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Poison-damsels, and other essays in folklore and anthropology.

LIBRA 398.3 P389
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Penzer, N. M. (Norman Mosley), 1892-1960.
Contributor:
Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, active 11th century.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Folklore--Orient.
Folklore.
Draper.
Physical Description:
319 pages ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
London : privately printed. for C. J. Sawyer, 1952.
Contents:
Poison-damsels
The tale of the two thieves
Sacred prostitution
The romance of betel-chewing
Bibliography (p. 299-300).
Notes:
"Based on appendixes originally published in [the] edition of C. H. Tawney's Kathā-sarit-sāgara called The ocean of story," edited by the author.
Bibliographical footnotes.
OCLC:
299904

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