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Indian Fairy Tales.
Title:
Indian Fairy Tales.
Author:
Jacobs, Joseph.
ISBN:
9781775565413
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (349 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Preface -- The Lion And The Crane -- How The Raja's Son Won The Princess Labam -- The Lambikin -- Punchkin -- The Broken Pot -- The Magic Fiddle -- The Cruel Crane Outwitted -- Loving Laili -- The Tiger, The Brahman, And The Jackal -- The Soothsayer's Son -- Harisaman -- The Charmed Ring -- The Talkative Tortoise -- A Lac Of Rupees For A Bit Of Advice -- The Gold-giving Serpent -- The Son Of Seven Queens -- A Lesson For Kings -- Pride Goeth Before A Fall -- Raja Rasalu -- The Ass In The Lion's Skin -- The Farmer And The Money-lender -- The Boy Who Had A Moon On His Forehead And A Star On His Chin -- The Prince And The Fakir -- Why The Fish Laughed -- The Demon With The Matted Hair -- The Ivory City And Its Fairy Princess -- How Sun, Moon, And Wind Went Out To Dinner -- How The Wicked Sons Were Duped -- The Pigeon And The Crow -- Notes And References -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
Soils and national characters differ; but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment. The majority of the tales in this volume have been known in the West in some form or other, and the problem arises how to account for their simultaneous existence in farthest West and East. Some - as Benfey in Germany, M. Cosquin in France, and Mr. Clouston in England - have declared that India is the Home of the Fairy Tale, and that all European fairy tales have been brought...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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