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Indian Fairy Tales

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. . .er’s resting-house, which was a little way outside King Jamársá’s compound, and gave them to the man who owned it, and bade him give him a grand dinner for his six brothers. Then he took the dinner to the tents, went into the jungle, and took off his monkey-skin. And God sent him a grand horse from heaven, and splendid clothes. These he put on, mounted his horse, and rode to King Jamársá’s compound. There he [Pg 44] took no notice of either the king, or his daughter, or of the ball, or of the Rájás who were there to try and lift it. He spoke only to his brothers, and gave them lovely flowers and betel-leaf. Meanwhile, everybody was looking at him and talking about him. “Who can he be? Did you ever see any one so lovely? Where does he come from? Just look at his clothes! In our countries we cannot get any like them!” As for the Princess Jahúran she thought to herself, “That Ráj&a. . . Read More

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A reprinting of an older book, found in the Kindle library. Originally written back over a hundred years ago, the appendices reflect thoughts of that time period and should be judged by the standards of the day.

Now the Fairy Tales in the book are of interest by themselves. Each tells a story found o

Yarısında bırakıyorum çünkü masallar çok kendini tekrar etmeye başladı. Uyumadan önce birkaç masal okumak iyi geldi bana . Bazı masallar mantığımın asla alamayacağı kadar saçmaydı bu yüzden devam etmeyeceğim. Masallarda mantık aramak da sadece büyüklerin yapacağı bir şey ama artık büyümüşüm ne yapay

I read this at the same time as Folk Tales Of Bengal -- some comparisons included.

A number of these will be recognizable to readers familar with European fairy tales as tale types, but little more than that. The differences are plentiful, of which the easiest to note is that the kings habitually hav

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