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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:40:58 -0600
From: Christopher Maier
Subject: the moon receving tears





Laura asked me for my source for the tale I paraphrased about an
orphan who weeps on the moon, but before I was done reading the rest
of my email I'd received 3 other requests for the source so I'll post
it to the list.

What I have in my quickdex file (an Ancient program for the mac which
provides a simple roladex file for a computer- I use it for all sorts
of quotes and notes on stories) is -
L. Frobenius Volkmarchen der Kabylen, v. 1., Jena, 1921, p. 76
I don't read German (though I recognize enough that I can tell that
the title of the above is Folktales of the Kabylen people, so I'm
sure I read a translation/reworking of the tale somewhere else but
only wrote down the earlier source of the story.
My memory is now whispering to me something about a collection of sky
stories. The book had older library binding. . . (50's or 60's?)
My these memory shreds be helpful! I believe this particular tale
was titled "The First Tears."

Christopher

>Christopher, remarkable wonderful tale that also takes the image toward
>a renewal. perhaps in a world of many stories, one helps the other. do
>you have the source of the Morrocan tale? I feel very inspired and
>nurtured by this conversation. Laura
>
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