Editing Nasreddin (section)

== In European and Western folk tradition and literature ==
Some Nasreddin tales also appear in collections of [[Aesop's fables]]. ''[[The miller, his son and the donkey]]'' is one example.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey |url=https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type1215.html |website=pitt.edu}}</ref> Others are "The Ass with a Burden of Salt" ([[Perry Index]] 180) and "[[The Satyr and the Traveller]]".

In [[Albanian folk beliefs|Albanian folk tales]] of [[Albania]] and [[Kosovo]] the name appears as "''Nastradini"''. Part of Nasreddin tales also refer to the protagonist as just "''someone''".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Çetta |first=Anton |title=Kërkime folklorike |publisher=Rilindja |year=1981 |pages=80 |language=Sq}}</ref>

In some [[Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] folk tales that originated during the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] period, the name appears as an [[antagonist]] to a local wise man, named ''[[Sly Peter]]''.

In [[Sicily]] the same tales involve a man named ''[[Giufà]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Migliore |first=Sam |url=https://archive.org/details/maluocchiuambigu0053migl |title=Mal'uocchiu |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1997 |isbn=9780802079220 |page=[https://archive.org/details/maluocchiuambigu0053migl/page/100 100] |quote=giufa. |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]]<ref>Ottoman Legends, Ankara Folklore Convention, Austin Legrasse, Book of Abstracts, p.23</ref> culture, spread throughout the Ottoman Empire, a character that appears in many folk tales is named ''[[Djohá]]''.<ref>[https://ladinokomunita.tripod.com/articles/djoha.html Tripod.com], "Djoha – Personaje – Ponte en la Area del Mediterraneo" by [[Matilda Koen-Sarano]]</ref><ref>[https://www.sefarad.org/judeoespagnol/matilda/matilda.php/id/46/ Sefarad.org], European Sephardic Institute</ref>

In [[Republic of Romania|Romanian]], the existing stories come from an 1853 verse compilation edited by [[Anton Pann]], a philologist and poet renowned for authoring the current [[Romanian anthem]].<ref name="test">{{Cite web |title=Năzdrăvăniile lui Nastratin Hogea |url=https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/N%C4%83zdr%C4%83v%C4%83niile_lui_Nastratin_Hogea |website=wikisource.org}}</ref>

Nasreddin is mostly known as a character from short tales; however, he has also been featured in longer media, such as novels and films. In Russia, Nasreddin is known mostly because of the Russian work ''Возмутитель спокойствия'' by [[Leonid Solovyov (writer)|Leonid Solovyov]] (English translations: "The Beggar in the Harem: Impudent Adventures in Old Bukhara", 1956, and "The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: Disturber of the Peace", 2009<ref name="translit">{{Cite book |last=Solovyov |first=Leonid |url=https://translit.ca/books.html#disturber |title=The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: Disturber of the Peace |publisher=Translit Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-9812695-0-4 |location=Toronto, Canada}}</ref>). The composer [[Shostakovich]] celebrated Nasreddin, among other figures, in the second movement (''Yumor'', "Humor") of his Symphony No. 13. The text, by [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]], portrays humor as a weapon against dictatorship and tyranny. Shostakovich's music shares many of the "foolish yet profound" qualities of Nasreddin's sayings listed above.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

The Graeco-Armenian mystic [[G. I. Gurdjieff]] often referred to "our own dear Mullah Nasr Eddin", also calling him an "incomparable teacher", particularly in his book ''[[Beelzebub's Tales]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 86 Sayings of Mullah Nassr Eddin |url=https://www.endlesssearch.co.uk/gurdjieff_eddin.htm |website=endlesssearch.co.uk |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> Sufi philosopher [[Idries Shah]] published several collections of Nasruddin stories in English, and emphasized their teaching value.