ISSN:
0014-6242
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Fabula 〈Berlin〉
Publ. der Quelle:
Berlin : de Gruyter
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 58, No. 3 (2017), p. 335-342
DDC:
51
Abstract:
a recently published Arabic manuscript from the eighteenth century, provides a new version of , also called ( ). Variations of this miracle form the material for several dozens of popular tales and songs collected in Europe during the nineteenth century. was probably translated around the eleventh-twelfth centuries from a Coptic text that included the legend that characterizes , itself derived from a lost Greek original dating back to the fifth or sixth century. It adds another significant milestone in the history of the motif.
DOI:
10.1515/fabula-2017-0029
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/doi/10.1515/fabula-2017-0029
