ISBN:
9781800647718
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 585 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Khan, Geoffrey, 1958 - Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish folklore from Northern Iraq ; Volume 2: Geoffrey Khan, Masoud Mohammadirad, Dorota Molin and Paul M. Noorlander ; in collaboration with Lourd Habeeb Hanna, Aziz Emmanuel Eliya Al-Zebari and Salim Abraham
DDC:
398.2109567
Keywords:
Tales
;
Folklore
;
Kurds Folklore
;
Aramaic language Dialects
;
Christians Texts
;
Christians Folklore
;
Christians Languages
;
Jews Texts
;
Jews Folklore
;
Jews Languages
;
Kurdish language Dialects
;
Kurdish language Texts
;
Aramaic language Texts
;
Kurds Folklore
;
Kurds Languages
;
Folklore
;
Kurds
;
Tales
;
Folklore
;
Iraq Texts Folklore
;
Iraq
;
Iraq ; Kurdistān
;
Kurdistan-Irak
;
Kurden
;
Aramäer
;
Volkskultur
;
Volksliteratur
Abstract:
"This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking ('Syriac') Christians, Kurdish Muslims and-to a lesser extent-Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples of glossed texts in each language variety. The second volume is the anthology proper, presenting folklore narratives in several distinct varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic and Northern and Central Kurdish. The stories are accompanied by English translations. The material includes different genres such as folktales, legends, fables and anecdotes, and is organised into seven thematic units. The folkloristic material of these three communities is shared to a large extent. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the intimate and long-standing relations between these three ethno-religious communities-relations that existed in a multilingual environment centuries before the modern era of nationalism."--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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