Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 3 (of 3)
by H. Parker
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About This Book
Originally published in 1910-14. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
Chapters (123)
- CONTENTS
- STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE
- No. 178 Concerning the Friendship of the Hare and the Parrot
- No. 179 The Deer and its Friends
- The Deer, the Jackal, and the Crow. (Variant a.)
- The Rat and the Turtle that kept the Precepts. (Variant b.)
- No. 180 The Foolish Bird1
- No. 181 The Golden Oriole
- No. 182 The Story of the Vīra Tree Fish-Owls1
- No. 183 The Lion and the Bull’s Trust in Him
- No. 184 The Lizard and the Iguana
- No. 185 The Cobra and the Polan̆gā
- The Widow and the Mungus
- No. 185a The Crab and the Frog
- No. 186 A Louse and a Bug
- STORIES OF THE LOWER CASTES
- STORIES OF THE POTTERS No. 187 The Three Yakās
- No. 188 The Time of Scholars
- STORIES OF THE WASHERMEN No. 189 The Thief called Haranṭikā
- The Dexterous Thief and his Son. (Variant.)
- No. 190 The Story of the Four-Fold Trap1
- No. 191 The Foolish Prince
- No. 192 The Jackal and the Gamarāla
- STORIES OF THE TOM-TOM BEATERS No. 193 The Story of Batmasurā1
- No. 194 The Story of Ayiwandā
- No. 195 The Gamarāla’s Son-in-law
- No. 196 The Story of the Gamarāla’s Son
- No. 197 The Manner in which the Gamarāla buried his Sons
- No. 198 The Story of the Wooden Peacock
- No. 199 The Wicked Step-mother
- No. 200 The Woman who ate by stealth
- No. 201 The Story of the Bitch
- No. 202 The Elephant Guard
- No. 203 The Elephant-Fool
- No. 204 How a Girl took Gruel
- No. 205 The Boy who went to learn the Sciences
- No. 206 The Prince and the Ascetics
- No. 207 The Turtle Prince1
- No. 208 The Gem-set Ring
- No. 209 The Story of the Brāhmaṇa
- No. 210 The Story of a Siwurāla1
- No. 211 How the Poor Man became Wealthy
- No. 212 The Story of Mādampē-rāla
- No. 213 Æwariyakkā
- No. 214 The Horikaḍayā Story
- No. 215 The Story of Bahu-Bhūtayā
- No. 216 The Story of Goḷu-Bayiyā1
- No. 217 The Yakā of the Akaraganē Jungle
- No. 218 The Four Rākshasas
- No. 219 The Story of the Rākshasa
- No. 220 The Thief and the Rākshasas
- No. 221 King Gaja-Bāhu and the Crow
- No. 222 The Assistance which the Snake gave
- No. 223 The Leveret, or the Story of the Seven Women
- No. 224 The Greedy Palm-cat1
- STORIES OF THE WESTERN PROVINCE AND SOUTHERN INDIA
- No. 225 The Wax Horse1
- No. 226 The Three-cornered Hatter1
- No. 227 The Gamarāla who went to the God-World
- The Tusk Elephant of the Divine World (Variant).
- No. 228 The Gamarāla who ate Black Fowls’ Flesh and Hīn-aeṭi Rice
- No. 229 How the Gamarāla drove away the Lion
- No. 230 The Son who was Blind at Night
- No. 231 The Son and the Mother1
- No. 232 Concerning the Heṭṭi Man’s Son
- No. 233 The Fortunate Boy1
- No. 234 How the Daughter-in-law got the Masuran
- No. 235 The Monkey and the Beggar, or the Monkey Appusiññō and the Beggar Babāsiññō
- No. 236 How the Beggar and the King gambled
- No. 237 The Story of the King
- No. 238 The King who learnt the Speech of Animals
- No. 239 The Mad King
- The Kahawana Sowing (Variant)
- No. 240 Concerning the Prince with his Life in his Sword
- No. 241 The Royal Prince and the Heṭṭirāla1
- No. 242 Prince Sokkā1
- No. 243 The Affectionate Prince
- No. 244 The Prince who received the Turtle Shell
- No. 245 Concerning a Prince and a Kinnara Woman
- No. 246 The Way in which the Prince traded
- No. 247 A Princess and a Prince
- No. 248 Concerning a Royal Princess and Two Thieves
- No. 249 How the Nāgayā became the Princess
- No. 250 The Story of the Cobra’s Bite
- No. 251. How they killed the Great-bellied Tambi1
- No. 252 How Mārayā was put in the Bottle
- No. 253 The Woman Pre-eminent in Cunning1
- No. 254 Mātalānā
- No. 255 The Five Lies quite like Truth1
- No. 256 The Three Truths
- No. 257 The False Tale
- No. 258 The Story of Koṭā
- The Flower-Garden Story (Variant)
- No. 259 The Story of Sokkā
- No. 260 The Giant and his Two Friends
- No. 261 How they formerly Ate and Drank
- No. 262 The Gourd Fruit Devil-Dance
- No. 263 The Ascetic and the Jackal
- SOUTH INDIAN STORIES
- No. 264 Concerning the Blind-Eyed Man
- No. 265 The Destiny Prince
- No. 266 The Teacher and his Pupil
- The Teacher and the Bull (Variant a)
- The Brāhmaṇa and the Scholar (Variant b)
- SINHALESE TEXTS OF STORIES
- No. 81 Concerning a Royal Prince and a Princess Rāja-kumārayakut Kumārikāwak gæna
- No. 126 The Story of the Seven Wicked Women Napuru Gǣnu Haddenāge Katantaraya
- No. 134 The Story of the Rākshasa and the Princess Rāksayāgeyi Kumārikāwageyi Katantaraya
- No. 207 The Turtle Prince Ibi Kumārayā
- No. 216 The Story of Goḷu-Bayiyā Goḷu Bayiyæ Kathāwa
- No. 225 The Wax Horse Iṭi Aśwayā
- APPENDIX
- ADDITIONAL NOTES, AND CORRECTIONS, VOLUME I.
- VOLUME II.
- VOLUME III.
- Omitted Incidents.
- INDEX
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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