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Ithaca College - FALL 2012 | ||
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Favorite Folktales from Around the World (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library Series) (Updated Edition) by Jane Yolen (Editor), Neil Gaiman, Emma Bull, Lee Smith, Midori Snyder, Sharyn Mccrumb, Charles De Lint, Elaine Lee Paperback, 498 Pages, Published 1988 ISBN-10: 0-394-75188-4 / 0394751884 ISBN-13: 978-0-394-75188-7 / 9780394751887 Hasan El-Shamy says in his notes that this is an extremely popular story, normally told by women. There are 14 variants in Egypt as well as North Africa and the Berber communities, and it is found as far west as Ireland. It is tale type 707, “The three golden sons," and has a literary history and |