Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq

This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking (‘Syriac’) Christians, Kurdish Muslims and—to a lesser extent—Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on la...

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Main Authors: Khan, Geoffrey, Mohammadirad, Masoud, Habeeb Hanna, Lourd, Molin, Dorota
Format: Online
Language:English
Kurdish
Syriac, Modern
Published: Open Book Publishers 2022
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Online Access:OCN: 1334726116
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Molin, Dorota
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description This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking (‘Syriac’) Christians, Kurdish Muslims and—to a lesser extent—Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples of glossed texts in each language variety. The second volume is the anthology proper, presenting folklore narratives in several distinct varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic and Northern and Central Kurdish. The stories are accompanied by English translations. The material includes different genres such as folktales, legends, fables and anecdotes, and is organised into seven thematic units. The folkloristic material of these three communities is shared to a large extent. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the intimate and long-standing relations between these three ethno-religious communities—relations that existed in a multilingual environment centuries before the modern era of nationalism.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-877142025-03-15T22:09:03Z Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq Khan, Geoffrey Mohammadirad, Masoud Habeeb Hanna, Lourd Molin, Dorota Al-Zebari, Eliya Emmanuel, Aziz Abraham, Salim Aramaic-speaking Jews;Aramaic-speaking (‘Syriac’) Christians;ethno-religious communities;folklore narratives;Kurdish Muslims;North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic;Northern and Central Kurdish;northern Iraq This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking (‘Syriac’) Christians, Kurdish Muslims and—to a lesser extent—Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples of glossed texts in each language variety. The second volume is the anthology proper, presenting folklore narratives in several distinct varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic and Northern and Central Kurdish. The stories are accompanied by English translations. The material includes different genres such as folktales, legends, fables and anecdotes, and is organised into seven thematic units. The folkloristic material of these three communities is shared to a large extent. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the intimate and long-standing relations between these three ethno-religious communities—relations that existed in a multilingual environment centuries before the modern era of nationalism. 2022-07-14T04:03:04Z 2022-07-14T04:03:04Z 2022-07-13T13:29:18Z 2022 book OCN: 1334726116 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57390 9781800647695 9781800647701 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87714 eng kur syr open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57390/1/9781800647718.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57390/1/9781800647718.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57390/1/9781800647718.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0307 10.11647/OBP.0307 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781800647695 9781800647701 ScholarLed 604 Cambridge open access
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