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050 00 $aGR76$b.W67
245 00 $aWorld tales :$bthe extraordinary coincidence of stories told in all times, in all places /$ccollected by Idries Shah.
250 $a1st ed.
260 0 $aNew York :$bHarcourt Brace Jovanovich,$c1979.
300 $axi, 258 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c31 cm.
520 $aAn illustrated collection of 65 folktales, each with an introduction outlining the appearance of the tale in various cultures.
505 0 $aTales of a parrot (India) -- Dick Whittington (England) -- Don't count your chickens (Spain) -- The hawk and the nightingale (Greece) -- Cecino the tiny (Tuscany) -- Her lover's heart (India) -- The new hand (United States) -- The mastermaid (Norway) -- The hermit (France) -- The maiden wiser than the tsar (Serbia) -- The travelling companion (Denmark) -- The riddles (Turkestan) -- The grateful animals and the ungrateful man (Tibet) -- The value of a treasure hoard (China) -- Patient Griselda (England) -- How evil produces evil (Italy) -- The ghoul and the youth of Ispahan (Persia) -- The pilgrim from paradise (India) -- The blind ones and the matter of the elephant (Afghanistan) -- Anpu and Bata (Egypt) -- God is stronger (Madagascar) -- The happiest man in the world (Uzbekistan) -- The gorgon's head (Greece) -- The Brahmin's wife and the mongoose (India) -- The magic bag (Morocco) -- Catherine's fate (Sicily) -- The desolate island (Palestine) -- Gazelle horn (Tibet) --
505 0 $aTom Tit Tot (England) -- The silent couple (Arabia) -- Childe Rowland (Scotland) -- The tale of Mushkil Gusha (Middle East) -- The food of paradise (Central Asia) -- The lamb with the golden fleece (Europe) -- The man with the wen (Japan) -- The skilful brothers (Albania) -- The Algonquin Cinderella (North American Indian) -- The kindly ghost (Sudan) -- The ass in pantherskin (India) -- The water of life (Germany) -- The serpent (Albania) -- The wonderful lamp (Italy) -- Who was the most generous? (England) -- Cupid and Psyche (Italy) -- The royal detectives (Egypt) -- Conflict of the magicians (Wales) -- False witnesses (Germany) -- The cobbler who became an astrologer (Persia) -- The two travellers (China) -- The fisherman and his wife (Germany) -- Impossible judgement (Spain) -- Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary (Ireland) -- Riquet with the tuft (France) -- The lost camel (India) -- The beggar and the gazelle (Middle East) -- The apple on the boy's head (Iceland) --
505 0 $aThe boots of Hunain (Arabia) -- The three caskets (England) -- The land where time stood still (Romania) -- The man turned into a mule (Spain) -- The fox and the hedgehog (Greece) -- The bird maiden (Arabia) -- The slowest may win the race (Thailand) -- The three imposters (Spain) -- Occasion (Sicily).
650 0 $aTales.
700 1 $aShah, Idries,$d1924-1996.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tWorld tales.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979$w(OCoLC)561786928
776 08 $iOnline version:$tWorld tales.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979$w(OCoLC)608380339
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