Item
Persian Folk and Fairy Tales
- Title
- en_US Persian Folk and Fairy Tales
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Anne Sinclair Mehdevi
- Creator
- en_US Mehdevi, Anne Sinclair See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Kennedy, Paul E.
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:53:00Z
- en_US 1992-12
- en_US 1965
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:53:00Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1965
- Abstract
- en_US Most of the eleven stories here are indeed fairy tales, which I have not examined in detail. But one seems clearly developed from Aesop: Ruba and the Stork (44). Ruba is a fox, and the story follows the basic pattern of the Aesopic fable, with the following variations. At first, Ruba invites Madam Stork to a meal, thinking of the delightful young storks of hers that he will eat someday. Mr. Stork corrects the misunderstanding after accepting the invitation. Ruba now has no reason to offer a decent meal. In fact, he offers honey on flat plates. For the return invitation, the stork carries the fox up to his nest after the fox turns down a first invitation. There the fox can see all sorts of desirable, edible bird babies before his revenge-meal is served. The story has a second phase. The storks actually entrust their babies to Ruba and lose one to him but then see the feathers on his cheeks. Mr. Stork carries Ruba up to dizzying heights and drops him. There is a good, hairy illustration of the fable on 47. There are good faces in other illustrations (e.g., 37).
- Identifier
- en_US 1349 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Alfred E. Knopf
- en_US New York
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.M5 Pe 1965 See all items with this value
- en_US Persian See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books