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Indian Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs
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About this book
A collection of fairy tales that exhibits India’s rich folk tale tradition.
Inside the book
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- Titlepage
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Preface
- Indian Fairy Tales
- 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
- Harisarman
- 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 Moneylender
- 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
- I: The Lion and the Crane
- II: Princess Labam
- III: Lambikin
- IV: Punchkin
- V: The Broken Pot
- VI: The Magic Fiddle
- VII: The Cruel Crane Outwitted
- VIII: Loving Laili
- IX: The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
- X: The Soothsayer’s Son
- XI: Harisarman
- XII: The Charmed Ring
- XIII: The Talkative Tortoise
- XIV: Lac of Rupees
- XV: The Gold-Giving Serpent
- XVI: The Son of Seven Queens
- XVII: A Lesson for Kings
- XVIII: Pride Goeth Before a Fall
- XIX: Raja Rasalu
- XX: The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
- XXI: The Farmer and the Moneylender
- XXII: The Boy with Moon on Forehead
- XXIII: The Prince and the Fakir
- XXIV: Why the Fish Laughed
- XXV: The Demon with the Matted Hair
- XXVI: The Ivory Palace
- XXVII: Sun, Moon, and Wind
- XXVIII: How Wicked Sons Were Duped
- XXIX: The Pigeon and the Crow
- Endnotes
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
Edition & source
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Edition contributors
- The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
- Joseph Jacobs (ann, aut, dto, waw, wpr)
- Henri Rousseau (art)
- Sankar Viswanathan (trc)
- Fritz Ohrenschall (trc)
- Sania Ali Mirza (trc)
- Google (spn)
- Emma Sweeney (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
- Alex Cabal (pfr)