King Solomon and the Golden Fish: Tales from the Sephardic TraditionMatilda Koén-Sarano Wayne State University Press, 2004 - 396 עמודים A collection of fifty-four Judeo-Spanish folktales taken from the rich heritage of Sephardic oral storytelling and translated into English for the first time. 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. |
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King Shelomó and the Golden Fish | 5 |
The Rights of Widows and Orphans | 15 |
A la Fín Everything Comes to Light | 22 |
The Fisherman and the Gold Fish | 29 |
The Wonderful Tendjereniko | 35 |
The Kings Lost Son Transformed to a Dog | 41 |
When There Were No Mirrors in the World | 47 |
The Fathers Will | 53 |
PART SIX Jokes and Anecdotes | 231 |
Djohá | 235 |
Djohás Salata | 238 |
Djohá in the Kings House | 240 |
Djohá Eats at the Kings Table | 243 |
Its All in the Asking | 247 |
Djohá and the Oil | 249 |
Better a Wise Man Should Strike You Than a Fool Help You | 251 |
PART TWO Tales of Fate | 67 |
The Kings Daughter and the Gardeners Son | 71 |
The Three Sayings | 76 |
The Man without Mazál | 89 |
What Is Written in the Sky One Cannot Enfasar | 94 |
PART THREE Tales of Elijah the Prophet | 101 |
Eliau Anaví and the Gevir | 107 |
Eliau Anaví and the Vistozo | 112 |
The Holy Letters | 117 |
Eliau Anaví and the MotherinLaw | 122 |
PART FOUR Romantic Tales | 129 |
The Power of Love | 133 |
The Rose and the Lion | 142 |
The Kings Daughter and the Three Fostanes | 149 |
Shlomó Ameleh and the Birds Eggs | 156 |
The Arranged Marriage | 169 |
PART FIVE Tales of Cleverness and Wisdom | 181 |
The King and the Sandelár | 185 |
The Princess Who Laughed | 188 |
To Experience So As to Understand | 190 |
The King and the Golden Wheat | 195 |
The Donkey Knows How to Read | 201 |
Mushón and the Papás | 208 |
The Tale of the Questions 29 | 213 |
When the Mouth Is Used | 227 |
What a Sweet Death | 254 |
Djohás Questions | 255 |
Djohás Retorts 259 | 259 |
Djohás Invitation to Pranso | 261 |
Djohás Mirákolo | 264 |
Djohá and the Karpuz | 267 |
The Eggs and the Grain | 271 |
Djohás Merás | 276 |
Djohá and the Forty Thieves | 280 |
Tales from Makeda | 283 |
The Tales of Makeda | 285 |
The Seven Repudiated Wives of Makeda | 287 |
The Woman from Makeda and the Papias | 294 |
Djenitores in Makeda | 296 |
The Mice of Makeda | 298 |
The Makedanos and the Cat | 301 |
The Eve of Yom Kippúr in Makeda | 303 |
Yom Kippúr in Makeda | 306 |
Snow in Makeda | 313 |
Informants | 319 |
A Note on JudeoSpanish | 329 |
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