Folktales from northern India / William Crooke and Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube ; edited and with an introduction by Sadhana Naithani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crooke, William, 1848-1923.

Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib.

Naithani, Sadhana.

Series:

ABC-CLIO classic folk and fairy tales

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Tales--India.

Tales.

India.

Folklore--India.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

l, 425 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2002]

Language Note:

Translated from the Hindi.

Summary:

Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Most of these anthologies have been long out of print. The ABC-CLIO Classic Folk and Fairy Tales series brings back to life these key anthologies of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery. Each volume provides a freshly typeset but otherwise virtually unaltered edition of a classic work and each is enhanced by an authoritative introduction by a top scholar. These insightful essays discuss the significance of the collection and its original collector; the original collector's methodology and translation practices; and the original period context according to region or genre. Certain to be of interest to folklorists, these classic collections are also meant to serve as sources for storytellers and for sheer reading pleasure, reviving as they do hundreds of folk stories, both reassuringly familiar and excitingly strange.

Contents:

From North Indian Notes & Queries

1892

1. The Banya Boy and his Four Wives

Told by Lachhman Ahir, a Cultivator at Mirzapur 1

2. The Saint Bo Ali 4

3. The Story of the Jinn

A Folktale told by Rahmat, Weaver of Mirzapur 5

4. How the Needle succeeded in killing the Tiger

A Folktale told by Ram Tahal Kahar, a Cultivator of Mirzapur 9

5. Burial-ground Ghosts 9

6. The Legend of Hemavati 10

7. The Death of Banu Begam, Mumtaz-i-Mahal, the Lady of the Taj at Agra

Infant crying in the womb 10

8. Sneezing

Omens from 10

9. How the Ahir got the better of the Demon and acquired a Wife

A folktale recorded by E. David, a Native Christian of Mirzapur, from the life of an old Muhammadan Cookwoman 11

10. The Legend of the Dhorawat Tank 13

11. Bombay

Expulsion of a Devil 13

12. Hindu Superstition 14

13. Faizabad

Akbar and the Bridge Builder 14

14. The Story of Murdan Khan and the Daughter of the Jinn, told by Fateh, a weaver of Mirzapur 15

15. Throbbing of Eyes 17

16. Bhimsen

A Legend of

Spirits scared by dawn 18

17. The Golden-haired Rani and the Jogi 18

18. Saharanpur

The Legend of a Famine 20

19. Treading on Heel Ropes 21

20. Peculiarities of the Jinn 21

21. The Legend of Raja Nala 21

22. The Four Princes and the Four Fairies

A Folktale told by Maulavi Karmud-din Ahmad of Mirzapur 23

23. The Crow and the Sparrow

A Folktale recorded by Maulavi Karm-ud-din Ahmad of Mirzapur 25

24. A Cure for Piles 26

25. Gaya

Charms to procure Offspring 26

26. Montgomery

The Legend of Dipalpur 26

27. Calcutta

A Folk Etymology 27

28. Gya

Chand Haji

The Saint 27

29. The King's Son and his Fairy Bride.

A Folktale told by Abdulla, a Weaver of Mirzapur 28

30. Changes in the Courses of Rivers

Salivahana and the Saint Farid-ud-din Shakkarganj 31

31. The Tricks of Shekh Chilli (told by an Ayah) 31

32. Jinns and Europeans 32

33. The Brahman's Sons and the Gusain (told by Lachhman Ahir, a cultivator of Mirzapur) 32

1893

34. The Black Partridge 35

35. Lalitpur

A Tank which cured Dropsy 35

36. The Tricks of Shekh Chilli 35

37. Diamonds at Panna

Legend of 36

38. The Princess who got the gift of Patience

A Folktale told by an old Muhammadan Cookwoman, and recorded by E. David, Native Christian, Mirzapur 36

39. Jalandhar

Rural Superstitions 38

40. The Dahani Firang Stone 39

41. Mirzapur

A Swinging Elephant 39

42. Battle-field Ghosts 40

43. Garhwal

Shaving 40

44. Farrukhabad

A Fort supplied with Oil 40

45. Gaya

The Legend of Kunwar Bijai Mall 40

46. Mirzapur

Threshing-floor superstition 42

47. How the Washerman's Ass became a Qazi

A Folktale told by Shekh Abdulla of Mirzapur 42

48. Another Version of the Fairy Gift Legend 43

49. Irich

Legend of 43

50. The Excellent Qualities of the Plant Mundi 43

51. The School of Love

A Folktale collected by Munshi Karam-ud-din of Mirzapur 44

52. Upturned City

Legend of a Human Sacrifice

Cannibalism 45

53. The Tricks of Shekh Chilli 46

54. King Akbar and the donkey

A folktale told by Baldeo Prasad, village accountant of Haliya, Mirzapur District 46

