The Two Cats : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 127 THE TWO CATS. Arabian? In former days there was an old woman, who lived in a hut more confined than the minds of the ignorant, and more dark than the tombs of misers. Her companion was a cat, from the mirror of whose...
Legend Of Dhurrumnath : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 132 LEGEND OF DHURRUMNATH. Indian? During the reign of a mighty rajah named Guddeh Sing, a celebrated, and as it is now supposed, deified priest, or hutteet, called Dhurrumnath, came, and in all the characteristic humility...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Bird Man : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE BIRD-MAN. When the Son of the Chan had done as formerly, spoken the threatening words, and carried off Ssidi, Ssidi asked him as before to tell a tale; but the Son of the Chan shook his head without speaking a word...
The Legend Of The Terrestrial Paradise : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 21 THE LEGEND OF THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE OF SHEDDD, THE SON OF AD. Arabian It is related that Abd Allah, the son of Aboo Kilbeh, went forth to seek a camel that had run away, and while he was proceeding over the deserts...
The Traveller's Adventure : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 135 THE TRAVELLER'S ADVENTURE. Arabian? It is related that a man, mounted upon a camel, in the course of travelling arrived at a place where others from the same caravan had lighted a fire before proceeding on their journey...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Man And His Wife : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE MAN AND HIS WIFE. When Ssidi had been captured as before, and was being carried away in the sack, he inquired, as he had always done, as to telling a tale; but the Son of the Chan shook his head without speaking a word...
The Shepherd And The Jogie : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 184 THE SHEPHERD AND THE JOGIE. Indian It is related that during the reign of a king of Cutch, named Lakeh, a Jogie lived, who was a wise man, and wonderfully skilled in the preparation of herbs. For years he had been...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Adventures. Part 03 : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE ADVENTURES OF THE RICH YOUTH. "In former times there lived, in a great kingdom, a rich youth, a calculator, a mechanic, a painter, a physician, and a smith, and they all departed from their parents and went forth ...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The History : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 89 THE HISTORY OF SUNSHINE AND HIS BROTHER. As the Chan's Son was journeying along as before, laden with Ssidi, Ssidi inquired of him as formerly who should tell a tale. But the Son of the Chan shook his head without speaking...
The Tomb Of Noosheerwan : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 30 THE TOMB OF NOOSHEERWAN. Persian The caliph Hroon-oor-Rasheed went to visit the tomb of the celebrated Noosheerwn, the most famous of all the monarchs who ever governed Persia. Before the tomb was a curtain of gold cloth...
The Man Who Never Laughed : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 151 THE MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHED. Arabian? There was a man, of those possessed of houses and riches, who had wealth and servants and slaves and other possessions; and he departed from the world to receive the mercy of God (whose...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Stealing : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE STEALING OF THE HEART. When the Son of the Chan was, as formerly, carrying Ssidi away in the sack, Ssidi inquired of p. 111 him as before; but the Son of the Chan shook his head without speaking a word, so Ssidi proceeded...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Painter : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE PAINTER AND THE WOOD-CARVER. When the Son of the Chan had, as on all the former occasions, spoken the words of threatening, placed the dead one in the sack, and journeyed forth with him, Ssidi spake this time also as follows...
Ameen And The Ghool : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 37 AMEEN AND THE GHOOL. Persian There is a dreadful place in Persia called the "Valley of the Angel of Death." That terrific minister of God's wrath, according to tradition, has resting-places upon the earth and his favourite...
The Perfidious Vizier : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 186 THE PERFIDIOUS VIZIER. Arabian A king of former times had an only son, whom he contracted in marriage to the daughter of another king. But the damsel, who was endowed with great beauty, had a cousin who had sought her...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Magici : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE MAGICIAN WITH THE SWINE'S HEAD. When the Son of the Chan had, as before, seized upon Ssidi, and was carrying him away, Ssidi spoke as formerly, but the Son of the Chan shook his head, without uttering a word, and Ssidi beg...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Relations : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 47 THE RELATIONS OF SSIDI KUR. Kalmuk Tartar Glorified Nangasuna Garbi! thou art radiant within and without; the holy vessel of sublimity, the fathomer of concealed thoughts, the second of instructors, I bow before thee. Wh...
Title Page : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS: ORIENTAL BY CHARLES JOHN TIBBITTS London: W. W. Gibbings [1889] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare , January 2008. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published pri...
Prefatory Note : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. v PREFATORY NOTE The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while to preserve. The conditions under which the people live are most...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Wonderful : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE WONDERFUL MAN WHO OVERCAME THE CHAN. When the Son of the Chan had proceeded as formerly to seize the dead one, then spake he the p. 97 threatening words, seized upon Ssidi, thrust him into the sack, tied the sack fast, ate...
The Fox And The Wolf : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 162 THE FOX AND THE WOLF Arabian? A fox and a wolf inhabited the same den, resorting thither together, and thus they remained a long time. But the wolf oppressed the fox; and it so happened that the fox counselled the wolf...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. Of The Maiden : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], OF THE MAIDEN SSUWARANDARI. When the Son of the Chan was carrying off Ssidi, as formerly, Ssidi related the following tale:-- "A long while ago, there was in the very centre of a certain kingdom an old pagoda, in which stood...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Adventures. Part 02 : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE ADVENTURES OF THE BEGGAR'S SON. When the Son of the Chan arrived as before at the cold Forest of Death, he exclaimed with threatening gestures at the foot of the amiri-tree, "Thou dead one, descend, or I will hew down...
The Cobbler Astrologer : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 1 THE COBBLER ASTROLOGER. Persian In the great city of Isfahan lived Ahmed the cobbler, an honest and industrious man, whose wish was to pass through life quietly; and he might have done so, had he not married a handsome wife...
The Seven Stages Of Roostem : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], p. 141 THE SEVEN STAGES OF ROOSTEM. Persian Persia was at peace, and prosperous; but its king, Ky-Koos, could never remain at rest. A favourite singer gave him one day an animated account of the beauties of the neighbouring...
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur. The Adventures : * "Folklore and Legends: Oriental", by Charles John Tibbitts, [1889], THE ADVENTURES OF MASSANG. When the Son of the Chan arrived at the foot of the amiri-tree, and spoke as he had formerly done, Ssidi approached him, suffered himself to be placed in the sack, fastened with the rope, and carried...
