Egyptian and Sudanese Folk-tales (Oxford Myths & Legends)

by Helen Mitchnik

Other authorsEric Fraser (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Genres

Publication

Oxford University Press (1978), Edition: 1st, 126 pages

Description

A retelling of traditional tales from the Sudan and Egypt.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

126 p.; 8.8 inches

ISBN

0192741225 / 9780192741226

Local notes

A retelling of traditional tales from the Sudan and Egypt.

• Destiny
• The Sultan and the Cobbler
• Different times have different 'adans'
• 'O the luck of the ugly'
• The man who did not believe in luck
• The poor man's bowl
• A discerning of 'faki'
• The old crone who was more wily than Iblees
• Wise sayings for a thousand dinars each
• The rashness of the young and the wisdom of the old
• The farmer who found his match in his daughter-in-law
• The eye will see what it is destined to see
• The fisherman and the prince
• The ten white doves
• Hassan the physician
• Hassan the brave
• Karakosh and Goha
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