| A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales from India |
| Editors' Preface |
 | 1. A Story and a Song |
| 2. Acacia Trees |
| 3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince |
| 4. Bride for a Dead Man |
| 5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake |
| 6. A Buffalo Without Bones |
| 7. Cannibal Sister |
| 8. Chain Tale |
| 9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do |
| 10. The Clever Daughter-in-law |
| 11. A Couple of Misers |
| 12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll |
| 13. A Dog's Daughters |
| 14. A Dog's Story |
| 15. Dolls |
| 16. Double Double |
| 17. Dumma and Dummi |
| 18. Dwarfs |
| 19. A Flowering Tree |
| 20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow |
| 21. Fools |
| 22. A Jackal King |
| 23. For Love of Kadabu |
| 24. A Girl in a Picture |
| 25. The Glass Pillar |
| 26. A Golden Sparrow |
| 27. The Greatest Thing |
| 28. Hanchi |
| 29. The Horse Gram Man |
| 30. Hucca |
| 31. The Husband's Shadow |
| 32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness |
| 33. In Search of a Dream |
| 34. King and Peasant |
| 35. Kutlavva |
 | 36. The Lampstand Woman |
| • | Types and Motifs |
| 37. The Magician and His Disciple |
| 38. A Minister's Word |
| 39. Monkey Business |
| 40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son |
| 41. Muddanna |
| 42. Nagarani (“Serpent Queen”) |
| 43. A Ne'er-do-well |
| 44. Ninga on My Palm |
| 45. Ogress Queen |
| 46. An Old Couple |
| 47. The Past Never Passes |
| 48. A Peg and a Keg |
| 49. The Pomegranate Queen |
| 50. A Poor Man |
| 51. The Princess of Seven Jasmines |
| 52. The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half |
| 53. The Rain King's Wife |
| 54. Rich Man, Poor Man |
| 55. A Sage's Word |
| 56. The Serpent Lover |
| 57. A Shepherd's Pilgrimage |
| 58. Sister Crow and Sister Sparrow |
| 59. Siva Plays Double |
| 60. The Sparrow Who Wouldn't Die |
| 61. A Sparrow With a Single Pea |
| 62. Tales for a Princess |
| 63. The Talking Bed |
| 64. A Thief, a Ram, a Bear, and a Horse |
| 65. Three Blouses |
| 66. Three Magic Objects |
| 67. Three Sisters Named Death, Birth, and Dream |
| 68. The Three-Thousand-Rupee Sari |
| 69. Thug and Master-Thug |
| 70. Tree Trunk for a Boat |
| 71. The Turtle Prince |
| 72. A Wager |
| 73. What the Milk Bird Said |
| 74. Who Is the Greatest? |
| 75. Why the Sky Went Up |
| 76. The Worship of a Household God |
| 77. A Story to End All Stories |
| A Flowering Tree |
| Notes on the Tales |
| Glossary |
| Bibliography |
| List of Tellers and Collectors |
| List of Tale Types |