Middle Eastern (World Tales)

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Middle Eastern Sites:

Palestinian Folklore Palestinian Folklore: Songs, proverbs and two stories (Ataba & Zarief E-ttool, and The Hunter). (Middle Eastern) http://www.barghouti.com/folklore/ The Art of the Turkish Tale The Art of the Turkish Tale: Eighty tales collected by Barbara K. Walker, with an introduction to Turkish oral narratives. (Middle Eastern) http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupc/cj/cja/Contents.htm Armenian Fairy Tales Armenian Fairy Tales: Three folktales taken from "100 Armenian Tales", by Susie Hoogasian-Villa. (Middle Eastern) http://www.armenianheritage.com/lafairy.htm Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative: Collection of Turkish folktales in English, as well as epic and other texts in several Turkic languages (PDF format). (Middle Eastern) http://aton.ttu.edu/ Arab Folk Tales Arab Folk Tales: Three folk tales from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria. (Middle Eastern) http://hem.passagen.se/moos4848/arabfolk.htm Traditional Folk Tales for Children Traditional Folk Tales for Children: Turkish tales collected and edited by Ahmet Edip Uysal. (Middle Eastern) http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupc/cj/cja/ft.htm Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales: Collection of tales gathered and annotated by Ibrahim Muhawi (Darwish) and Sharif Kanaana; e-text from the University of California Press. (Middle Eastern) http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4s2005r4/ Zohra and the Gazelles Zohra and the Gazelles: A Moroccan folktale retold by Mary Morton Cowan. (Middle Eastern) http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/FAFACEZohra.html The Brother's Mean Wife The Brother's Mean Wife: A folktale from Qatar. (Middle Eastern) http://www.qatar.net.qa/gulfsoft/folktale.htm Turkish Games for Health and Recreation Turkish Games for Health and Recreation: Scanned pages from the book by Barbara K. Walker and Warren S. Walker; e-text of ATON. (Middle Eastern) http://aton.ttu.edu/turkish_games/index.htm Children's Folklore: Jirtdan Children's Folklore: Jirtdan: One of the most popular and beloved fairy tales in Azerbaijan, with an introduction. (Middle Eastern) http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_children.html Timor Timor: A Chechen tale. (Middle Eastern) http://www.fables.org/winter02/timor.html The Bald Boy Kelo?lan and the Most Beautiful Girl in the World The Bald Boy Kelo?lan and the Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Exploration by H. Paksoy of Kelo?lan, an archetype from Turkish folktales, illustrated with stories. (Middle Eastern) http://www.ku.edu/carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-8/The_Bald_Boy_Keloglan_and_the_Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_the_World.pdf Suite101.com: Arabian Folktales and Storytelling Suite101.com: Arabian Folktales and Storytelling: Sketch of Arabic story telling, particularly in Palestinian society, and three folktales from the book "Arab Folktales" by Inea Bushnaq. (Middle Eastern) http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/arab_culture_and_identity/26784 The Passion and the Magic: Distinctions of Arabic Folktales The Passion and the Magic: Distinctions of Arabic Folktales: Article by Fatme Sharafeddine Hassan on some characteristic elements of Arabic folktales. (Middle Eastern) http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/000/070/079/al-jadid/aljadid-magic.html Mandaean Oral Traditions and Folkore Mandaean Oral Traditions and Folkore: Legends and myths of the Mandeans, a religious community in Iraq and Iran. (Middle Eastern) http://www.geocities.com/mandaeanworld1/oral.html