The Fable of the Beetle in Contemporary Aramaic and Kurmanji

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Charles G.HäberlSergeyLoesovThe Fable of the Beetle in Contemporary Aramaic and Kurmanjihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7HJMLZXJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7HJMLZXJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7HJMLZXJAramaic Studies20:1202272-99The fable of an insect and a mouse (or some other animal), who marry and embark on a life together, only to end in tragedy, is widely disseminated from the Mediterranean region to India. One version involving a beetle (Ṭuroyo <i>keze</i>, Kurmanji <i>kêz</i>) circulates throughout Anatolia and Iraq. The following Ṭuroyo and Kurmanji version was recorded during the 2020 summer field season of the Russian expedition to Ṭur Abdin in the village of Dērqube from a speaker of the Bequsyone dialect. She relates the narrative portions of the fable in Ṭuroyo, but switches to Kurmanji for its versified portions. In addition to the text and a translation, this study includes an interlinear glossing. It also discusses the motifs of the fable according to the standard classification scheme, as well as its relationship to other attested versions collected in various languages including Arabic, Kurmanji, and Turkish. Häberl, Charles G., and Sergey Loesov. “The Fable of the Beetle in Contemporary Aramaic and Kurmanji.” Aramaic Studies 20:1 (2022): 72–99. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10027. Charles G. Häberl and Sergey Loesov, The Fable of the Beetle in Contemporary Aramaic and Kurmanji, Aramaic Studies 20:1 (2022): 72–99, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10027.HahKurdsModern SyriacMuslim-Christian relationsTuroyoXIX-XXI CEXXI CEanimalsfablesfairy talesfolkloreprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation