Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales

Contents

Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments xv Note on Transliteration xvii Key to References xix Introduction I THE TALES Notes on Presentation and Translation 51 Group I • Individuals Children and Parents 1. Tunjur, Tunjur 55 2. The Woman Who Married Her Son 60 3. Precious One and Worn-out One 62 4. Swes, Swes! 66 5. The Golden Pail 68 Afterword 81 Siblings 6. Half-a-Halfling 84 7. The Orphans' Cow 89 8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac! 93 9. The Green Bird 98 10. Little Nightingale the Crier 102 Afterword 111 V vi Contents Sexual Awakening and Courtship n. The Little Bird 115 12. Jummez Bin Yazur, Chief of the Birds 117 13. Jbene 122 14. Sackcloth 125 15. Sahm 130 Afterword 144 The Questfor the Spouse 16. The Brave Lad 148 17. Gazelle 150 18. Lolabe 159 Afterword 168 Group II • Family Brides and Bridegrooms 19. The Old Woman Ghouleh 175 20. Lady Tatar 178 21. Soqak Boqak! 181 22. Clever Hasan 188 23. The Cricket 199 Afterword 203 Husbands and Wives 24. The Seven Leavenings 206 25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion 212 26. Minjal 218 27. Im c Ese 224 Afterword 227 Family Life 28. Chick Eggs 230 29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan 234 30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen 237 31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off 241 32. Nc ayyis (Little Sleepy One) 244 Afterword 248 Contents vii Group III • Society 33. Im c Awwad and the Ghouleh 253 34. The Merchant's Daughter 255 35. Pomegranate Seeds 261 36. The Woodcutter 267 37. The Fisherman 272 Afterword 277 Group IV • Environment 38. The Little She-Goat 281 39. The Old Woman and Her Cat 283 40. Dunglet 285 41. The Louse 288 Afterword 290 Group V • Universe 42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well 297 43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man 301 44. Mac ruf the Shoemaker 307 45. Im C AHand Abu C AH 317 Afterword 323 Folkloristic Analysis 327 Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10 381 Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs 387 Appendix C: List of Tales by Type 403 Selected Bibliography 405 Footnote Index 413 This page intentionally left blank ...