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Assyrian stories with English translation

Folktales and accounts of village life told by Assyrian speakers from Urmi, in everyday Sureth with a facing English translation — most with the teller's own recording. Shortest first.

• A Lost Ring 38 words
• Stomach Trouble 41 words
• Lost Money 51 words
• An Orphan Duckling 63 words
• Kindness to a Donkey 64 words
• A Lost Donkey 65 words
• A Close Shave 71 words
• A Sweater to Pay Off a Debt 77 words
• The Angel of Death 82 words
• Am I dead? 90 words
• Ice for Dinner 91 words
• A Donkey Knows Best 95 words
• I Have Died 102 words
• Mistaken Identity 109 words
• The Stupid Carpenter 112 words
• The Cat’s Dinner 115 words
• Problems Lighting a Fire 132 words
• When Shall I Die? 148 words
• Vineyards 156 words
• Trickster 157 words
• The Loan of a Cooking Pot 157 words
• The Purchase of a Donkey 184 words
• No Bread Today 189 words
• The Wife’s Condition 210 words
• The Bird and the Fox 233 words
• The Little Prince and the Snake 242 words
• Star-Crossed Lovers 293 words
• The Wife who Learns How to Work (version 2) 305 words
• Much Ado About Nothing 338 words
• Molasses 366 words
• The Giant One-Eyed Demon 391 words
• Two Birds Fall in Love 412 words
• Weddings 425 words
• A Frog Wants a Husband 460 words
• A Thousand Dinars 471 words
• A Visit from Harun ar-Rashid 488 words
• Events in 1946 on the Urmi Plain 507 words
• The Man who Wanted to Complain to God 513 words
• A Dragon in the Well 525 words
• The Old Man and the Fish 535 words
• St. Zayya’s Cake Dough 555 words
• The Cow and The Poor Girl 578 words
• Village Life 581 words
• Village Life 603 words
• The Dead Rise and Return 636 words
• The Wife who Learns How to Work (version 1) 690 words
• Two Wicked Daughters-in-law 693 words
• The Fisherman and the Princess 702 words
• The Assyrians of Armenia 710 words
• Weddings and Festivals 728 words
• A Pound of Flesh 753 words
• A Painting of the King Of Iran 762 words
• Games 792 words
• Is there a Man with No Worries? 795 words
• Women Do Things Best 834 words
• Women are Stronger than Men 934 words
• Hunting 938 words
• The Wise Young Daughter 1002 words
• The Snake’s Dilemma 1024 words
• The Bald Child and the Monsters 1042 words
• A Dutiful Son 1060 words
• Village Life 1060 words
• Village Life 1259 words
• A Cure for a Husband’s Madness 1281 words
• The Wise Brother 1612 words
• Village Life 1780 words
• The Adventures of a Princess 1896 words
• Agriculture and Village Life 2026 words
• The Adventures of Two Brothers 2129 words
• The Assyrians of Urmi 2262 words
• The Bald Man and the King 2652 words
• Axiqar 2658 words
• The Adventures of Ashur 2717 words
• Village Life 2844 words