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TALES OF THE PUNJAB

 


CONTENTS

PAGE
SIR BUZZ 1
THE RAT'S WEDDING 13
THE FAITHFUL PRINCE 23
THE BEAR'S BAD BARGAIN 35
PRINCE LIONHEART AND HIS THREE FRIENDS 42
THE LAMBIKIN 61
BOPOLŪCHĪ 65
PRINCESS AUBERGINE 71
VALIANT VICKY, THE BRAVE WEAVER 80
THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS 89
THE SPARROW AND THE CROW 102
THE TIGER, THE BRĀHMAN, AND THE JACKAL 107
THE KING OF THE CROCODILES 111
LITTLE ANKLEBONE 118
THE CLOSE ALLIANCE 123
THE TWO BROTHERS 129
THE JACKAL AND THE IGUANA 144
THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR HEN-SPARROW 148
PRINCESS PEPPERINA 159
PEASIE AND BEANSIE 167
THE JACKAL AND THE PARTRIDGE 173
THE SNAKE-WOMAN AND KING ALI MARDAN 178
THE WONDERFUL RING 185
THE JACKAL AND THE PEA-HEN 195
THE GRAIN OF CORN 198
THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER 203
PAGE
THE LORD OF DEATH 207
THE WRESTLERS 211
THE LEGEND OF GWĀSHBRĀRI, THE GLACIER-HEARTED QUEEN 216
THE BARBER'S CLEVER WIFE 220
THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE 230
HOW RAJA RASĀLU WAS BORN 234
HOW RAJA RASĀLU WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD 238
HOW RAJA RASĀLU'S FRIENDS FORSOOK HIM 242
HOW RAJA RASĀLU KILLED THE GIANTS 245
HOW RAJA RASĀLU BECAME A JŌGI 250
HOW RAJA RASĀLU JOURNEYED TO THE CITY OF KING SARKAP 255
HOW RAJA RASĀLU SWUNG THE SEVENTY FAIR MAIDENS, DAUGHTERS OF THE KING 257
HOW RAJA RASĀLU PLAYED CHAUPUR WITH KING SARKAP 262
THE KING WHO WAS FRIED 267
PRINCE HALF-A-SON 275
THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO WORSHIPPED THE SUN 284
THE RUBY PRINCE 289

NOTES TO THE TALES 299
ANALYSIS OF THE TALES ON THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY'S PLAN 327
SURVEY OF THE INCIDENTS IN MODERN INDIAN ARYAN FOLK-TALES 356