Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 - book cover

Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3

by Henry Parker | 1910 | 406,533 words

South Asia
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Collection of stories from the time of ancient Ceylon (now: Sri Lanka) drawn from various sources and traditions (locally, buddhism, hinduism, etc.). The stories found in these volumes are practically literal translations of the written Sinhalese originals....

Part III (b) - Stories of the Western Province and Southern India

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Story 225 - The Wax Horse
Story 226 - The Three-cornered Hatter
Story 227 - The Gamarala who went to the God-World
Story 228 - The Gamarala who ate Black Fowls’ Flesh and Hin-aeti Rice
Story 229 - How the Gamarala drove away the Lion
Story 230 - The Son who was Blind at Night
Story 231 - The Son and the Mother
Story 232 - Concerning the Hetti Man’s Son
Story 233 - The Fortunate Boy
Story 234 - How the Daughter-in-law got the Masuran
Story 235 - The Monkey and the Beggar
Story 236 - How the Beggar and the King gambled
Story 237 - The Story of the King
Story 238 - The King who learnt the Speech of Animals
Story 239 - The Mad King
Story 240 - Concerning the Prince with his Life in his Sword
Story 241 - The Royal Prince and the Hettirala
Story 242 - Prince Sokka
Story 243 - The Affectionate Prince
Story 244 - The Prince who received the Turtle Shell
Story 245 - Concerning a Prince and a Kinnara Woman
Story 246 - The Way in which the Prince traded
Story 247 - A Princess and a Prince
Story 248 - Concerning a Royal Princess and Two Thieves
Story 249 - How the Nagaya became the Princess
Story 250 - The Story of the Cobra’s Bite
Story 251 - How they killed the Great-bellied Tambi
Story 252 - How Maraya was put in the Bottle
Story 253 - The Woman Pre-eminent in Cunning
Story 254 - Matalana
Story 255 - The Five Lies quite like Truth
Story 256 - The Three Truths
Story 257 - The False Tale
Story 258 - The Story of Kota
Story 259 - The Story of Sokka
Story 260 - The Giant and his Two Friends
Story 261 - How they formerly Ate and Drank
Story 262 - The Gourd Fruit Devil-Dance
Story 263 - The Ascetic and the Jackal
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