Folktales of the Jews of Iraq, Tale-Types and Genres

by Dr. Heda Jason
Or Yehuda, The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, 1988
17x23 cm, 145p. (English) +37p. (Hebrew).


CONTENTS

PREFACE
-Symbols used in the indices

INTRODUCTION

FOLK LITERATURE IN EARLY MODERN
MANUSCRIPTS AND CHAPBOOKS - Yitzhak Avishur

INDEX OF TALE-TYPES
List of tale-types
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Animal tales
1.2 Ordinary folk tales
1.3 Jokes and anecdotes
1.4 Formula tales
1.5 Unclassified tales
1.6 List of new tale-types

INDEX OF ETHNOPOETIC GENRES
List of ethnopoetic genres
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Genres in the fabulous mode
2.2 Genres in the realistic mode
2.3 Genres in the symbolic mode
2.4 Varia
2.5 Index of tale-type numbers

REFERENCES

HEBREW SECTION