Talk:Dikran Tahta

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[edit] "Armenian folk hero, Nasreddin"

Nasreddin has an Arabic name, and tales are told about him among many peoples, most of them Muslim-majority... AnonMoos 11:55, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I've added an adjective to that effect, although he was also an Armenian folk hero, and that was the context in which Dick encountered him (cf Ararat Associations). Tony —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tony theprof (talk • contribs) 12:15, 15 February 2007.

Jstor has a link to "Armenian Stories of Hodja" by Lucile Vartanian Kirwan. Dick had a book of these Hodja tales, and sometimes used them in his maths teaching, e.g. the paper on Idoneities. The Hodja appears to be the Armenian name for Nasreddin, although under that guise he appears as an Armenian folk hero. --TonyinJersey 11:41, 24 September 2007 (UTC)