Beautiful Angiola The Great Treasury Of Sicilian Folk And Fairy Tales – Jack Zipes (1)

Soon thereafter Giufà began to tell everyone: “I brought my mother a large pot filled with money that I found beneath a pile of rocks.” When the people heard this, they went to the court and filed charges against him before a judge. Then the magistrates went to Giufà’s mother and said, “Your son has been telling people everywhere that you’ve kept a pot of money that he had found. Don’t you know that one must give the court any money that’s found?” “Gentlemen, oh my gentlemen,” yammered the woman, “do you really want to believe everything that my dumb Giufà says in broad day- light?

How much more do I have to suffer as his poor mother? My son will be the end of me. I don’t know the first thing about a pot with money.” “But, Mother,” Giufà cried, “don’t you remember? I brought you the pot during the day, and that very same night the baby Jesus threw me dates and raisins down from Heaven.” “Don’t you see how dumb he is? He doesn’t know what he’s saying,” his mother declared. Indeed, the magistrates agreed and went away thinking, “Giufà is truly much too dumb!”

Giufà and the Door Another time his mother wanted to go to mass and said to Giufà, “Pull the door behind you when you leave, Giufà.” When his mother was in the church for mass, Giufà lifted the door out of its sockets and pulled it to his mother in the church. “Here’s the door, Mother,” he said.

Giufà and the Hen There was another time that his mother wanted to go to mass in the church. “Giufà,” she said, “pay attention to the hen and make sure she doesn’t leave her eggs. Also, make sure you give her something to eat.” When his mother was away, Giufà gave the hen some bran and in the process became hungry himself.

Because he found nothing to eat in the house, he took the hen, slaughtered it, cooked it, and ate it all up.

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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sicilianische Märchen. English Beautiful Angiola : the great treasury of Sicilian folk and fairy tales / collected by Laura Gonzenbach ; translated by Jack Zipes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-415-96808-9 (HB : alk. paper) 1. Folklore—Italy—Sicily. 2. Folklore—Italy—Sicily—Classification.

I. Gonzenbach, Laura, 1842-1878. II. Zipes, Jack David. III. Title. GR177.S5G6 2004 398.2’09458—dc21 2003011944 TO LUISA RUBINI WITH GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION LAURA GONZENBACH’S BURIED TREASURE xi A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxix 1. SORFARINA 1 2. THE GREEN BIRD 9 3. THE SNAKE WHO BORE WITNESS FOR A MAIDEN 18 4.

THE SISTER OF MUNTIFIURI 21 5. THE STORY ABOUT CICCU 28 6. COUNT PIRO 41 7. BEAUTIFUL ANGIOLA 47 8. BETTA PILUSA 52 9. LIGNU DI SCUPA 59 10. DON GIOVANNI DI LA FORTUNA 63 11. FEDERICO AND EPOMATA 68 12. THE FEARLESS YOUNG MAN 81 13. CARUSEDDU 85 vii CONTENTS
 14. HOW SAINT JOSEPH HELPED A YOUNG MAN WIN THE DAUGHTER OF A KING 96 15.

THE COURAGEOUS MAIDEN 103 16. THE HUMILIATED PRINCESS 107 17. RAGS AND LEAVES 112 18. THE BRAVE SHOEMAKER 118 19. PRINCE SCURSUNI 123 20. MARIA AND HER BROTHER 130 21. AUTUMUNTI AND PACCAREDDA 138 22. GIUF `A 144 23. THE MAGIC CANE, THE GOLD DONKEY, AND THE LITTLE STICK THAT HITS 157 24. THE SINGING BAGPIPE 161 25. GIOVANNI AND KATERINA 166 26. THE SHEPHERD WHO MADE THE PRINCESS LAUGH 174 27.

BEAUTIFUL CARDIA 179 28. QUADDARUNI AND HIS SISTER 185 29. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN 195 30. PAPERARELLO 202 31. THE LION, HORSE, AND FOX 208 32. GIUSEPPINU 210 33. CRIV `OLIU 216 34. SAINT ONIRI `A 219 35. THE ABBOT WHO RESCUED THE PRINCESS 225 36. FATA MORGANA 234 37. THE PIG KING 243 38. THE COURAGEOUS PRINCE AND HIS MANY ADVENTURES 252 39. THE KING WHO WANTED A BEAUTIFUL WIFE 263 40. FERRAZZANU 266 41. SCIAURANCIOVI 269 viii Contents 42.

CACCIATURINO 274 43. THE VIRGIN MARY’S CHILD 282 44. THE STORY ABOUT OHMY 287 45.

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