Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two LanguagesA. K. Ramanujan Collection of the oral tales compiled from a vast array of sources and translated from twenty-two languages of the country. |
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Page 107
... wives had to admit defeat . Another day , they asked her to sweep the cowshed . As she had never done anything like ... wives and asked them to make him clothes for the occasion . He added that he would like to see who made the best ...
... wives had to admit defeat . Another day , they asked her to sweep the cowshed . As she had never done anything like ... wives and asked them to make him clothes for the occasion . He added that he would like to see who made the best ...
Page 108
... wives gave their husband seven sets of clothes . The eighth gave him four bamboo caskets . The co - wives laughed gleefully , and even the merchant was a bit angry . He asked her , “ What's all this ? Where are my clothes ? " She said ...
... wives gave their husband seven sets of clothes . The eighth gave him four bamboo caskets . The co - wives laughed gleefully , and even the merchant was a bit angry . He asked her , “ What's all this ? Where are my clothes ? " She said ...
Page 280
... wives asked him in unison , " Lord and husband of our souls , what is troubling you ? " And he told them what his king wanted from him . Where could he go for a crocodile's bile ? For his wives , that seemed like nothing extraordinary ...
... wives asked him in unison , " Lord and husband of our souls , what is troubling you ? " And he told them what his king wanted from him . Where could he go for a crocodile's bile ? For his wives , that seemed like nothing extraordinary ...
Contents
Tell It to the Walls Tamil | 3 |
A Story in Search of an Audience Telugu | 26 |
The Clever DaughterinLaw Kannada | 33 |
Copyright | |
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A. K. Ramanujan asked Assamese Bania beautiful began Bengali Birbal bird Bopoluchi Brahman bring brother brought buffalo clothes cook cried daughter daughter-in-law dead demon disciple door Dukhu eyes father fell flowers Folklore Folktales Gandharva gave girl give gold Gondi Gopal Bhar guru Hanchi hand happened heard Hindi hiraman horse husband Indian Kannada Kathasaritsagara kill king king's kingdom knew Konkani Kurumba listen lived looked Marathi married merchant minister morning mother mother-in-law Motif mouth night old woman once Oriya palace parrot poor prince princess Punjabi queen raja raja's rakshasi Ramayana Retold rice river rogue rupees Sanskrit Santali sari sent servants sister sleep snake soon story talada tale Tamil Teji tell Telugu Tenali Rama things thought tiger told took tree Urdu village waiting walked wedding What's wife wives young woman