{"product_id":"liliths-cave-jewish-tales-of-the-supernatural-paperback","title":"Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirror. It seems that a demon daughter of the legendary Lilith had made her home in the mirror and would soon completely possess the unsuspecting girl. Such tales of terror and the supernatural occupy an honored position in the Jewish folkloric tradition.\u003cbr\u003e Howard Schwartz has superbly translated and retold fifty of the best of these folktales, now collected into one volume for the first time. Gathered from countless sources ranging from the ancient Middle East to twelfth-century Germany and later Eastern European oral tradition, these captivating stories include Jewish variants of the Pandora and Persephone myths and of such famous folktales as \"The Fisherman and His Wife,\" \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice,\" and \"Bluebeard,\" as well as several tales from the Middle Ages that have never before been published.\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on crucial turning points in life--birth, marriage, and death--the tales feature wandering spirits, marriage with demons, werewolves, speaking heads, possession by \u003cem\u003edybbuks\u003c\/em\u003e (souls of the dead who enter the bodies of the living), and every other kind of supernatural adversary. Readers will encounter a carpenter who is haunted when he makes a violin from the wood of a coffin; a wife who saves herself from the demoness her husband has inadvertently married by agreeing to share him for an hour each day; and the age-old tale of Lilith, Adam's first wife, who refused to submit to him and instead banished herself from the Garden of Eden to give birth to the demons of the world.\u003cbr\u003e Drawn from Rabbinic sources, medieval Jewish folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral tradition, these stories will equally entrance readers of Jewish literature and those with an affection for fantasy and the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Schwartz] reaches into a magical cornucopia of folklore and fantasy and spreads before us, in enchanting language, the marvels and shocks of dybbuks, ghosts, demons, spirits, and wizards.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Schwartz\u003c\/strong\u003e has written and edited many books on Jewish subjects, including \u003cem\u003eElijah's Violin \u0026amp; Other Jewish Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGates to the New City\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVoices Within the Ark\u003c\/em\u003e, and the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Captive Soul of the Messiah\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUri Shulevitz\u003c\/strong\u003e is an internationally-known, award-winning author and illustrator of over twenty-five books, including \u003cem\u003eOne Monday Morning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWriting with Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.62 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373634715737,"sku":"9780195067262","price":73.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/fwfnWKNqEs9780195067262.webp?v=1780473184","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/liliths-cave-jewish-tales-of-the-supernatural-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}