Sagas from the Far East; or, Kalmouk and Mongolian Traditionary Tales

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Editor

Busk, Rachel Harriette, 1831-1907

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Kalmyks -- Folklore

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40402

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40402

Release Date

August 3, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Preface.
3. 3.Contents.
4. 4.The Saga of the Well-and-wise-walking Khan. — Dedication. — Tale I. — The Woman Who Sought Her Husband in the Palace of Erlik Khan.
5. 5.Tale II. — Tale III. — Tale IV. — Tale V. — Tale VI. — Tale VII. — Tale VIII. — Tale IX. — Tale X. — Tale XI. — Tale XII. — Tale XIII. — Tale XIV. — Tale XV. — Tale XVI. — Tale XVII. — Tale XVIII. — Tale XIX. — Tale XX. — Tale XXI. — Tale XXII. — Tale XXIII. — Conclusion of the Adventures of the Well-and-wise-walking Khan.
6. 6.The Saga of Ardschi-Bordschi and Vikramâditja’s Throne. — Historical Notice of Vikramâditja.
7. 7.The Saga of Ardschi-Bordschi and Vikramâditja’s Throne. — The Boy-King. — The False Friend 1 — The Pretended Son. — Ardschi-Bordschi discovers Vikramâditja’s Throne. — The Sûta tells Ardschi-Bordschi concerning Vikramâditja’s Birth. — The Sûta tells Ardschi-Bordschi concerning Vikramâditja’s Youth. — The Sûta tells Ardschi-Bordschi concerning Vikramâditja’s Deeds. — Vikramâditja acquires another Kingdom. — Vikramâditja makes the Silent speak. — Who invented Woman? 7 — The Voice-charmer 9 . — The Sûta tells Ardschi-Bordschi concerning the Seventy-one Parrots and their Adviser. — How Naran Gerel swore falsely and yet told the Truth.
8. 8.Notes. — Preface. — Dedication. — Tale I. — Tale II. — Tale III. — Tale IV. — Tale V. — Tale VI. — Tale VII. — Tale VIII. — Tale IX. — Tale X. — Tale XI. — Tale XII. — Tale XIII. — Tale XIV. — Tale XV. — Tale XVI. — Tale XVII. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — Tale XVIII. — Tale XIX. — Tale XX. — Tale XXI. — Tale XXII. — Tale XXIII. — Historical Notice of Vikramâditja . — The Boy-King. — The False Friend. — The Pretended Son. — Ardschi-Bordschi discovers Vikramâditja’s Throne. — Vikramâditja’s Birth. — Vikramâditja’s Youth. — Vikramâditja acquires another Kingdom. — Vikramâditja makes the Silent speak. — The Wise Parrot.
9. 9.Glossary-Index. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W. — X. — Y. — Z.
10. 10.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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