101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition

Focusing on the historical and comparative aspects of folk narratives, this book explores over one hundred tales from Middle Eastern Muslim literatures that have influenced Western oral traditions. Ulrich Marzolph applies specific criteria to select narratives that either originate from or were transmitted by Middle Eastern sources and recorded by Western narrators in the 19th or 20th century. The work emphasizes the enduring impact of these "Oriental" tales on Western culture, highlighting their significance in popular tradition.