| Description |
xii, 310 pages : map. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 253-255. |
| Contents |
Tales of the supernatural. The blind padishah with three sons -- The adventures of Mehmet the Mad -- Hüsnügüzel -- The son of the fisherman -- The young lord and the cucumber girl -- The keloghlan and the köse -- The sultan's forty sons -- Troubles in youth rather than in old age -- The caldron-headed, ax-toothed sister -- The jeweled cage and the evil sister -- Shemsi Bani, padishah of pigeons. |
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Perplexities and ingenious deductions. Caliph Ali and the three son's inheritance -- The guessing children -- Stuck to some great door -- The many dilemmas of the padishah's three sons -- The auspicious dream -- The daughters of the broom thief. |
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Humorous tales. How the three itching peasants won their rewards -- How the three itching peasants won their rewards -- The persistent creditor and the dishonest debtor -- The professor and the man from Kayseri -- Three Kayseri men in a restaurant -- The two bankrupts and the merchant of Kayseri -- Three friends and the innkeeper of Kayseri -- The köse and the sultan -- The clever son and the confused lovers -- The köse who became muhtar -- You should say that, Karagöz! -- The keloghlan who would not tell -- The stubborn keloghlan -- My return from the War of Independence. |
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Moralistic tales. Lazy Ahmet and the padishah's daughter -- Do not do anything without considering its end -- Solomon and the vulture -- The wise old weaver -- The ugly padishah and the wise vezir -- The two hunchbacks and the Wednesday witches. |
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Köroghlu. How Köroghlu became an outlaw -- The early life of Hasan Bey. |
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Anticlerical tales. Piety in excess -- The immoral khoja and the daughter of the aga -- Crazy Mehmet and the three priests. |
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Anecdotes. How to behave in heaven -- Nasreddin Khoja and Tamerlane -- How long will it take? -- Nasreddin Khoja dividing five eggs -- Nasreddin Khoja and the overcrowded bed -- Nasreddin Khoja and God's son-in-law -- Nasreddin Khoja in God's watermelon patch -- Nasreddin Khoja does what a human being should -- Nasreddin Khoja as witness in court -- Bekri Mustafa as ferryman -- Bekri Mustafa as muezzin -- Bekri Mustafa forgives his enemy -- Injili Chavush and the distant fire -- Neither in heaven nor on Earth -- The offensive excuse -- The horse's kick -- The Bektashi in the mosque -- The traveling Bektashi -- Haroun's creatures and God's -- The Bektashi and the beggar -- Allah gives a thousand for one through a Bektashi -- The bektashi and the khoja -- The kadi and Karabash -- The kadi and the forty witnesses -- Let us not go too deeply into that. |
| Subject |
Tales -- Turkey.
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| Added Author |
Walker, Warren S.
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Uysal, Ahmet Edip, author.
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