Folktales of Joha, Jewish TricksterFolktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster
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eBook, 2003
Current format, eBook, 2003, 1st ed, All copies in use.
eBook, 2003
Current format, eBook, 2003, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats
Joha 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 Joh.
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