Folktales from India: a selection of oral tales from twenty-two languagesFeatures seventy tales of horror, comedy, allegory, mystery, gods, beasts, beggars, ogres, and dervishes |
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Contents
Tell It to the Walls Tamil | 3 |
Brothers Day Rajasthani J 5 | 20 |
The Clever DaughterinLaw Kannada | 33 |
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| Title | Folktales from India: a selection of oral tales from twenty-two languages Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library |
| Author | A. K. Ramanujan |
| Editor | A. K. Ramanujan |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1991 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Length | 345 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology Social Science / Customs & Traditions Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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