Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends - Softcover

(Gertrude Landa), "Aunt Naomi"

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9781516933952: Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1516933958 ISBN 13: 9781516933952

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

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“How the wise Rabbis of old took into account the necessities of the little ones, whose minds they understood so perfectly, is obvious from such legends as those dealing with boyish exploits of the great Biblical characters, Abraham, Moses, and David..... My desire is to give boys and girls something Jewish which they may be able to regard as companion delights to the treasury of general fairy-lore and childish romance.” -Aunt Naomi.

The tradition of Jewish folklore brims with vivid stories that both entertain and teach. In 1919, "Aunt Naomi" (Gertrude Landa) wrote Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends, a book of 25 fairy tales based on stories of the Jewish interpretations of the Bible. While some of the themes are familiar from contemporary fairy tales and folklore, other stories in this collection are infused with the inimitably Jewish struggle for survival and dignity; all are flavored with a large helping of gentle humor.

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends tells of the boyish exploits of Abraham, Moses, and David, but also includes stories of higgledy-piggledy palaces, beggar kings, quarreling cats and dogs, water babes, bogey-men, magic red slippers, a Talmudic Sinbad, Alexander the Great, and even the story of a star child.

Aunt Naomi strove to create a collection of Jewish delights that boys and girls could add to their treasuries of general fairy-lore and childish romance. In this she succeeded-Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends not only preserves a cultural history, but also is richly entertaining.

The Palace of the Eagles

The Giant of the Flood

The Fairy of Ergetz

The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace

The Red Slipper

The Star Child

Abi Fressah's Feast

The Beggar King

The Quarrel of the Cat and Dog

The Water-Babe

Sinbad of the Talmud

The Outcast Prince