Buch, Englisch, 524 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 786 g
Buch, Englisch, 524 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 786 g
Reihe: G. India: Language and Literature
ISBN: 978-0-415-24513-5
Verlag: Routledge
First Published in 2000. This is Volume XIV of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1888, this is a collection of folk-tales by the author who was a missionary who had the primary object in collecting these tales was to obtain some knowledge of Kashmiri, which.is a purely colloquial language; and a secondary object was to ascertain something of the thoughts and ways of the people.
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The seven-legged beast; The cat who became a queen; Good King Hatam; Metempsychosis; The charmed ring; The crow-girl; A lach of rupees for a bit of advice; The ogress-queen; The goldsmith and his friends; The tale of a princess; The prince who was changed into a ram; Saiyid and said; The cruel merchant; The man from Shiraz; Shabrang, prince and thief; The troublesome friend; The wicked stepmother; True friendship; Three blind men; All for a pansa; Pride abrased; The two brothers; The base friend; Haya Band and Zuhra Khotan; The clever jackal; A stupid boy; Four princes turned into stones; The brave princess; Three princes; The diligent king; The ivory city and its fairy princess; A strange request; The unjust king and wicked goldsmith; The philosopher's stone; How the wicked sons were duped; A stupid husband and his clever wife; The prayerful faqir; Unity is strength; The pir of Phattapur; The sagacious governor; Their only ruby; The jackal-king; The black and white beards; The story of a weaver; The robbers robbed; The young gambling merchant; The day-thief and the night-thief; The cunning goldsmith; How the princess found her husband; The clever parrot; The malecontent cured; The stupid peasant; Karm ya Dharm; Four wicked sons and their luck; Sharaf the thief; A king and his treacherous wazir; The shipwrecked prince; Gagar Wol and his servant Ratun; The wicked queens; The four princes; The jogi's daughter; Gullala Shah; Why the fish laughed; Nagray and Himal;
