Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural

Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural
ISBN-10
0195067266
ISBN-13
9780195067262
Category
Social Science
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
1991-12-12
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Howard Schwartz

Description

Tales of terror and the supernatural hold an honored position in the Jewish folkloric tradition. Howard Schwartz has superbly translated and retold fifty of the best of these folktales. Gathered from countless sources ranging from the ancient Middle East to twelfth-century Germany and later Eastern European oral tradition, these captivating stories include Jewish variants of the Pandora and Persephone myths.

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