When Fortune Smiles: Indian Fairy Tales, Legends, and Folk Stories
10 hrs. 42 min.
Description
The book is compiled from fairy tales and folk stories of various peoples of India, selected from a series of books published in English by the Indian publishing house Sterling Publishers. The translation is accompanied by an introductory article and notes. For teachers and students, as well as for a wide range of admirers of Indian culture.
Contents
01. THE SANTAL TRIBE
How Time Was Divided into Day and Night | The Wind and the Sun | Hares and People | The Thief’s Son | How the Bride Was Won | Riddles | A Good Lesson | Two Brothers and the Panchayat | The Unsuccessful Bride | The Bhuyan Ruler
02. MADHYA PRADESH
The Earth | Kesar and Kachnar | Sakti | The Cunning Debtor | The Wise Village Headman | Lightning | Mali Ghodi
03. BIHAR
The Story of Arrah | The Weaver | Vir Kumar | The Old Man and the Heavenly Elephant | The Black Wooden Doll | Sorathi
04. UTTAR PRADESH
Four Faithful Friends | A Mother’s Love | Four Blind Men | The Wise Jackal | A Pot of Ghee | The Vigilant Jat | Kana Bhai
05. ASSAM
Rani Kamala Kuori | Tejimola | The Tale of Four Thieves | The Legend of Goddess Kamakhya | The Thief Who Repented of His Sin | How Peacocks Appeared on Earth | Ka Likai Waterfall | Why Solar Eclipses Occur | The Syiem Betrayed by His Wife | U Loh Ryndi and Ka Lih Dohkha | The Legend of Sophet Beng Hill
06. NAGALAND
The Knife Grinder and the Crab | Shedding Skin | Why the Tiger and the Cat Are Not Friends | Man and Soul | Two Brothers
07. TRIPURA
How the Tuichong River Appeared | The Giant and the Orphan | The Story of the Twins | How the Deer Lost Their Tails
08. MIZORAM
The Girl and the Tiger-Man | The Story of the Lazy Lakher | Pala Tipang | The Monkey’s Pleasure | Animal Spirits
09. MANIPUR
The Rupa-Tilli River | The Lost Melody | The Dog and the Goat | The Girl and Her Serpent Father | Laikhut Shangbi
10. HARYANA
Why the Battle Described in the Mahabharata Took Place on the Field of Kurukshetra | When Raja Kuru Possessed the Golden Plough | Sikandar Lodi and Kurukshetra | Let There Be Salt! | In Unity There Is Strength | Roop and Basant | Narada’s Skill | Kali Yuga and Satya Yuga | Why Did the Oxen Stop Talking? | Why Are There Flies in Panipat? | Who Should Marry? | Sarandei | The Resourceful Guest | The Jackal and the Narrow Strip of Paper
11. RAJASTHAN
The Will | When Fortune Smiles | The Finger of Fate | The Witness | A Village Girl from Rajasthan
12. GUJARAT
The Story of the Lotus | The King and His Brave Enemy | Sacrifice | The Donkey | The Goddess of Fate | The Gift of Lord Shiva | The Mother of the Village | The Story of the Deer | Rupali Ba
13. KASHMIR
Himal and Nagrai | Which Is Better, Wisdom or Wealth? | Revenge | Pearls | The Magic Spell | The Maharaja of Kashmir
14. HIMACHAL PRADESH
Labor and Gold | The Blind Man and the Hunchback | The Clever Dog | The Honest Official | The Legend of Gorila | The Fool | Raja Bana Bhat | A Beautiful Dream | The Impatient Moneylender | A Revelation Worth One Lakh Rupees | Sheila | Kala Bhandari | Mother | Three Brothers
15. ANDHRA PRADESH
Komati’s Move | Ungrateful and Grateful Creatures | The Stick That Did Not Grow | The Miser and the Needle | The Shepherd’s Logic | The Piety of the Parrot
16. TAMIL NADU
Somanathan of Kurnool | The Brahmin and the Tiger | The Sage and the Oil Seller | A Lesson for the Moneylender | The Servant’s Trick | The One Who Stole the Bull | When They Remember | Two Blows for One Rupee | The Mirror | The Husband Kinder Than the Wife | The Wife Kinder Than the Husband | The Deaf Man, the Blind Man, and the Donkey | Transmigration | The Hunchback
17. KARNATAKA
The Warrior Queen | Obamma | Happiness and Intellect | The Beggar King | The Good Liar | Appaji | The Braggart and His Wife
18. KERALA
The Origin of Castes and Tribes in Kerala | The Thiru-Onam Festival | The Great Actor | The Birth of a Great Poet | The Minister’s Innovation | The Repentant Sinner | The Man Who Caught a Leopard by the Tail | The Man in the Well | Two Servants | Uncle and Nephew | How Man Outwitted the Elephant | Silence Is Golden | The Difficult Situation of a Small Child | The Servant Who Always Told the Truth | The Nambudiri Who Traveled by Train | The Great Poet Born a Fool
19. ORISSA
The Rani’s Revenge | A Noble Sacrifice | Four Rules of Conduct | How Kasiya Met Kapila | Sudarsan Gains Wisdom | Why the English Captain Bowed to the Rebel Chief
20. MAHARASHTRA
Sati Godavari | Why Don’t Birds Live in Houses? | The Tree That Bore Rupees | The Bhil Tribe’s Legend of the Creation of the World | Fear of Death | Pavandeva and His Wife | The Killer of a Thousand
How Time Was Divided into Day and Night | The Wind and the Sun | Hares and People | The Thief’s Son | How the Bride Was Won | Riddles | A Good Lesson | Two Brothers and the Panchayat | The Unsuccessful Bride | The Bhuyan Ruler
02. MADHYA PRADESH
The Earth | Kesar and Kachnar | Sakti | The Cunning Debtor | The Wise Village Headman | Lightning | Mali Ghodi
03. BIHAR
