Indian Fairy Tales
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About This Book
This book is one of a series titled "Folk and Fairy Tales from Many Lands". In this one, editor Joseph Jacobs, takes the reader to mystic India- land of the Hindus. He has compiled legends and tales that have entertained the young people of India for more than a thousand years. There are 30 stories in this book of 310 pages, including "The Tiger", The Brahman and the Jackal" and "The Gold-Giving Serpent".
Chapters (392)
- INDIAN FAIRY TALES
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- INDIAN FAIRY TALES.
- I. PHÚLMATI RÁNÍ.
- II. THE POMEGRANATE KING.
- III. THE CAT AND THE DOG.
- Introduction.
- The Story.
- IV. THE CAT WHICH COULD NOT BE KILLED.
- FOOTNOTE:
- V. THE JACKAL AND THE KITE.
- VI. THE VORACIOUS FROG.
- VII. THE STORY OF FOOLISH SACHÚLÍ.
- VIII. BARBER HÍM AND THE TIGERS.
- IX. THE BULBUL AND THE COTTON-TREE.
- X. THE MONKEY PRINCE.
- XI. BRAVE HÍRÁLÁLBÁSÁ.
- FOOTNOTE:
- XII. THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FATE.
- XIII. THE UPRIGHT KING.
- XIV. LOVING LAILÍ.
- XV. HOW KING BURTAL BECAME A FAKÍR.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XVI. SOME OF THE DOINGS OF SHEKH FARÍD.
- XVII. THE MOUSE.
- XVIII. A WONDERFUL STORY.
- XIX. THE FAKÍR NÁNAKSÁ SAVES THE MERCHANT’S LIFE.
- XX. THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN.
- XXI. THE BÉL-PRINCESS.
- XXII. HOW THE RÁJÁ’S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABÁM.
- XXIII. THE PRINCESS WHO LOVED HER FATHER LIKE SALT.
- XXIV. THE DEMON IS AT LAST CONQUERED BY THE KING’S SON.
- XXV. THE FAN PRINCE.
- XXVI. THE BED.
- FOOTNOTE:
- XXVII. PÁNWPATTÍ RÁNÍ.
- FOOTNOTE:
- XXVIII. THE CLEVER WIFE.
- XXIX. RÁJÁ HARICHAND’S PUNISHMENT.
- XXX. THE KING’S SON AND THE WAZÍR’S DAUGHTER.
- NOTES.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- I.—PHÚLMATI RÁNÍ.
- II.—THE POMEGRANATE KING.
- III.—THE CAT AND THE DOG.
- IV.—THE CAT THAT COULD NOT BE KILLED.
- VI.—THE RAT AND THE FROG.
- VII.—FOOLISH SACHÚLÍ.
- VIII.—BARBER HÍM AND THE TIGERS.
- IX.—THE BULBUL AND THE COTTON-TREE.
- X.—THE MONKEY PRINCE.
- XI.—BRAVE HÍRÁLÁLBÁSÁ.
- XII.—THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FATE.
- XIII.—THE UPRIGHT KING.
- XIV.—LOVING LAILÍ.
- XV.—HOW KING BURTAL BECAME A FAKÍR.
- XVI.—SOME OF THE DOINGS OF SHEKH FARÍD.
- XVII.—THE MOUSE.
- XVIII.—A WONDERFUL STORY.
- FOOTNOTE:
- XIX.—THE FAKÍR NÁNAKSÁ SAVES THE MERCHANT’S LIFE.
- XX.—THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN.
- XXI.—THE BÉL-PRINCESS.
- XXII.—HOW THE RÁJÁ’S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABÁM.
- XXIII.—THE PRINCESS WHO LOVED HER FATHER LIKE SALT.
- XXIV.—THE DEMON IS AT LAST CONQUERED BY THE KING’S SON.
- XXV.—THE FAN PRINCE.
- XXVI.—THE BED.
- XXVII.—PÁNWPATTÍ RÁNÍ.
- XXVIII.—THE CLEVER WIFE.
- XXIX.—RÁJÁ HARICHAND’S PUNISHMENT.
- XXX.—THE KING’S SON AND THE WAZÍR’S DAUGHTER.
- GLOSSARY.
- LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO.
- INDEX.
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