Exempla of the Rabbis, Tale 334

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 334

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 16, 2025

Grateful Dead.

Pesikta, f. 164 a.

Tanh. Deut. Haazinu

§8.

Adhan, Bineot Deshe, f. 25 b.

Shaare Jerushalayim, p. 88—90, No. 4.

Sef. Hamaasiyot ed. Araki Cohen ch. 90. Archiv f. Slav. Phil. V, p. 40 f. and Kohler's note, p. 43.

Arnasson Aefintyri, II,

473—479-

Bergstrasser, Neu-Aram. Mar. Ma’lula, No. 17,

p- 55 ff-

Bleichsteiner, Kaukas. Forschungen. Z. V. Vlksd. 1920/22, p. 83. Bolte & Polivka III, No. 218, p. 490 ff. cf. Chudjakow, Russ.

Marchen p. 165—168. Cosquin, Contes, No. 19 & I, p. 214 ft. cf. Ey, Harzmarchen, p. 64ft, 113.

Gaster, Quellenkunde, Germania, 1880, p. 199 ft.

cf. Gerould, Grateful Dead, Folk Lore Society, London 1908. Gruntvig, Gamle Dans- ke Minder, p. 77 ft.; 105.

cf. Kohler, Or. & Occid. II, 174ft.; III, 93 to 103.

cf. Leger, Contes Populates Slaves No. 13. Meier, Schwab. March., No. 42.

Simrock, Guter Gerhard, p. 46 ff. cf. Waldau, Bohmisch.

Marchen.

(Nos. 439, 440.)

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