Acknowledgments Note from the editor and translator
Introduction: Tracing the trickster in North African folktales
1. Family and Kinship
Djeha and his son
Djeha and the pot
Djeha and the nail
Djeha and the goat hide
Djeha and his mother's shoes
Djeha and the treasure
The burial of Djeha's father
Djeha marries a sultan's daughter
Djeha and his wife
Djeha and his burnous
2. Animal tales
Djeha wants to buy a donkey
Djeha and the rabbit sauce
The raven
Djeha and his donkey
Djeha and the dog
Djeha and the man who wants to borrow his donkey
Djeha and the two oxen
The high-strung horse
The rent
Djeha and the jackal
3. Faces, places, or daily life in the village
Djeha and the miller
Djeha and his friends at the hammam
Djeha and the qadi
Djeha and his Jewish neighbor
Djeha and the local caid
Djeha and the barber
The watermelon
Djeha and his watch
Djeha, the field, and the old woman
Djeha and his rope
4. Foodways
Djeha and the chicken
Djeha and the meat
The roasted kid
Djeha and the people who were eating
Djeha and the bread
Djeha and the owner of the pot
Djeha and the Arab
The turnips
Djeha and the ewe's head
The eggs
5. The intricacies of hospitality: beware of friends and foes
Djeha and his friends
Djeha and his guests
Djeha and his two friends
Djeha and the burglar
Djeha at the feast
Djeha feeds the students
Djeha and the students
Djeha and the thieves
The hosts' pickax
Djeha's hare
6. Religion, death, and the afterlife
Djeha and the ten blind people
Djeha and the Christian
Djeha and the murder victim
The Jew who wanted to see God
Djeha and judgment day
Djeha's knife kills and resuscitates
Djeha in the grave
Djeha and the sheep's head
Eagle-eyed Djeha and his excellent marksmanship
Djeha's death
Appendix
References
Index.