Contents
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Preface |
9 |
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Acknowledgements |
11 |
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Map 1: The languages of Morocco |
13 |
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Map 2: The Tashelhiyt Berber region |
14 |
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INTRODUCTION |
15 |
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1 |
Berber languages |
15 |
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2 |
Tashelhiyt Berber |
15 |
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3 |
About the texts |
16 |
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3.1 Transcription and translation |
16 |
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3.2 Folktale genres |
17 |
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4 |
Bibliography |
17 |
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Appendices: Specimina of the original texts |
19-30 |
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Transcription table |
31 |
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TASHELHIYT BERBER TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS |
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l de Slane |
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1 |
The vizir of the king |
35 |
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2 de Rochemonteix |
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2 |
The king and the Jew |
41 |
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3 Stumme |
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3 |
A story about two children and an ogress |
45 |
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4 |
A story about a woodcutter |
49 |
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5 |
The girl who once lived among the gazelles |
57 |
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6 |
The story of Hmad Unamir |
63 |
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4 Destaing |
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7 |
The jackal and the river |
67 |
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8 |
The negro and the gourds |
69 |
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9 |
The jackal and his children |
69 |
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10 |
The frog and the rain |
69 |
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11 |
The old woman and the mill |
69 |
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12 |
The snake and the rat |
71 |
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13 |
The jackal and the churn skin |
71 |
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14 |
A hare listening |
71 |
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15 |
A hen and its chickens |
73 |
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5 Roux |
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16 |
The hedgehog and the jackal |
73 |
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17 |
The negro and the village council |
75 |
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18 |
A story: "Ihya is not Ihya", or: "Ihya has a beard" |
75 |
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19 |
The cat and the rat |
77 |
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20 |
The intelligence of Baba Ali Amqiyyes |
79 |
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21 |
The dog and the cat |
79 |
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22 |
What are the "marabouts" among the birds? |
83 |
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23 |
Where does the ground of a picket go? |
83 |
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24 |
Sidi Ali Baddi and some women |
85 |
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25 |
Never mind (the price) of a loaf of bread by which one could find the mouth of an Arab |
85 |
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26 |
The old lady, the taleb and the hyena |
87 |
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27 |
"Did you taste it or do you only say: Drink it! " |
87 |
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28 |
A quarrel about pushing one another |
89 |
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29 |
The mouse and the cat |
89 |
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30 |
The donkey and the cat |
91 |
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31 |
A mouse mocking a cat |
91 |
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32 |
The story of Sidi Hmad u Musa, Sidi Mhnd Yaqub and their messenger |
93 |
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33 |
The story of some boys and the kings treasure chamber |
95 |
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6 Eugène |
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34 |
A story about a man and his mother |
107 |
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35 |
A story about the scoundrel of Tinmell |
107 |
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36 |
Si Muhammad Amedjaw |
109 |
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37 |
The story of a taleb |
109 |
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38 |
A story about a man who heard people say: "Amazing" |
111 |
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39 |
The tale of a Sufi |
117 |
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7 Podeur |
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40 |
When the Ayt Smugen grew salt |
123 |
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41 |
A story about a man, his wife and uncle March |
123 |
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42 |
The viper and the man |
l23 |
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43 |
The story about a man who sold honey at the market |
127 |
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44 |
Solomon, the hoopoe and Queen Bilqis |
129 |
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8 Amard |
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45 |
A story about a man and his children |
133 |
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9 Boukous |
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46 |
The woodcutter |
149 |
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47 |
The taleb |
157 |
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10 Leguil |
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48 |
Two friends |
163 |
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49 |
A man, his wife and a hare |
171 |
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50 |
A man, a woman and a cat |
171 |
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51 |
The king and the kofta-seller |
173 |
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52 |
The Hajji and the children of the Jew |
175 |
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53 |
Noah and the panther |
179 |
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54 |
A Marrakshi and his wife |
183 |
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11 Stroomer |
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55 |
Two children |
191 |
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56 |
Lhusayn and his sister |
199 |
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57 |
Zrayfa and Merretelligh |
201 |
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58 |
Khlija |
203 |
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59 |
The boy and death |
205 |
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60 |
A mosque made of honeycombs |
207 |
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61 |
Bladim and his wife |
207 |
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62 |
The hedgehog and the jackal |
209 |
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63 |
Ali Butkuttit and the ogress |
211 |
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64 |
Ali Butkuttit and the thorn |
213 |
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65 |
Donkey eggs |
215 |
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66 |
Briqa and Zrifa |
215 |