55. Jalandhar

Superstitions about Cattle 47

56. A Folktale told by Jumai, a village Julaha in South Mirzapur 48

57. Jalandhar

Rural Medicinal Treatment

Unlucky Names 49

58. The Magic Ring of the Lord Solomon

A Folktale recorded by Maulavi Karamud-din Ahmad of Mirzapur 50

59. The Pranks of Hop-o'-my-Thumb

A Folktale told by Karam-ud-din of Mirzapur 52

60. Shekh Chilli and his Gram Field 53

61. Phulmati Rani

A Folktale told by Ganesh Prasad, Kayasth, cultivator of Mirzapur District 54

62. The Faqir and Sher Shah

A Folktale told by Baldeo Prasad, Village Accountant of Haliya, Mirzapur District 55

63. The Man who fought with God

A Folktale told by Rahmat, a Weaver of Mirzapur 56

64. Princess Pomegranate (Anar Shahzadi)

A Folktale told by M. Karam-ud-din Ahmad of Mirzapur 58

65. The Tasks of the Witch-Queen

A Folktale recorded by M. Karam-ud-din Ahmad of Mirzapur 60

66. The Merchant, the Princess and the Grateful Animals

A folktale related by Altaf Husen, and literally translated by Mirza Mahmud Beg 62

67. How the Jackal got the Weaver married

A Folktale told by Akbar Shah, Manjhi of Manbasa, Dudhi, Mirzapur District, recorded by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube 69

68. How the Manjhi won his wife

A Folktale told by Akbar Shah, Manjhi of Manbasa, Dudhi, Mirzapur District, recorded by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube 71

69. The Brahman and Mother Ganges

70. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the covetous Goldsmith 73

