Reading Notes: Jewish fairy Tales, Part B

setting: Jerusalem post war
weary man traveling though he will not eat or drink what he has with him incase someone needs them more than he does
saw Jerusalem and began to weep, eventually fell asleep
was asleep for 100 years, woke up as if it was a nights sleep and saw the vegetation that regrown from his food supply
made way to the city and found his grandson, he felt like a stranger because so much had changed
he returned to the tree where he fell asleep to sleep again

King for Three days:

cruel warrior who wanted to murder the children of Israel and all jews, thought they were performing a sacred act
wanted to obtain the blessing of the rabbi, rabbi refused to give it
instead he tells the soldier that he will both succeed and fail
succeed: Jerusalem will fall to him making him king, but only for 3 days
warrior gets mad and curses the rabbi if she is wrong in the slightest
rabbi spoke the truth and he left the throne on the third day
warrior goes back to the rabbi to let him know of his failures

The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace:

Sarah-beautiful wife of Abraham, he didn't like how everyone admired her
he concealed Sarah in a box to travel, and go through customs where there was a conflict on the duty of the box
officers opened it and decided to send her to the king
King wanted to buy her from Abraham who he thought was her brother
Abraham was led to a palace and began praying
Sarah was dressed and left alone with the king, she desired to leave with Abraham
King made advances but was struck by a spirit from Abraham's prayers, king thinks Sarah is a witch
King let Abraham and Sarah go as long as the "disease" was rid from him
Abraham restored the king to health and left him with a warning

The Rabbi's Bogey-Man:

Rabbi cannot find a servant to attend the fire on the sabbath for him
people were scared of the Rabbi because of his experiments
decides to make himself a servant with his magic, makes a woman and gives her life
she was obedient and children ordered her to play with them and build a fire
many houses were burnt down as the fire spread, killed the creature as well
Rabbi was imprisoned by the king and demanded he make another creature for him
King allows Rabbi to keep him because possession can not be changed
people were scared, calling the new creature the bogey-man
bogey-man begins to speak for himself wanting to be the King's soldier, tries to break into the synagogue to destroy the holy literature
rabbi takes the parchment from the creature and it dies

The Fairy Frog:

a father summons his child home because his mother and father had fallen ill
gives instructions to mourn the for a week then go to the market and purchase the first thing offered
he is offered a silver case with instructions not to open it until the passover feast, 1000 gold coins
contained a smaller case which contain a frog, they fed it and it grew very large
it ate so much it brought the son and his wife to poverty
the frog began to speak, it said since they treated him well he would grant their wishes
they asked for food and language, the frog led them to the woods to repay them for everything
frog was the fairy son of Adam, could shape shift, went back to original size and left
Fairy tales: flickr

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