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Indian Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs

Children'sShort storiesabout 7 h 30 min of listening

A collection of fairy tales that exhibits India’s rich folk tale tradition.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Dedication
  3. Preface
  4. The Lion and the Crane
  5. How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam
  6. The Lambikin
  7. Punchkin
  8. The Broken Pot
  9. The Magic Fiddle
  10. The Cruel Crane Outwitted
  11. Loving Laili
  12. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
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  1. The Soothsayer’s Son
  2. Harisarman
  3. The Charmed Ring
  4. The Talkative Tortoise
  5. A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice
  6. The Gold-Giving Serpent
  7. The Son of Seven Queens
  8. A Lesson for Kings
  9. Pride Goeth Before a Fall
  10. Raja Rasalu
  11. The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
  12. The Farmer and the Moneylender
  13. The Boy Who Had a Moon on His Forehead and a Star on His Chin
  14. The Prince and the Fakir
  15. Why the Fish Laughed
  16. The Demon with the Matted Hair
  17. The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess
  18. How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner
  19. How the Wicked Sons Were Duped
  20. The Pigeon and the Crow
  21. Notes and References
  22. I: The Lion and the Crane
  23. II: Princess Labam
  24. III: Lambikin
  25. IV: Punchkin
  26. V: The Broken Pot
  27. VI: The Magic Fiddle
  28. VII: The Cruel Crane Outwitted
  29. VIII: Loving Laili
  30. IX: The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
  31. X: The Soothsayer’s Son
  32. XI: Harisarman
  33. XII: The Charmed Ring
  34. XIII: The Talkative Tortoise
  35. XIV: Lac of Rupees
  36. XV: The Gold-Giving Serpent
  37. XVI: The Son of Seven Queens
  38. XVII: A Lesson for Kings
  39. XVIII: Pride Goeth Before a Fall
  40. XIX: Raja Rasalu
  41. XX: The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
  42. XXI: The Farmer and the Moneylender
  43. XXII: The Boy with Moon on Forehead
  44. XXIII: The Prince and the Fakir
  45. XXIV: Why the Fish Laughed
  46. XXV: The Demon with the Matted Hair
  47. XXVI: The Ivory Palace
  48. XXVII: Sun, Moon, and Wind
  49. XXVIII: How Wicked Sons Were Duped
  50. XXIX: The Pigeon and the Crow
  51. Endnotes
  52. Colophon
  53. Uncopyright

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Source: Standard Ebooks. CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks edition); the text is in the public domain

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