71. Kumaon-Folklore 74

72. The Rival Queens 77

73. The Four Fools 79

74. The Tale of Four Fools

(para. 66) 82

75. The Frog and the Snake 84

76. Mr. Good and Mr. Evil 84

77. The White Witch 85

78. The Lament for Sobhan 87

79. How silly a Woman can be 87

80. The Parrot, and the Maina 91

81. The Prince and the Sadhu 92

82. The Manjhi Girl and the Bamboo 94

83. The Goat and the Tiger 95

84. The Piety of the Brahman 96

85. The Brahman and the Snake 97

86. The Faithful Mungoose 98

87. The Master-Thief 100

88. The Master-thief 103

89. The Valiant Weaver Bird 105

90. The Sepoy's Son 107

91. The Wit of the Four Brothers 110

92. The Cunning of the Lala 113

93. Shekh Chilli in love 114

94. The Raja and the Sadhu 114

95. The Judgment of the Jackal 115

96. Ganga Ram the Parrot 115

97. The Disguised Princess 117

98. The King and the Fairy 119

99. The King and his secret 121

100. The Fate of the Raja of Chandrapur 122

101. How the Qazi's wife became a widow 123

102. How the Soldier's Wife foiled her Lovers 124

103. Lal Bahu, the Red Wife 125

104. The Sparrow and the Shell 126

105. The Raja and the Musahar Girl 127

106. The Tale of Princess Phulande 128

107. The Princess and the Cat 130

108. What's in a Name? 131

109. The Cow and the Tigress 132

110. The best thing in the world 134

111. The Mischievous Boy

A Folktale from Kumaun 135

112. Mr.

Knowall

113. The Lady who became a Cat 136

114. The Opium-eater and the Demons 138

115. The Wisdom of Birbal 140

116. The Kingdom of the Mice 141

117. The Perfumer and the Rustics 143

118. The Advice of the Rajput 143

119. The Height of Laziness 143

120. The Gallant Young Buffalo 144

121. The Advice of the Sadhu 145

122. The Prince who became a Kol 147

123. How the Sadhu went Athieving 149

124. The Tale of Tismar Khan 151

125. The Pandit and the Daughter of the Wazir 152

126. The Amir and the Singer 153

127. The Amir and the Kathak 153

128. The Physician and his Son 153

1894

129. The Half-married Daughter of the Gardener 154

130. The Elixir of Youth 156

131. The Two Liars 157

132. The Virtuous Daughter of the Merchant 158

133. The Foolish Ahir 159

134. The Raja and the Snake 161

135. The Prodigal Son 161

136. How the Miserly Banya was Punished 162

137. The Judgment of Solomon 163

138. The Thief and the Confectioner 164

139. The Princess of Karnalpur 164

140. The King and the Evil Spirit 167

141. The Faithful Son of the Wazir 168

142. The Princess who would not speak 170

143. The Wise Raja of Harbangpur 172

144. The Prince and the Thugs 174

145. The Tale of the Four Foolish Pandits 176

146. How Shekh Chilli went to market 177

147. The Fool and the Jamun Fruit 177

1895

148. The tale of the four drunkards 178

149. Seeing the world 179

150. The Virtue of Raja Rupa Angad 180

151. How the banya baffled the robbers 182

152. Kali Das and his Parrot 182

153. The Boy and the Monkey 183

154. The Metamorphosis of Raja Vikramaditya 184

155. The Greedy Brahman 187

156. The Lesson of the Sadhu 187

157. Banke Chhail and his Wife 189

158. The Magic Boat 190

159. The Brahman and the Sadhu 191

160. How the Raja went to the Heaven of Bhagwan 193

161. The Parrot and the Guru 195

162. The piety of Raja Raghu 195

163. The Sadhu and the Princess 197

164. The Prince and his animal friends 198

165. The Fool and the Alphabet 200

166. The Weaver and the Jackal 201

167. The Raja and the Hansas 201

168. The Thakur and the Goldsmith 203

169. The Discarded Princess 203

170. The tale of Rani Kamlapati 204

171. Entertaining angels unawares 207

172. The Prince and the daughter of the Gandhi 208

173. The Brahman's Luck 210

174. The Devoted Wife 211

175. The Boy and the Merchant 212

176. The height of Virtue 213

177. The virtue of Faith 214

178. How Bhagwan gave a lesson to Narad Muni 215

179. The Wise and the Foolish Brothers 216

180. The Jealous Stepbrothers; a folktale from Kumaun 217

181. The Kali Yuga 218

182. The Legend of Pipa the Rajput 219

183. Hari Raja and Moti Rani 222

184. Eating and the Evil Eye; the Introduction of Turmeric 223

185. The good old times 223

186. How the Raja got his deserts 224

187. The Soldier and his virtuous Wife 224

188. The Raja and the Hansa 226

189. Shekh Chilli and the Camel Man 228

190. Akbar and his Son-in-law 229

191. The Reading of Hearts 229

192. The Wise Son of the Weaver 230

193. Why the boy laughed 232

194. The Princess and the Thieves 233

195. The Contest of Good and Evil 234

196. The fortunate Wood-cutter 235

197. The Dhobi and his Ass 237

198. The Pillars of the Sky 238

199. A tale of Akbar and Birbal 239

200. The Man who ate Human Flesh 239

201. The Fruit of Charity 240

202. The Old Man's wisdom 240

203. The Princess and the Sepoy 241

204. How the wise man learned experience 242

205. Why Narada Muni laughed 243

206. The fate of the Shrewish Wife 244

207. The charity of the Lord Solomon 245

208. How to please everybody 246

209. The Wise Pandit 247

210. The tale of the Raja Sarat Chandra 248

211. Raja Vena and Raja Vikramaditya 249

212. The Raja and the Bear 250

213. Adam and the Prince 251

214. The Boasting of Narada Muni the Rishi 251

215. The Tale of the Thakur and the Barber 252

216. Budh Sen and his Monkey Army 255

217. Akbar and Birbal's Daughter 256

218. The Raja and the Swans 257

219. The Old Woman and the Crow 258

220. Which is better

Wealth or Wisdom? 260

221. The Goddess of Poverty 260

