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Giufà, or Giucà as he is referred to in some areas of the country, is a character of Italian folklore. His antics have been retold and memorized through centuries of oral tradition. Although the anecdotes from his life mainly revolve around the southern Italian and Sicilian lifestyle, his character traits are visible in the folk characters of many Mediterranean cultures. In fact, scholars suggest that the character Giufà developed from stories of Nasrudin, a Turkish folk character. It is believed that during Islamic rule of the island of Sicily, stories of this man (known in Arabic as Juha) were absorbed into the Sicilian oral tradition, transformed to exemplify cultural norms and eventually transmitted throughout southern Italy. Although Giufà is most often recognized as the "village fool

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  • Giufà, Giuca o Vardiello, aquest últim a la Campània -es troba a Lo cunto de li cunti de Giambattista Basile-, és un personatge de ficció en la tradició oral popular de Sicília i judeocastellà. (ca)
  • Giufà, or Giucà as he is referred to in some areas of the country, is a character of Italian folklore. His antics have been retold and memorized through centuries of oral tradition. Although the anecdotes from his life mainly revolve around the southern Italian and Sicilian lifestyle, his character traits are visible in the folk characters of many Mediterranean cultures. In fact, scholars suggest that the character Giufà developed from stories of Nasrudin, a Turkish folk character. It is believed that during Islamic rule of the island of Sicily, stories of this man (known in Arabic as Juha) were absorbed into the Sicilian oral tradition, transformed to exemplify cultural norms and eventually transmitted throughout southern Italy. Although Giufà is most often recognized as the "village fool", his actions and words usually serve to provide a moral message. It is his peers' reactions, rather than Giufà's outrageous behavior, that are judged at the end of each story. (en)
  • Giufà, appelé parfois Giucà, est un personnage du folklore italien et, plus particulièrement, sicilien. (fr)
  • Giufà, chiamato a volte anche Giucà, è un personaggio letterario della tradizione orale popolare della Sicilia e giudaico-spagnola. Un personaggio analogo ricorre anche, con nomi diversi, in altre tradizioni regionali: Giufà e Jugale in Calabria, Vardiello in Campania, Giuccamatta in Toscana, Ciuccianespole in Umbria.Nella letteratura scritta egli compare, in modo compiuto, nell'opera dell'etnologo Giuseppe Pitrè (1841-1916), celebre studioso di tradizioni popolari e di folclore siciliano tra la fine dell'Ottocento e l'inizio del Novecento, che ne raccolse e riprese le storie popolari diffuse in varie parti della Sicilia. La prima comparsa nella tradizione scritta risale almeno al 1845, quando il personaggio è attestato in un adattamento in lingua italiana di una storia di Venerando Gangi (1748-1816), favolista siciliano. (it)
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  • Giufà, Giuca o Vardiello, aquest últim a la Campània -es troba a Lo cunto de li cunti de Giambattista Basile-, és un personatge de ficció en la tradició oral popular de Sicília i judeocastellà. (ca)
  • Giufà, appelé parfois Giucà, est un personnage du folklore italien et, plus particulièrement, sicilien. (fr)
  • Giufà, or Giucà as he is referred to in some areas of the country, is a character of Italian folklore. His antics have been retold and memorized through centuries of oral tradition. Although the anecdotes from his life mainly revolve around the southern Italian and Sicilian lifestyle, his character traits are visible in the folk characters of many Mediterranean cultures. In fact, scholars suggest that the character Giufà developed from stories of Nasrudin, a Turkish folk character. It is believed that during Islamic rule of the island of Sicily, stories of this man (known in Arabic as Juha) were absorbed into the Sicilian oral tradition, transformed to exemplify cultural norms and eventually transmitted throughout southern Italy. Although Giufà is most often recognized as the "village fool (en)
  • Giufà, chiamato a volte anche Giucà, è un personaggio letterario della tradizione orale popolare della Sicilia e giudaico-spagnola. Un personaggio analogo ricorre anche, con nomi diversi, in altre tradizioni regionali: Giufà e Jugale in Calabria, Vardiello in Campania, Giuccamatta in Toscana, Ciuccianespole in Umbria.Nella letteratura scritta egli compare, in modo compiuto, nell'opera dell'etnologo Giuseppe Pitrè (1841-1916), celebre studioso di tradizioni popolari e di folclore siciliano tra la fine dell'Ottocento e l'inizio del Novecento, che ne raccolse e riprese le storie popolari diffuse in varie parti della Sicilia. La prima comparsa nella tradizione scritta risale almeno al 1845, quando il personaggio è attestato in un adattamento in lingua italiana di una storia di Venerando Gangi (it)
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  • Giufà (ca)
  • Giufà (en)
  • Giufà (fr)
  • Giufà (it)
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