Exempla of the Rabbis, Tale 307

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 307
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Demon in Tree.

Ben Atar, No. 15.

Maase Buch No. 190. Ben Gorion II, p. 203,

353-

cf. Aesop, Fab. 21. Babrius, Fables, No. 1 19. Benfey, Pantschat. I,

476 f; II, 321.

Finamore, Trad. Pop.

Abrev. I, Nos. 7, 36. Habicht, 1001 Nights, 479 th Night, XI, 102. v. d. Hagen, Gesamt- abenteuer, II, 525. v. d. Hagen, 1001 Days, V, 64 ff.

Hitopadesa, 138. Korais, No. 128. Lafontaine, IV, 8. Marchen aus Mentone i. d.,, Romania", 11, 415-

Rosen, Tuti-Nameh II, 244-

Sabatini in Revist. di Lett. Pop. I p. 216, ed. Pitre.

B. Waldis, Esopus, ed. Kurz, Bk. Ill, Fab.

45 I. =P- 333f-; II, note p. 125.

Cod. Br. M. 27189, f. 20b.

30S. Man Who Did Not Swear.

V. No. 378.

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