222. How the Banya's wife went to heaven 262

223. The four friends and the Princess 262

224. The Raja and the Physician 264

225. The rival Castes 265

226. The Dom Raja of Oudh 265

227. How Shaikh Chilli made a fool of himself at the wedding 267

228. The pious Prince 267

229. The wit of Muhammad Fazil 268

1896

230. The Prince and the Snake 270

231. Prince Nilkanth 277

232. The Clever Brahman Girl 278

233. The Wisdom of the Daughter of Birbal 280

234. The Prince and the Angel of Death 281

235. The Pandit and his children 282

236. The luck of the youngest son 284

237. The witch and the boy 285

238. The Ahir's folly 287

239. How the Prince won his bride 287

240. The Ahir and the Cow of plenty 288

241. The tale of the two Queens 290

242. Shaikh Chilli and the Fakir 290

243. The young Brahman and his Wife 291

244. Shaikh Chilli and his Turban 292

245. The City of the Jinn 293

246. The Bard and his Wife 293

247. Women rule the World 294

248. The Fool and his House 297

249. The story of a Banya's son 297

250. Which is greater

Rama or Khuda 299

251. The two Women and the Dog 299

252. The wicked Queen and her Step-children 300

From the Indian Antiquary

1924

1. The slave discovered 307

2. The man and the loaves 307

3. The cuckoo and the owl 308

4. The two Fakirs 308

5. The defeated Pandit 308

6. Life as an inn 309

7. The honest man and the rogue 309

8. The two brothers 310

9. The Brahman and the money-bags 310

10. The death of Sheikh Chilli 311

11. The Rani and the snake 311

12. The woman and her child 312

13. How the dancing-girl was outwitted 312

14. Iron and gold 313

15. The tale of the cuckoo 314

16. The Kori's dilemma 314

17. The Raja and the sharpers 315

18. The potter and his friends 316

19. The Ahir and his Guru 316

20. The Ahir and his Guru 317

21. How the Ahirin was outwitted 318

22. The Brahman and his Guru 319

23. The Biter Bit 320

24. The Craft of the Barber 321

25. The Affliction of Devi 322

26. The Age of Man 322

27. The Founding of the Dom Kingdom of Gorakhpur 324

28. Alexander and the Sea People 324

29. The dream of the Sadhu 326

30. The Mulla and the Boors 326

31. The Liar tricked 326

32. Honesty is the best policy 327

33. The tale of Nobody 327

34. The old woman and Satan 328

35. The Pandit and the Rakshasa 329

36. How the pious ploughman escaped death 330

37. True Love 330

38. How the Pandit was taught to lie 330

39. The Quest of Managori 331

40. The Wit of the Ranis 335

41. The Warning of the Dancing Girl 337

42. The Test of Honesty 338

43. Sujan Chand and Nitikala 339

44. Half a lie 341

1925

45. Raja Bhoj and his Rani 343

46. The Quest of the Princess 345

47. The punishment of Raja Indra 347

48. The Pound of Flesh 348

49. The Sweeper Youth and the Rani 348

50. Vishnu Sarma and His Wife 349

51. The Rogue and the Goat 350

52. The Weaver Bird and the Elephant 350

53. The Result of Charity 351

54. The Fruits of Covetousness 352

55. How the Raja suffered Misfortune 352

56. The Prince who would not marry 354

57. The Power of Fate 355

58. The Thakur and the Koli 355

59. The Sadhu and the Rat 356

60. The Prince and Pan Shahzadi 356

61. The Lion and the Jackal 357

62. The Magic Fish 358

63. The Fate of the Slattern Wife 359

64. The Cunning of the Bania 360

65. The Cunning of the Paddy Bird 360

66. The Frog's Cunning 361

67. The Three Wishes 362

68. Mir Kusro and the Kachhi 363

69. The Evil of Covetousness 364

70. The greatest leaf in the world 364

71. The fruit of good wishes 365

72. Akbar's questions 365

73. Birbal's wit 365

74. The result of Good Intentions 366

75. Birbal and tobacco 366

76. Akbar and Birbal's daughter 367

77. How Birbal sowed Pearls 367

1926

78. How Birbal capped verses 368

79. How Akbar was befooled 368

80. Akbar's Riddle 369

81. How Akbar became Emperor 369

82. Sulaiman the wood-cutter 370

83. The Sepoy and his faithless wife 373

84. The folly of the Cuckold 374

85. The Shalimar Bagh at Lahore 375

86. A Woman's wit 375

87. The neglect of good advice 376

88. The Kayasth and the Soldier 376

89. Wisdom inferior to learning 377

90. The Fate of the Uncharitable 378

91. The saint and the dancing girl 378

92. The wit of the Kayasth 379

93. The dishonesty of the Shroff 379

94. The dishonest Kazi 380

95. The pride of the Jackal 380

96. The Wiles of Women 381

97. The Dream of the Opium-eater 381

98. The Opium-eater's Dispute 382

99. The dishonest Perfumer 382

100. The Fate of the boastful Jackal 383

101. The Dancing-girl and the Parrot 384

102. The Dog and the Brahman 385

103. A Fatal Compact 386

104. The Pandit and the Princess 386

105. The Banker's Wife 388

106. A Wife's disappointment 389

107. The Musalman's error 390

108. The Bee's Secret 390

109. The Fruit of Immortality 391

110. The Raja and the Cowherd 392

111. The Parrot's Reproof 393.

Notes:

"This edition reprints in its entirety and retains the original publication sequence of folktales from Northern India, collected and edited by William Crooke and Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube, published in North Indian notes & queries and in Indian antiquary between September 1892 and March 1926. The text of this edition has been altered only to fit an increased page dimension and to reflect contemporary typographical conventions"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-306) and index.

ISBN:

1576076989

OCLC:

48978195