ISBN:
9789004278400
,
9004278400
Language:
English
,
Arabic
,
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (volumes)
Series Statement:
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics v. 76
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Corpus of Soqotri oral literature
DDC:
398.209533
Keywords:
Folklore
;
Folk literature, Arabic
;
Oral tradition
;
Sokotri language Texts
;
Sokotri language Texts
;
Translations into English
;
Sokotri language Texts
;
Translations into Arabic
;
Manners and customs
;
Oral tradition
;
Sokotri language
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
;
Folk literature, Arabic
;
Folklore
;
Texts
;
Yemen (Republic) Social life and customs
;
Yemen (Republic)
;
Yemen (Republic) ; Socotra
Abstract:
Preface; Arabic Preface; Abbreviations of Lexicographic Tools; Introduction; The Texts; Text 1. The FaithfulWife; Text 2. The Story of the Makon; Text 3. Rehabhen of the Tribe di-Kishen; Text 4. The Moon Bears Witness Against the Murderers; Text 5. A Boy Sets His Parents on the Straight and Narrow; Text 6. Picking Out a Husband for One's Daughter; Text 7. A Merciful Woman and Diheko; Text 8. di-ˀIzḥ̂amítin; Text 9. Hịmbóbe; Text 10. Tạwíse; Text 11. A Grandfather's Advice on Goats; Text 12. A Crazy Tourist; Text 13. A Woman Prefers a Billy Goat; Text 14. The Goat with One Teat
Abstract:
Text 15. The Mindless ManText 16. ˁÁľi bótˁiľ; Text 17. A Wise Man's Son; Text 18. A Jinni's Kiss; Text 19. Two Brothers a Woman Divides; Text 20. A Mother's Advice to Her Sleeping Baby (a Lullaby); Text 21. A Wondrous Palm; Text 22. A True Friend; Text 23. A Prayer for Rain; Text 24. A Snake from Tuda; Text 25. Ambergris from the Snake; Text 26. A Chaste Woman; Text 27. The Sultan Who Learned the Fear of God; Text 28. A Bone That Kills; Text 29. A Man in Times of Drought; Text 30. The Pernicious Botfly; Appendices; Three Glossed Texts; Glossary; List of Plates; Plates; Bibliography
Abstract:
The Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature is a unique source of grammatical, lexical and folkloristic data about the extremely archaic, yet heavily understudied, Modern South Arabian language Soqotri (island Soqotra, Gulf of Aden, Yemen)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
