Indian Fairy Tales. The Demon With The Matted Hair : THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR "HIS story the Teacher told in Jetavana about a Brother who had ceased striving after' righteousness. Said the Teacher to him: "Is it really true that you have ceased all striving? --"Yes, Blessed One," he replied. Then the Teacher said: " O Brother, in former days...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Prince And The Fakir : THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR HERE was once upon a time a King who had no children. Now this King went and laid him down to rest at a place where four roads met, so that every one who passed had to step over him. At last a Fakir came along, and he said to the King, "Man, why are you lying here?" He...
Indian Fairy Tales. General Notes : GENERAL NOTES THE story literature of India is in a large measure the outcome of the moral revolution of the peninsula connected with the name of Gautama Buddha. As the influence of his life and doctrines grew, a tendency arose to connect all the popular stories of India round the great teacher...
Indian Fairy Tales. Sun, Moon, And Wind Go : How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner NE day Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to dine with their uncle and aunts Thunder and Lightning. Their mother (one of the most distant Stars you see far up in the sky) waited alone for her children's return. Now both Sun and Wind were greedy and selfish. They...
Indian Fairy Tales. How The Raja's Son W : HOW THE RAJA'S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM A country there was a Raja who had an only son who every day went out to hunt. One day the Rani, his mother, said to him, "You can hunt wherever you like on these three sides; but you must never go to the fourth side." This she said because she knew if he...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Farmer And The Money : THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER HERE was once a farmer who suffered much at the hands of a money-lender. Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the money-lender rich. At the last, when he hadn't a farthing left, the farmer went to the money-lender's house, and said, "You can't squeeze...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Ass In The Lion's Skin : THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN T the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future Buddha was born one of a peasant family; and when he grew up, he gained his living by tilling the ground. At that time a hawker used to go from place to place, trafficking in goods carried by an ass...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Soothsayers Son : The Soothsayer's Son SOOTHSAYER when on his deathbed wrote out the horoscope of his second son, whose name was Gangazara, and bequeathed it to him as his only property, leaving the whole of his estate to his eldest son. The second son thought over the horoscope, and said to himself: "Alas! am I...
Indian Fairy Tales. Raja Rasalu : RAJA RASALU NCE there lived a great Raja, whose flame was Salabhan, and be had a Queen, by name Lona, who, though she wept and prayed at many a shrine, had never a child to gladden her eyes. After a long time, however, a son was promised to her. Queen Lona returned to the palace, and when the time...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Talkative Tortoise : THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE THE future Buddha was once born in a minister's family, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares; and when he grew up, he became the king's adviser in things temporal and spiritual. Now this king was very talkative; while he was speaking, others had no opportunity for a word...
Indian Fairy Tales. Preface : PREFACE ROM the extreme West of the Indo-European world, we go this year to the extreme East. From the soft rain and green turf of Gaeldom, we seek the garish sun and arid soil of the Hindoo. In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Boy Who Had A Mo : The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin a country were seven daughters of poor parents, who used to come daily to play under the shady trees in the King's garden with the gardener's daughter; and daily she used to say to them, "When I am married I shall have a son. Such...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Lambikin : THE LAMBIKIN NCE upon a time there was a wee wee Lambikin, who frolicked about on his little tottery legs, and enjoyed himself amazingly. Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her, when who should he meet but a Jackal...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Tiger, The Brahm : THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN AND THE JACKAL NCE upon a time, a tiger was caught in a trap. He tried in vain to get out through the bars, and rolled and bit with rage and grief when he failed. By chance a poor Brahman came by. "Let me out of this cage, oh pious one!" cried the tiger. "Nay, my friend,"...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Broken Pot : THE BROKEN POT HERE lived in a certain place a Brahman, whose name was Svabhavakripana, which means "a born miser." He had collected a quantity of rice by begging, and after having dined off it, he filled a pot with what was left over. He hung the pot on a peg on the wall, placed his couch beneath...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Son Of Seven Queens : THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS NCE upon a time there lived a king who had seven Queens, but no children. This was a great grief to him, especially when he remembered that on his death there would be no heir to inherit the kingdom. Now it happened one day that a poor old fakir came to the King, and said...
Indian Fairy Tales. A Lac Of Rupees : A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A BIT OF ADVICE POOR blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence. Every day the young fellow used to go out and get what he could by begging. This continued for some time, till at last he became quite tired of such a wretched life, and determined...
Untitled : Title Page Preface The Lion and the Crane How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam The Lambikin Punchkin The Broken Pot The Magic Fiddle The Cruel Crane Outwitted Loving Laili The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal The Soothsayers Son Harisarman The Charmed Ring The Talkative Tortoise A Lac...
