Folktales of Egypt / collected, translated, and edited, with Middle Eastern and African parallels, by Hasan M. El-Shamy ; foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Shamy, Hasan M., 1938-

Series:

Folktales of the World

Folktales of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--Egypt.

Tales.

Tales--Egypt--History and criticism.

Tales--Egypt--Classification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Editorial Note

Part I. Fantasy Tale

Part II. Realistic and Philosophical Tales

Part III. Tales Based on Religious Theme

Part IV. Etiological Belief Narratives

Part V. Axes, Saints, and Culture Heroes

Part VI. Local Belief Legends and Personal Memorates

Part VIII. Humorous Narratives and Jokes

Notes to the Tales

The Aarne-Thompson Type Index and Egypt id n Folktales

Bibliography

Index of Motifs

Index of Tale Types

General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612537448

9781282537446

128253744X

9780226206233

0226206238

OCLC:

609859527