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Indian Fairy Tales
Capítulos (31)
- Dedication 0:00
- Preface 0:05
- The Lion and the Crane 7:39
- How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam 10:24
- The Lambikin 33:53
- Punchkin 38:27
- The Broken Pot 1:09:23
- The Magic Fiddle 1:11:31
- The Cruel Crane Outwitted 1:19:24
- Loving Laili 1:25:38
- The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal 1:52:55
- The Soothsayer’s Son 1:58:39
- Harisarman 2:26:34
- The Charmed Ring 2:34:38
- The Talkative Tortoise 2:51:02
- A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice 2:54:50
- The Gold-Giving Serpent 3:09:08
- The Son of Seven Queens 3:12:19
- A Lesson for Kings 3:32:11
- Pride Goeth Before a Fall 3:38:35
- Raja Rasalu 3:43:03
- The Ass in the Lion’s Skin 4:07:07
- The Farmer and the Moneylender 4:09:13
- The Boy Who Had a Moon on His Forehead and a Star on His Chin 4:14:36
- The Prince and the Fakir 4:55:47
- Why the Fish Laughed 5:05:22
- The Demon with the Matted Hair 5:17:52
- The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess 5:26:32
- How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner 5:58:04
- How the Wicked Sons Were Duped 6:01:05
- The Pigeon and the Crow 6:03:09
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Although many readers might associate the term “fairy tales” with the Germanic or Celtic folk tale tradition—like in the stories collected by the Brothers Grimm—countries like India have their own rich history of fairy tales. Many of these tales, infused with a local flavor, bear a striking structural and thematic similarity to those with which Western readers are accustomed: moral allegories, talking animals, gambling incidents, and the like. Joseph Jacobs has carefully selected 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, the Fables of Bidpai, the Tales of the Sun, the Baluchi Folktales, the Folktales of Kashmir, and other Sanskrit sources. These stories are a humorous and imaginative showcase of India’s rich fairy tale tradition.
Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist who devoted most of his career to collecting fairy tales from around the world. His collections on English fairy tales have immortalized stories such as “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “The Three Little Pigs,” “Jack the Giant Killer” and “The History of Tom Thumb.”