Indian Fairy Tales. A Lesson For Kings : A LESSON FOR KINGS NCE upon a time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future Buddha returned to life as his son and heir. And when the day came for choosing a name, they called him Prince Brahma-datta. He grew up in due course; and when he was sixteen years old, went to Takkasil...
Indian Fairy Tales. Story Notes : STORY NOTES I. THE LION AND THE CRANE. Source.--V. Fausboll, "Five Jatakas, "Copenhagen, 1861, pp. 35--8, text and translation of the" Javasakuna Jataka. "I have ventured to English Prof. Fausbll's version, which was only intended as a "crib" to the Pali. For the omitted Introduction, see supr...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Magic Fiddle : THE MAGIC FIDDLE NCE upon a time there lived seven brothers and a sister. The brothers were married, but their wives did not do the cooking for the family. It was done by their sister, who stopped at home to cook. The wives for this reason bore their sister-in-law much ill-will, and at length they...
Indian Fairy Tales. Pride Goeth Before A Fall : PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL N a certain village there lived ten cloth merchants, who always went about together. Once upon a time they had travelled far afield, and were returning home with a great deal of money which they had obtained by selling their wares. Now there happened to be a dense forest...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Cruel Crane Outwitted : THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED ONG ago the Bodisat was born to a forest life as the genius of a tree standing near a certain lotus pond. Now at that time the water used to run short at the dry season in a certain pond, not over large, in which there were a good many fish. And a crane thought on seeing...
Indian Fairy Tales. Loving Laili : LOVING LAILI NCE there was a king called King Dantal, who had a great many rupees and soldiers and horses. He had also an only son called Prince Majnun, who was a handsome boy with white teeth, red lips, blue eyes, red cheeks, red hair, and a white skin. This boy was very fond of playing with...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Gold Giving Serpent : THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT OW in a certain place there lived a Brahman named Haridatta. He was a farmer, but poor was the return his labour brought him. One day, at the end of the hot hours, the Brahman, overcome by the heat, lay down under the shadow of a tree to have a doze. Suddenly he saw a gre...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Lion And The Crane : THE LION AND THE CRANE HE Bodhisatta was at one time born in the region of Himavanta as a white crane; now Brahmadatta was at that time reigning in Benares. Now it chanced that as a lion was eating meat a bone stuck in his throat. The throat became swollen, he could not take food, his suffering w...
Indian Fairy Tales. Why The Fish Laughed : WHY THE FISH LAUGHED S a certain fisherwoman passed by a palace crying her fish, the Queen appeared at one of the windows and beckoned her to come near and show what she had. At that moment a very big fish jumped about in the bottom of the basket. "Is it a he or a she?" inquired the Queen. "I wish...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Charmed Ring : THE CHARMED RING MERCHANT started his son in life with three hundred rupees, and bade him go to another country and try his luck in trade. The son took the money and departed. He had not gone far before he came across some herdsmen quarrelling over a dog, that some of them wished to kill. "Please...
Indian Fairy Tales. Harisarman : HARISARMAN "HERE was a certain Brahman in a certain "village, named Harisarman. He was poor and foolish and in evil case for want of employment, and he had very many children, that he might reap the fruit of his misdeeds in a former life. He wandered about begging with his family, and at last he...
Indian Fairy Tales. Title Page : INDIAN FAIRY TALES SELECTED AND EDITED BY JOSEPH JACOBS EDITOR OF "FOLK-LORE" ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN D. BATTEN LONDON DAVID NUTT, 57-59 LONG ACRE NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS [1912] Scanned and Redacted by Phillip Brown. Additional formatting and proofing by J. B. Hare , April 2003. This text is...
Indian Fairy Tales. Punchkin : PUNCHKIN NCE upon a time there was a Raja who had seven beautiful daughters. They were all good girls; but the youngest, named Balna, was more clever than the rest. The Raja's wife died when they were quite little children, so these seven poor Princesses were left with no mother to take care...
Indian Fairy Tales. How The Wicked Sons Were Duped : HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED VERY wealthy old man, imagining that he was on the point of death, sent for his sons and divided his property among them. However, he did not die for several years afterwards; and miserable years many of them were. Besides the weariness of old age, the old fellow had...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Pigeon And The Crow : THE PIGEON AND THE CROW NCE upon a time the Bodhisatta was a Pigeon, and lived in a nest-basket which a rich man's cook had hung up in the kitchen, in order to earn merit by it. A greedy Crow, flying near, saw all sorts of delicate food lying about in the kitchen, and fell a-hungering after it...
Indian Fairy Tales. The Ivory City And Its : THE IVORY CITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS NE day a young prince was out practicing archery with the son of his father's chief vizier, when one of the arrows accidentally struck the wife of a merchant, who was walking about in an upper room' of a house close by. The prince aimed at a bird that w...
