Sunday, November 5, 2017

Overview: Fenris. Sacred Tales


Title: Sacred Tales for Children (volume 2)
Author: Morris Fenris
Year: 2014

Comments: This is a wide-ranging collection of very short legends and folktales from different times and places in the Indian tradition.

Kindle: You can buy your own Kindle copy from Amazon for $3.99 (checked price November 2017); more about Kindles.

Length: two weeks. I've divided the reading into four parts: Part A - Part B (one week), Part C - Part D (the other week).

Reading Part A
#1 Who is the Thief?
#2 Dreams of Dagdoo
#3 Unexpected Guests
#4 The Rich Sister and the Poor Sister
#5 The Silver Coin
#6 The Magic Horn
#7 Shaikh Chilli and the Landlord
#8 The Donkey Who Turned into a Man
#9 The Three Chapattis
#10 Brave Rupali
#11 The Harvest
#12 Tall Tales
#13 Two Sisters and the Tiger
#14 The Hunter and the Elephant
#15 The Devout Queen

Reading Part B
#16 The Sparrow and the Crow
#17 The Lei Tree
#18 The Toontooni Bird
#19 The Pot of Honey
#20 The Monkey and the Leopard
#21 Upmanyu
#22 The Burglar’s Lesson
#23 The Clever Wife
#24 The Cracked Pot
#25 The Wise Beggar
#26 Yudhisthira and the Dog
#27 Bhima and Hanuman
#28 Prahlad
#29 Bhima and Bakusura
#30 Angulimal

Reading Part C
#31 Krishna and Kaliya
#32 The Scholar
#33 The Magical Tree
#34 Story of Surdas
#35 The Eldest Son
#36 The Bargainer
#37 In Search of Knowledge
#38 The Bullock’s Calf
#39 The Dung Beetle
#40 The Three Questions
#41 Indra and Vishwakarma
#42 Nala and Damayanti
#43 The Fox and Mahadeo
#44 The Peacock and the Owl
#45 The Barber and the Tiger

Reading Part D
#46 The Utensils
#47 The Tiger Bridegroom
#48 The Animal Schoolmaster
#49 The Wise Tortoise
#50 The End of the World
#51 The Old Vulture and the Cat
#52 True Friend
#53 The Treasure in the Field
#54 Blue Jackal
#55 The Sparrow and the Elephant
#56 The Boy and the Giant
#57 The Gifted Elephant
#58 The Sun, the Moon and the Wind
#59 Long Beard
#60 How Man Got Rid of His Tail



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