The Story of Arrah | The Weaver | Vir Kumar | The Old Man and the Heavenly Elephant | The Black Wooden Doll | Sorathi
04. UTTAR PRADESH
Four Faithful Friends | A Mother’s Love | Four Blind Men | The Wise Jackal | A Pot of Ghee | The Vigilant Jat | Kana Bhai
05. ASSAM
Rani Kamala Kuori | Tejimola | The Tale of Four Thieves | The Legend of Goddess Kamakhya | The Thief Who Repented of His Sin | How Peacocks Appeared on Earth | Ka Likai Waterfall | Why Solar Eclipses Occur | The Syiem Betrayed by His Wife | U Loh Ryndi and Ka Lih Dohkha | The Legend of Sophet Beng Hill
06. NAGALAND
The Knife Grinder and the Crab | Shedding Skin | Why the Tiger and the Cat Are Not Friends | Man and Soul | Two Brothers
07. TRIPURA
How the Tuichong River Appeared | The Giant and the Orphan | The Story of the Twins | How the Deer Lost Their Tails
08. MIZORAM
The Girl and the Tiger-Man | The Story of the Lazy Lakher | Pala Tipang | The Monkey’s Pleasure | Animal Spirits
09. MANIPUR
The Rupa-Tilli River | The Lost Melody | The Dog and the Goat | The Girl and Her Serpent Father | Laikhut Shangbi
10. HARYANA
Why the Battle Described in the Mahabharata Took Place on the Field of Kurukshetra | When Raja Kuru Possessed the Golden Plough | Sikandar Lodi and Kurukshetra | Let There Be Salt! | In Unity There Is Strength | Roop and Basant | Narada’s Skill | Kali Yuga and Satya Yuga | Why Did the Oxen Stop Talking? | Why Are There Flies in Panipat? | Who Should Marry? | Sarandei | The Resourceful Guest | The Jackal and the Narrow Strip of Paper
11. RAJASTHAN
The Will | When Fortune Smiles | The Finger of Fate | The Witness | A Village Girl from Rajasthan
12. GUJARAT
The Story of the Lotus | The King and His Brave Enemy | Sacrifice | The Donkey | The Goddess of Fate | The Gift of Lord Shiva | The Mother of the Village | The Story of the Deer | Rupali Ba
13. KASHMIR
Himal and Nagrai | Which Is Better, Wisdom or Wealth? | Revenge | Pearls | The Magic Spell | The Maharaja of Kashmir
14. HIMACHAL PRADESH
Labor and Gold | The Blind Man and the Hunchback | The Clever Dog | The Honest Official | The Legend of Gorila | The Fool | Raja Bana Bhat | A Beautiful Dream | The Impatient Moneylender | A Revelation Worth One Lakh Rupees | Sheila | Kala Bhandari | Mother | Three Brothers
15. ANDHRA PRADESH
Komati’s Move | Ungrateful and Grateful Creatures | The Stick That Did Not Grow | The Miser and the Needle | The Shepherd’s Logic | The Piety of the Parrot
16. TAMIL NADU
Somanathan of Kurnool | The Brahmin and the Tiger | The Sage and the Oil Seller | A Lesson for the Moneylender | The Servant’s Trick | The One Who Stole the Bull | When They Remember | Two Blows for One Rupee | The Mirror | The Husband Kinder Than the Wife | The Wife Kinder Than the Husband | The Deaf Man, the Blind Man, and the Donkey | Transmigration | The Hunchback
17. KARNATAKA
The Warrior Queen | Obamma | Happiness and Intellect | The Beggar King | The Good Liar | Appaji | The Braggart and His Wife
18. KERALA
The Origin of Castes and Tribes in Kerala | The Thiru-Onam Festival | The Great Actor | The Birth of a Great Poet | The Minister’s Innovation | The Repentant Sinner | The Man Who Caught a Leopard by the Tail | The Man in the Well | Two Servants | Uncle and Nephew | How Man Outwitted the Elephant | Silence Is Golden | The Difficult Situation of a Small Child | The Servant Who Always Told the Truth | The Nambudiri Who Traveled by Train | The Great Poet Born a Fool
19. ORISSA
The Rani’s Revenge | A Noble Sacrifice | Four Rules of Conduct | How Kasiya Met Kapila | Sudarsan Gains Wisdom | Why the English Captain Bowed to the Rebel Chief
20. MAHARASHTRA
Sati Godavari | Why Don’t Birds Live in Houses? | The Tree That Bore Rupees | The Bhil Tribe’s Legend of the Creation of the World | Fear of Death | Pavandeva and His Wife | The Killer of a Thousand
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01.Plemya.santalov
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02.Madhya.Pradesh
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03.Bihar
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04.Uttar.Pradesh
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05.Assam
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06.Nagalend
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07.Tripura
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08.Mizoram
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09.Manipur
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10.Haryana
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11.Rajastan
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12.Gudjarat
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13.Kashmir
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14.Himachal.Pradesh
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15.Andhra.Pradesh
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16.Tamilnad
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17.Karnataka
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18.Kerala
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19.Orissa
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