Indian Fairy Tales is written by folklorist Joseph Jacobs and was first published in 1892. This e-book features twenty-nine stories taken from popular South Asian oral history. The stories are complemented by the original fifty-three full color and black-and-white illustrations, which follow the storyline.
Some scholars have stated that India is the original home of the fairy tale and that all European fairy tales have been carried across by crusaders, Gipsies, Mongol missionaries, traders, Jews, and travelers. India is on one branch of the legendary Silk and Spice Routes, over which Europeans and Asians have been traveling for thousands of years. Many common fairy stories of Europe are derived from Indian tales. Comic tales and jingles can be traced without much difficulty back to India. Jacobs has selected the best from the Baluchi folk-tales, the Jatakas, the Bidpai, the Tales of the Sun, and the folk-tales of Kashmir.
Tales included:
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The Lion and the Crane
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How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam
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The Lambikin
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Punchkin
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The Broken Pot
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The Magic Fiddle
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The Cruel Crane Outwitted
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Loving Laili
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The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
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The Soothsayers Son
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Harisarman
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The Charmed Ring
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The Talkative Tortoise
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A Lac of Rupees for a Piece of Advice
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The Gold-Giving Serpent
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The Son of Seven Queens
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A Lesson for Kings
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Pride Goes Before a Fall
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Raja Rasalu
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The Ass in the Lion's Skin
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The Farmer and the Money-Lender
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The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin
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The Prince and the Fakir
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Why the Fish Laughed
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The Demon with the Matted Hair
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The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess
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Sun, Moon, and Wind go out to Dinner
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How the Wicked Sons were Duped
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The Pigeon and the Crow
This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended with fifty-three original hand-drawn illustrations.
The audio link will only work on Kobo's iOS and Android apps.
