The story of the apple repeatedly given from person to person is found in variants ranging as far as India, which shows the flexible usefulness of this edifying tale and complicates tracing it to a particular origin.

An apple between folktales, rumors, and novellas: Malalas 14.8 and its oriental parallels

T. Braccini
2018-01-01

Abstract

The story of the apple repeatedly given from person to person is found in variants ranging as far as India, which shows the flexible usefulness of this edifying tale and complicates tracing it to a particular origin.
2018
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http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/16142
Malalas, Eudocia, Theodosius II, Apple, Folktale, Arabian Nights, Vikramacarita, Rumors
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