Simla Village Tales; Or, Folk Tales from the Himalayas
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About This Book
Many of the stories have been passed down by word of mouth. Long before the radio and television ever existed, people spent hours around fires telling stories for entertainment.
Chapters (66)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE CAUSE OF A LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE OWL AND THE KITE
- A MONKEY OBJECTS TO CRITICISM
- THE DEAD MAN’S RING
- THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
- THE REAL MOTHER
- THE PRINCESS SOORTHE
- THE SNAKE’S BRIDE
- THE POWER OF FATE
- THE OLD WITCH WHO LIVED IN A FOREST
- KULLOO, A FAITHFUL DOG
- THE STORY OF GHOSE
- THE VIZIER’S SON AND THE RAJAH’S SON
- THE RAJAH’S SON AND THE VIZIER’S SON
- BEY HUSLO
- THE STORY OF PANCH MAR KHAN
- THE RABBIT AND THE BARBER
- RUPA AND BISUNTHA
- SHEIK CHILLI
- SHEIK CHILLI
- THE MONKEY, THE TIGER, AND THE PRINCESS
- THE JACKAL AND THE GUANA
- THE STORY OF THE BLACK COW
- THE BRAHMIN AND THE WILD GEESE
- THE FOUR-GIFTED PRINCESS
- THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
- THREE WISE MEN AND THE KING’S DAUGHTER
- BARBIL’S SON
- THE TIGER AND THE RATS
- THE ADVENTURES OF A BIRD
- THE LEGEND OF NALDERA TEMPLE
- THE BUNNIAH’S WIFE AND THE THIEF
- WHO STOLE THE RUBY?
- THE STORY OF VICKRAMADIT
- THE WEAVER
- THE DOG WHO WAS A RAJAH
- THE FOURTH WIFE IS THE WISEST
- THE STORY OF PIR SAB
- THE ORIGIN OF A RIVER
- THE GOLDEN SCORPIONS
- THE STORY OF A PEARL
- THE BUNNIAH’S GHOST
- BICKERMANJI THE INQUISITIVE
- THE BRAHMIN’S DAUGHTER
- ABUL HUSSAIN
- THE MAGICIAN AND THE MERCHANT
- THE SNAKE AND THE FROG
- THE BARBER AND THE THIEF
- THE STORY OF PURAN
- TABARISTAN
- THE PAINTED JACKAL
- THE ENCHANTED BIRD, MUSIC, AND STREAM
- THE DOG TEMPLE
- THE BEAUTIFUL MILKMAID
- A REMEDY FOR SNAKE-BITE
- A LEGEND OF SARDANA
- THE STORY OF “BUNJARA TULLAO”
- THE ANAR PARI, OR POMEGRANATE FAIRY
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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