Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends

by Gertrude Landa

Overview

This delightful book presents fairy tales based on Talmudic and rabbinic literature. Aunt Naomi was interested in compiling the folklore and legends of the Jewish people, from the earliest times up until the dawn of the modern era. This Folktales are characterized by the presence of unusual personages, by the sudden transformation of men into beasts and vice versa, or by other unnatural incidents.
Illustrated. 25 fairy tales: The Palace of the Eagles, The Giant of the Flood, The Fairy Princess 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, The Story of Bostanai, From Shepherd-Boy to King, The Magic Palace, The Sleep of One Hundred Years, King for Three Days, The Palace in the Clouds, The Pope's Game of Chess, The Slave's Fortune, The Paradise in the Sea, The Rabbi's Bogey-Man, The Fairy Frog, The Princess of the Tower, King Alexander's Adventures.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160946054
Publisher:	Peter Kattan
Publication date:	03/21/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Hannah (Annie Gertrude) nee Gordon Landa was a journalist, novelist and playwright who wrote under the pseudonym Aunt Naomi. She was the sister of Samuel Gordon, the writer, and married Myer Jack Landa, a British Jewish writer. Together they published a number of novels and plays. She wrote a children's column in the Jewish Chronicle and published a book, Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends (1919).