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Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
Author: Gertrude Landa
Publisher: Bloch Publishing Co., Inc.
Year: 1943
Source: Project Gutenberg

Without illustrations

The very cordial welcome given to my earlier volume of "Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables" has prompted me to draw further upon Rabbinic lore in the interest, chiefly, of the children. How the wise Rabbis of old took into account the necessities of the little ones, whose minds they understood so perfectly, is obvious from such legends as those dealing with boyish exploits of the great Biblical characters, Abraham, Moses, and David. These I have rewritten from the stories in the Talmud and Midrash in a manner suitable for the children of to-day.

I have ventured also beyond the confines of these two wonderful compilations. There is a wealth of delightful imagination in the legends and folk-lore of the Jews of a later period which is almost entirely unknown to children. I have drawn also on these sources for some of the stories here presented. My desire is to give boys and girls something Jewish which they may be able to regard as companion delights to the treasury of general fairy-lore and childish romance.

(preface)

Content

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.