- Publication: The Oldest Stories in the WorldPublication Record # 249004
- Author: Theodor H. Gaster
- Date: 1952-00-00
- Publisher: The Viking Press
- Pages: x+238
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: COLLECTION
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Notes: LCCN: "originally translated and retold, with comments, by Theodor H. Gaster" According to the translator and editor, these thirteen stories are literally the oldest in the world. Five are Babylonian, five Hittite, and three Canaanite. All were found written in cuneiform
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External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 689475
Collection Title:
The Oldest Stories in the World • collection by Theodor H. Gaster
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- The Adventures of Gilgamesh • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The War of the Gods • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- Borrowed Plumes • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The Lost Chance • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- How Toothache Came Into the World • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The God Who Disappeared • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The Monster Made of Stone • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The Snaring of the Dragon • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- Kessi the Huntsman • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- Master Good and Master Bad • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The Heavenly Bow • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The King Who Forgot • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
- The Story of Baal • short fiction by Theodor H. Gaster
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