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ⵙⴻⴱⵄⴰ ⵉⵙⵔⴰⴽⴰⵙⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵣⵣⵉⵡ

ⵉⵍⵍⴰ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⵉⴷⴷⴰ ⵜⵜⴰⵏ ⴷ ⵜⵡⴰⵛⵓⵏⵜ ⵏⵏⴻⵙ ⵙ ⵓⵇⵏⵉ. ⵉⵏⵏⴰ ⴷⴰⵙ ⵉⵎⵣⴷⴰⵖ: "ⵔⵓⵃ ⵜⵅⴷⴷⵎⴻⴷ!" ⴼⴼⵖⴻⵏ, ⵉⵜⵜⵓⴼⴽ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⴷⴻⴳ ⵓⴱⵔⵉⴷ ⵉⴷⴰⵙ ⵉⵏⵏⴰ: "ⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵜⵔⵓⵃⴷ ⴷ ⵓⵔ ⴷⴰⵔⴽ ⵡⴰⵍⵓ?" ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵖ ⵜ ⵖⵔ ⵓⵅⴰⵎ ⵏⵏⴻⵙ, ⵉⴷⴷⴰⵢⵙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴷⴻⵙ, ⵉⴼⴽⴰ ⴷⴰⵙ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵎⵏⵣⵓ. ⵎⴰⵛⴰ ⵉⴷⴰⵙ ⵉⵏⵏⴰ: "ⵓⵔ ⵜⵉⵏⵉⴷ ⵉ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⴷ-ⵢⵓⵍⴰ ⵡⵓⵔⵔⵉⵖ ⴰⴷ." ⵉⵏⵏⴰ: "ⵛⵛⴻⴽⴽ."
ⵎⴰ ⵉⵖⵓⵍ ⵖⵔ ⵜⵡⴰⵛⵓⵏⵜ ⵏⵏⴻⵙ, ⵙⵙⵓⵍⵏ ⴷⴰⵙ: "ⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⴷ-ⵜⵓⵙⵉⴷ ⴰⵢⴰ?" ⵉⵏⵏⴰ: "ⵓⵔ ⵣⵎⵔⵖ ⴰⴷ ⴰⵡⵏ ⵉⵏⵉⵖ." ⴰⵔ ⵜ-ⵙⵔⵙⴰⵏ ⴰⵔ ⴷ-ⵜⵏⵏⴰ ⵜⵉⵣⵡⵉⵔⵉ. ⵎⴰ ⵉⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔⵓ ⵎⴰⵙ ⵉⴼⵙⵙⴰⵙ ⴰⵅⴼⴰ, ⵉⴷⵔⴻⵙ, ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵖ ⵅⴼ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⴽⵓⵍⵍⵓ ⵎⴰ ⵉⴼⴽⴰ ⴷⴰⵙ.
ⴼⴼⵖ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⵓⵍⴰⴷ ⵙ ⵡⴰⵍⵓ. ⴷⴻⴳ ⵓⴱⵔⵉⴷ ⵉⵜⵜⵓⴼⴽ ⵙⴻⴱⵄⴰ ⵉⵙⵔⴰⴽⴰⵙⵏ ⵉⵏⵏⴰⵏ ⴷⴰⵙ: "ⴰⵔ ⴷ-ⵉⴽ!" ⵉⴷⴷⴰ ⴷⴰⵖ, ⴽⵛⵎⵏ ⵖⵔ ⵓⵅⴰⵎ ⵏ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⵉⵡ, ⵙⵙⵔⴽⵙⵏ ⵜ. ⵎⴰ ⵉⴱⵖⴰⵏ ⴰⴷ ⵙⵎⵓⵏⵏ ⵜⴰⵔⵡⴰ, ⵉⴽⴽⴰⵣ ⵡⴰⵡⴰⵍ ⵙⴳⵓⵔⵙⵏ. ⵉⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵓⵡⴰⵍⵉ ⵎⴰⵙ ⵜⴳⴰⵏ ⵉⵙⵔⴰⴽⴰⵙⵏ, ⵙⵔⵙⵏ ⵜⵏ ⴷⴻⴳ ⵓⵙⵔⵓⵊ. ⵎⴰⵛⴰ ⵓⵔⴳⴰⵣ ⵉⵏⵏⴰ ⵉ ⵓⵡⴰⵍⵉ: "ⵓⵔ ⵙⵔⵉⴽⵖ ⵡⴰⵍⵓ, ⵉⵜⵜⵓⴽⵔⴰ ⵢⵉ." ⵉⵎⵎⵉⵔⵉ ⵓⵡⴰⵍⵉ, ⵉⵔⵎⵙ ⵜ, ⵉⵏⵏⴰ ⴷⴰⵙ: "ⴰⵡⴻⴹ ⵖⵔ ⵓⵎⵏⵣⵓ ⵏⵏⴽ ⵜⵔⵓⵃⴷ." ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵖ ⵜ, ⵉⵖⵓⵍ ⵖⵔ ⵜⵡⴰⵛⵓⵏⵜ ⵏⵏⴻⵙ ⴷ ⵓⵏⵥⴰⵕ.
ⴰⵙⵡⵉⵔ: ⵜⴰⴷⴱⴱⴰⵣⵜ ⵜⵓⴼⴰ ⵜⵉⴳⵏⵉ ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ. (ⵉⵎⵖⵔⴰⵏ)
ⵉⵜⵜⵓⵔⵡⵉ ⴷⴻⴳ 1916 ⵙⴳ ⵓⵢⵢⴰⵙ ⵏ ⵎ. ⴱ. ⵙⴰⵄⵉⴷ, ⵉⴼⵍⵍⴰⴷⵏ, ⵉⵎⵖⵔⴰⵏ.

ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵓⵙⵜ ⴰⴷ ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵓⴽⴽⴰ ⵙⴳ ⵓⴷⵍⵉⵙ Contes berbères du Maroc ⵏ ⵉⵎⵉⵍ ⵍⴰⵡⵓⵙⵜ (1949). ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔ ⴷ ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵓⵙⵏⴼⵍ ⵉ ⵓⵙⵍⵎⴻⴷ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵏⵎⴰⵍⴰ ⴰⴷⵍⵙⴰⵏ ⵙⴳ Morocco Hykayat.

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About Moroccan Folktales

Moroccan folktales (Hykayat in Arabic, Tinfas in Tamazight) are an ancient form of oral literature, once kept alive for centuries by storytellers — known as hlaykia — in Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fnaa square and villages across the country. Read more about this tradition →

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