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Yiddish folktales

Title
Yiddish folktales / edited by Beatrice Silverman Weinreich ; translated by Leonard Wolf.
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books : Published in cooperation with Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, [1988], ©1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Weinreich, Beatrice.
  • Wolf, Leonard.
Description
xxxii, 413 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Pantheon fairy tale and folklore library
Uniform Title
Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
Subject
  • Jews > Europe, Eastern > Folklore
  • Folk literature, Yiddish > Translations into English
  • Folk literature, Yiddish > Europe, Eastern
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 407-413.
Contents
Naked truths and resplendent parables: allegorical tales -- A rooster and a hen, let the story begin: children's tales -- Magic rings, feathers of gold, mountains of glass: wonder tales -- Justice, faith, and everyday morals: pious tales -- Nitwits, wits, and pranksters: humorous tales -- Sages, tsadikim, and villains: legends -- Elves and dibbuks, ghosts and golems: supernatural tales.
ISBN
  • 0394546180 :
  • 0679730974 (pbk.)
LCCN
88042594
OCLC
ocm17983064
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries