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 |
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 |
• | Note |
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 |