02566nam 22005654a 450 991096884070332120251116165108.09781283805841128380584797808276101490827610149(CKB)1000000000244029(EBL)1062350(OCoLC)818820255(SSID)ssj0000279551(PQKBManifestationID)11223278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279551(PQKBWorkID)10268082(PQKB)11527854(MiAaPQ)EBC1062350(OCoLC)191937369(MdBmJHUP)muse12565(Au-PeEL)EBL1062350(CaPaEBR)ebr10096062(CaONFJC)MIL411834(EXLCZ)99100000000024402920021105d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFolktales of Joha, Jewish trickster /collected and edited by Matilda Koen-Sarano ; translated from the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) by David Herman ; illustrations by Ezra Masch1st ed.Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society20031 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780827607224 0827607229 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Myth of Laughter; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; CHAPTER 11; CHAPTER 12; CHAPTER 13; CHAPTER 14; CHAPTER 15; Narrators' Circle; InformantsJoha has Janus's double face: On the one hand, he is innocent and stupid; on the other, a trickster. He is a cheater and is cheated. He sets traps for others and falls into traps himself; he is simpleton and liar, victimizer and victim. But as a literary figure he never dies. The nearly 300 stories in this lovely volume are from Sephardic oral literature and ethnic culture. They were told to Matilda Koen-Sarano in their original language, Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), and documented over 21 years. From 17 countries, including the United States, they come together in this first-ever collection of Joh398.2/089/924Koén-Sarano Matilda1939-2024.1863065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968840703321Folktales of Joha, Jewish trickster4469478UNINA