The Jackal Who Turned Hajji (Pilgrim To Mecca) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
12. Juj And Majuj (Gog And Magog) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	419
13. The Story Of Hasan Al-Basri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
14. The Girl And The Rat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	439
15. How The All-Powerful Yielded A Hundredfold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
16. The Appearance Of The White Cat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
17. Allah Maku (There Is No God) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	449
18. The Faithful Slave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	459
19. The Lion And The Jackal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
20. How Heskel Was Possessed By A Jewish Demon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	467
21. Lokman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	469
22. The Black Cat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	471
23. The Story Of Budur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	479
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485

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November 16, 2007

eBook ISBN:

9781463211011

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541

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463211011

eBook ISBN: 9781463211011

Drower’s Folk-Tales of Iraq

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