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Old Deccan Days

Old Deccan Days

by Mary Frere

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Contributor
Frere, Bartle, 1815-1884
Title
Old Deccan Days; or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Folklore -- India
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36696
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36696
Release Date
July 11, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.OLD Deccan Days OR HINDOO FAIRY LEGENDS CURRENT IN SOUTHERN INDIA.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.THE COLLECTOR’S APOLOGY. — FOOTNOTES:
  5. 5.THE NARRATOR’S NARRATIVE. — FOOTNOTES:
  6. 6.I. PUNCHKIN. — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.II. A FUNNY STORY.
  8. 8.III. BRAVE SEVENTEE BAI. — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.IV. TRUTH’S TRIUMPH. — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.V. RAMA AND LUXMAN; OR, THE LEARNED OWL. — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.VI. LITTLE SURYA BAI. — FOOTNOTE:
  12. 12.VII. THE WANDERINGS OF VICRAM MAHARAJAH. — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.VIII. LESS INEQUALITY THAN MEN DEEM.
  14. 14.IX. PANCH-PHUL RANEE. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.X. HOW THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER. — FOOTNOTE:
  16. 16.XI. SINGH RAJAH AND THE CUNNING LITTLE JACKALS. — FOOTNOTE:
  17. 17.XII. THE JACKAL, THE BARBER AND THE BRAHMIN WHO HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS. — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.XIII. TIT FOR TAT.
  19. 19.XIV. THE BRAHMIN, THE TIGER AND THE SIX JUDGES. — FOOTNOTE:
  20. 20.XV. THE SELFISH SPARROW AND THE HOUSELESS CROWS.
  21. 21.XVI. THE VALIANT CHATTEE-MAKER. — FOOTNOTE:
  22. 22.XVII. THE RAKSHAS’ PALACE.
  23. 23.XVIII. THE BLIND MAN, THE DEAF MAN AND THE DONKEY. — FOOTNOTE:
  24. 24.XIX. MUCHIE LAL. — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.XX. CHUNDUN RAJAH. — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.XXI. SODEWA BAI. — FOOTNOTE:
  27. 27.XXII. CHANDRA’S VENGEANCE. — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.XXIII. HOW THE THREE CLEVER MEN OUTWITTED THE DEMONS. — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.XXIV. THE ALLIGATOR AND THE JACKAL.
  30. 30.NOTES ON THE NARRATOR’S NARRATIVE. — NOTE A. — NOTE B. — NOTE C. — PART I. THE SONG FROM THE SHIP. — PART II. SONG FROM THE SHORE.
  31. 31.NOTES ON THE FAIRY LEGENDS. — PUNCHKIN. — RAMA AND LUXMAN. — LITTLE SURYA BAI. — THE WANDERINGS OF VICRAM MAHARAJAH. — HOW THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER. — SINGH RAJAH AND THE CUNNING LITTLE JACKALS. — THE JACKAL, THE BARBER AND THE BRAHMIN. — MUCHIE LAL. — CHUNDUN RAJAH. — CHANDRA’S VENGEANCE. — HOW THE THREE CLEVER MEN OUTWITTED THE DEMONS. — FOOTNOTE:

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