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Hindoo fairy legends, Old Deccan days : collected from oral tradition /

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A collection of folk tales from India's fairyland where rajas, ranis, rakshas, jackals, magicians, and cobras prevail.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Frere, Mary, 1845-1911 (Compiler), Frere, Bartle, 1815-1884 (writer of supplementary material.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Dover Publications [1967]
Subjects:
Tales > India > Deccan.
Fairy tales > India > Deccan.
Folklore > India.
Fairy tales.
Contes > Inde > Deccan.
Contes de fées > Inde > Deccan.
Fairy tales
Tales
India > Deccan
fairy tales.
Contes de fées.
Table of Contents:
  • Punchkin
  • A funny story
  • Brave Seventee Bai
  • Truth's triumph
  • Rama and Luxman; or, the learned owl
  • Little Surya Bai
  • The wanderings of Vicram Maharajah
  • Less inequality than Men Deem
  • Panch-Paul Ranee
  • How the sun, the moon, and the wind went out to dinner
  • Singh Rajah and the cunning little jackals
  • The jackal, the barber, and the brahman who had seven daughters
  • Tit for tat
  • The brahman, the tiger, and the six judges
  • The selfish sparrow and the houseless crows
  • The valiant chatee-maker
  • The rakshas' palace
  • The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey
  • Muchie-Lal
  • Chundun Rajah
  • Sodewa Bai
  • Chandra's vengeance
  • How the three clever men outwitted the demons
  • The alligator and the jackal.