Girša Etkins' folklore collection of Latvian Jews
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Girša Etkins' folklore collection of Latvian Jews
Girša Etkins' collection of Latvian Jewish folklore holds 515 units. The collection is written down in two kinds of Yiddish orthography and translated into Latvian and Russian. It includes proverbs, sayings, beliefs, anecdotes, imprecations, swearwords, explanations of Yiddish words in Latvian, and a description of Latvian and Jewish relationship in Rēzekne.
The folklore collector Girša Etkins was born in Rēzekne in 1895. He was a teacher and translator, since 1926 he started to collect Jewish folklore. His first Jewish folklore collection was destroyed during the German occupation, but the second one was submitted to Latvian Folklore Archives at the end of 1946.
| Thumbnail | Unit number | Title | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muša var to aiznest uz astes | proverb | ||
| 2 | Mātei ir stikla acis | proverb | ||
| 3 | Ja liek mutē, atrod kaulos | proverb | ||
| 4 | Viņš nezin, kur durvis atveras | proverb | ||
| 5 | Mirt nekad nav pa vēlu | proverb | ||
| 6 | Viņš ir gudrs priekš sevis | proverb | ||
| 7 | Septiņi gadi vedekla mājā un nezin, ka kaķim nav astes | proverb | ||
| 8 | Ja zvana, tad svētki | proverb | ||
| 9 | Kā klāj, tā guļ | proverb | ||
| 10 | Piemini eņģeli, bet nāk baznīckungs | proverb | ||
| 11 | Mazi bērni - mazas bēdas, lieli bērni - lielas bēdas | proverb | ||
| 12 | Kad nabags priecājas, visi to redz | proverb | ||
| 13 | Teikts meitai, bet domāts vedeklai | proverb | ||
| 14 | Ņēmējs nav devējs | proverb | ||
| 15 | Kas nāk agrāk, tas maļ agrāk | proverb | ||
| 16 | Arī lāci var iemācīt dancot | proverb | ||
| 17 | Kad cērp aitas, jēriņi dreb | proverb | ||
| 18 | Sev abas acis, lai tikai viņam viena | proverb | ||
| 19 | Uz rītdienu lai dievs gādā | proverb | ||
| 20 | Arī nelaimē laime vajadzīga | proverb |
| Thumbnail | Type | Number of file | Languages | Transcription (text) | Metadata | Transcription (music) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_001 | lv | Yes | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_002 | lv | Yes | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_003 | lv | No | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_004 | lv | No | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_005 | lv | No | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_006 | lv | No | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_007 | lv | No | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_000_008 | lv | Yes | No | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_001 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_002 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_003 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_004 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_005 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_006 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_007 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_008 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_009 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_010 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_011 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No | |
 | Manuscript | 1791_012 | yi, lv, ru | Yes | Yes | No |