Old Deccan Days - Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India

Klappentext A collection of twenty-four traditional Indian folk tales from the state of Maharashtra, first published in 1868. Zusammenfassung First published in 1868, this volume contains a collection of twenty-four traditional stories from the southern Indian state of Maharashtra recorded by Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) from her chaperone Anna Liberata da Souza. Their publication revealed new information concerning traditional Indian culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The collector's apology; The narrator's narrative; 1. Punchkin; 2. A funny story; 3. Brave Seventee-Bai; 4. Truth's triumph; 5. Rama and Luxman, or, the learned owl; 6. Little Surya-Bai; 7. The wanderings of Vicram Maharajah; 8. Less inequality than men deem; 9. Panch-Phul Ranee; 10. How the sun, the moon, and the wind went out to dinner; 11. Singh-Rajah, and the cunning little jackals; 12. The jackal, the barber, and the brahmin who had seven daughters; 13. Tit for tat; 14. The brahmin, the tiger, and the six judges; 15. The selfish sparrow and the houseless crows; 16. The valiant chattee-maker; 17. The Rakshas' palace; 18. The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey; 19. Muchie-Lal; 20. Chundun-Rajah; 21. Sodewa-Bai; 22. Chandra's vengeance; 23. How the three clever men outwitted the demons; 24. The alligator and the jackal; Notes.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Frere, Frere Mary
• Assisted by: Bartle Frere (Editor), Sir Bartle Frere (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108020770
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02077-0
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: general