Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Key to References
Introduction

THE TALES
   Notes on Presentation and Translation
   
Group I · Individuals

Children and Parents
I. Tunjur, Tunjur
2. The Woman Who Married Her Son
3· Precious One and Worn-out One
4· Swes, Swes!
5· The Golden Pail
Afterword

Siblings
6. Half-a-Halfling
7· The Orphans' Cow
8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!
9· The Green Bird
IO. Little Nightingale the Crier
Afterword

Sexual Awakening and Courtship
II. The Little Bird
12. Jummez Bin Yaziir, Chief of the Birds
13. Jbene
14. Sackcloth
15. Sahin
Afterword

The Quest for the Spouse
16. The Brave Lad
17. Gazelle
18. Lola be
Afterword

Group II · Family

Brides and Bridegrooms
19. The Old Woman Ghouleh
20. Lady Tatar
21. Soqak Boqak!
22. Clever I:Iasan
23. The Cricket
Afterword

Husbands and Wives
24. The Seven Leavenings
25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion
26. Minjal
27. Im Ese
Afterword

Family Life
28. Chick Eggs
29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan
30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen
31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off
32. N'ayyis (Little Sleepy One)
Afterword

Group III · Society

33. Im 'Awwad and the Ghouleh
34· The Merchant's Daughter
35· Pomegranate Seeds
36. The Woodcutter
37· The Fisherman
Afterword

Group IV · Environment

38. The Little She-Goat
39· The Old Woman and Her Cat
40. Dunglet
4I. The Louse
Afterword

Group V · Universe

42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well
43· The Rich Man and the Poor Man
44· Ma'riif the Shoemaker
45· Im 'Ali and Abu 'Ali
Afterword

Folkloristic Analysis
Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10
Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs
Appendix C: List of Tales by Type
Selected Bibliography
Footnote Index

About the Author

Ibrahim Muhawi is Professor of English at the University of Tunis. Sharif Kanaana is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Birzeit University.