King Solomon and the Golden Fish Tales from the Sephardic Tradition / texts collected and edited by Matilda Koen-Sarano ; translated and annotated by Reginetta Haboucha ; preamble by Yoel Shalom Perez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Haboucha, Reginetta.

Koén-Sarano, Matilda, 1939-2024.

Series:

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology King Solomon and the golden fish

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk literature, Ladino.

Jewish legends.

Sephardim--Folklore.

Sephardim.

Jews--Folklore.

Jews.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 396 p. )

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Orality has been central to the transmission of Sephardic customs, wisdom, and values for centuries. Throughout the Middle Ages, Spanish Jews were known for their linguistic skills, and as translators and storytellers they were the main transmitters of Eastern/Islamic culture to the Christian world. Derived from a distinguished heritage, Judeo-Spanish storytelling has evolved over a five-hundred-year historical journey. Constant contact with the surrounding societies of the past and with modern Israeli influences, making it more universal than other Sephardic oral genres. Told in order to entertain but also to teach, Judeo-Spanish folktales convey timeless wisdom and a colorful depiction of Sephardic communities up to the first half of the twentieth century.King Solomon and the Golden Fish is a selection of fifty-four folktales taken from Matilda Koén-Sarano's collection of stories recorded in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and translated by Reginetta Haboucha into fluent and idiomatic English that preserves the flavor and oral nuances of each text. Haboucha provides commentary and annotations to the folktales that enlighten both the academic and the lay reader, making this book at once appealing to scholars and enjoyable for the general public. King Solomon and the Golden Fish is divided into six main thematic sections: Supernatural Tales, Tales of Fate, Tales of the Prophet Elijah, Romantic Tales, Tales of Cleverness and Wisdom, and Jokes and Anecdotes. These folktales remain a powerful link between modern-day Spanish Jews and the Hispano-Jewish legacy-this collection passes along that legacy and provides a source of the customs and values of Sephardic Jews.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preamble

Preface

Introduction

Abbreviations

Part One: Tales of the Supernatural

1 King Shelomó and the Golden Fish

2 The Rights of Widows and Orphans

3 A la Fín Everything Comes to Light

4 The Fisherman and the Gold Fish

5 The Wonderful Tendjereniko

6 The King's Lost Son Transformed to a Dog

7 When There Were No Mirrors in the World

8 The Father's Will

Part Two: Tales of Fate

9 The King's Daughter and the Gardener's Son

10 The Three Sayings

11 The Man without Mazál

12 What Is Written in the Sky One Cannot Enfasar

Part Three: Tales of Elijah the Prophet

13 Eliau Anaví and the Gevír

14 Eliau Anaví and the Vistozo

15 The Holy Letters

16 Eliau Anaví and the Mother-in-Law

Part Four: Romantic Tales

17 The Power of Love

18 The Rose and the Lion

19 The King's Daughter and the Three Fostanes

20 Shlomó Ameleh and the Birds' Eggs

21 The Arranged Marriage

Part Five: Tales of Cleverness and Wisdom

22 The King and the Sandelár

23 The Princess Who Laughed

24 To Experience So As to Understand

25 The King and the Golden Wheat

26 The Donkey Knows How to Read

27 Mushón and the Papás

28 The Tale of the Questions

29 When the Mouth Is Used

Part Six: Jokes and Anecdotes

Djohá

30 Djohá's Salata

31 Djohá in the King's House

32 Djohá Eats at the King's Table

33 It's All in the Asking

34 Djohá and the Oil

35 Better a Wise Man Should Strike You Than a Fool Help You

36 What a Sweet Death!

37 Djohá's Questions

38 Djohá's Retorts

39 Djohá's Invitation to Pranso

40 Djohá's Mirákolo

41 Djohá and the Karpúz

42 The Eggs and the Grain

43 Djohá's Merás

44 Djohá and the Forty Thieves

Numskulls: Tales from Makeda

45 The Tales of Makeda.

46 The Seven Repudiated Wives of Makeda

47 The Woman from Makeda and the Papias

48 Djenitores in Makeda

49 The Mice of Makeda

50 The Makedanos and the Cat

51 The Eve of Yom Kippúr in Makeda

52 Yom Kippúr in Makeda

53 The Makedanos at the Bathhouse

54 Snow in Makeda

El rey Shelomó i el pishkado de oro

Informants

A Note on Judeo-Spanish

Glossary

Type Index

Motif Index

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-396) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814341872

081434187X

OCLC:

927384674