Universität Hamburg, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies
Erscheinungsjahr:
2019
Medientyp:
Text
Schlagworte:
hasty bitch
Alaaba
Guji Oromo
Nuer
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Beschreibung:
The world’s oldest living proverb, from around 3,800 years ago, is found on a tablet from the Assyrian empire. The proverb has been documented from later eras, northwest from the Middle East up into Europe, as far northwestas Britain. Evidence is given here now demonstrating that the proverb is also found to the south of the Middle East, in Ethiopia. In some places, a cat is substituted for the dog, but the Ethiopian evidence indicates that the dog version of the proverb is original.
Lizenzen:
Copyright (c) 2019 Peter Unseth
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Quellsystem:
Aethiopica - International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies