Image Number	R148858_limp.pdf
Reference Number	R148858
Link to Catalogue	<A href=https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44MAN_DRL7_DSManchester~91~1~359849~123764&context=L&vid=MU_NUI&search_scope=BLENDED&tab=local&lang=en_US>UoM online catalogue.</a>
Image Title	Why does the Devil limp?
Parent Work Title	Rumanian bird and beast stories: rendered into English
Creator	Creangă, Ion
Creator Role	Author
Creator	Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939
Creator Role	Translator
Date Created	not before 1916
Publication Details	London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd
Page/Sheet	Inserted after page 64
Image Sequence Number	064
Description	In 1915 Gaster published his work Romanian Bird and Beast Stories (381pp), consisting of a lengthy study in which he presents his views on folklore, followed by his translations of 119 numbered Romanian stories about animals, and three appendices (animal charms, stories from Ahikar, and animal stories from the Hebrew Alphabet of Ben Sira). Gaster found the stories in the published works of several Romanian folklorists, most notably (around two thirds of the stories) from two publications by Simion Florea Marian (1883 and 1903). R148858 is Gaster's own interleaved copy. It shows that he continued to gather and translate animal stories until shortly before his death. The volume contains handwritten notes (mostly references to what Gaster perceived as 'parallels' in various publications), a copy of a letter from Queen Elisabeth of Romania, news paper cuttings with reviews of the book, and inserted leaves with handwritten and typed stories. Below his translation of a story, Gaster usually mentions where he found it (not all references are correct) and when he translated it. Two pages from a Grangerized book. The pages are inserted after page 64. They are typed in blue ink with one line handwritten in black ink at the foot of the first page. The story tells how the Devil tried to make a wolf attack God but God instead makes the wolf attack the devil. The wolf bites him in the foot and so the Devil has a limp. There is an incomplete reference provided on the second page (no page number mentioned): 'Ion Creangă August 1916, p'
Language Code	eng
Subject	Folk-lore, Romanian
Category of Material	Printed
Technique Used	Handwriting
Medium	Ink
Support	Paper
Current Repository	The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance	Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939, former owner
Rights Holder - Image	The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work	The University of Manchester Library
References	Haralambakis, M. 'A Survey of the Gaster Collection in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 89:2 (2013): 10730. Florea, V. Dr. M. Gaster: Reconstituiri biobibliografice: Omul şi Opera (Cluj-Napoca: Editura Fundatiei pentru Studii Europene, 2008), 12754.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd)	2013-02-13
Image Creation Technique	Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm)	2013-05
Metadata Language	eng-GB
