Folklore of the Holy Land
Subtitle: Muslim, Christian and Jewish
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789675062568
Description: "Out of centuries of peaceful coexistence among Muslims, Jews and Christians in Palestine, comes this entertaining collection of folklore, written at the start of the twentieth century. Of special interest are the stories of the Jinn, magical beings that correspond to the European 'fairies', folk magic and folklore from all the religions about biblical topics. This work covers the entire gamut of folkloric themes: animals, fools, calendar lore and so on."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A Muḥammadan legend: Introductory and apologetic; title: Section I; title: Treating of traditions concerning the creation, and various saints, sinners, and miracles; title: I A learned Muslim’s ideas on cosmogony; title: II Our father Adam; title: III Noah and Og; title: IV Job and his family; title: V Abraham, “the Friend of God”; title: VI Lot and the tree of the cross; title: VII The deaths of Moses and Aaron; title: VIII David and Solomon; title: IX Al-Khiḍr; title: X Simon the just; title: Notes: Section I; title: Section II; title: Containing legends and anecdotes possibly founded on fact; title: I Bāb al-Khalīl, the Jaffa gate at Jerusalem; title: II Turbet Birket Mamilla; title: III Al-Nabī Dāwūd; title: IV Bāb al-Asbāṭ; title: V Detective stories; title: VI Scraps of unwritten history; title: VII Judgements of Qaraqash; title: VIII The Saragossan Purim; title: IX Sultan Maḥmūd’s autograph; title: X The right answer; title: Notes: Section II; title: Section III; title: Containing stories and anecdotes illustrating social ideas, superstitions, animal and plant-lore, etc; title: I Folks gentle and simple; title: II The secret of success; title: III Origin of three well-known sayings; title: IV Moral tales; title: V The Angel of Death; title: VI The underground folk—our betters—the name of Allah be round about us!; title: VII Nursery tales; title: VIII Satire; title: IX About woman; title: X About animals; title: XI About plants; title: XII About coffee; title: XIII Some magic cures; title: XIV A popular calendar and some sayings; title: Notes: Section III; title: Translation of a typical Kemi’