Mary Frere

Old Deccan Days

Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India
Herausgeber: Frere, Bartle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of twenty-four traditional Indian folk tales from the state of Maharashtra, first published in 1868.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781108020770
• ISBN-10: 1108020771
• Artikelnr.: 32130916

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The collector's apology
The narrator's narrative
1. Punchkin
2. A funny story
3. Brave Seventee-Bai
4. Truth's triumph
5. Rama and Luxman, or, the learned owl
6. Little Surya-Bai
7. The wanderings of Vicram Maharajah
8. Less inequality than men deem
9. Panch-Phul Ranee
10. How the sun, the moon, and the wind went out to dinner
11. Singh-Rajah, and the cunning little jackals
12. The jackal, the barber, and the brahmin who had seven daughters
13. Tit for tat
14. The brahmin, the tiger, and the six judges
15. The selfish sparrow and the houseless crows
16. The valiant chattee-maker
17. The Rakshas' palace
18. The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey
19. Muchie-Lal
20. Chundun-Rajah
21. Sodewa-Bai
22. Chandra's vengeance
23. How the three clever men outwitted the demons
24. The alligator and the jackal
Notes.