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Tables of Contents for A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
EDITORS' PREFACE
ix
1. A Story and a Song
1
1
2. Acacia Trees
2
3
3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince
5
10
4. Bride for a Dead Man
15
5
5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake
20
2
6. A Buffalo Without Bones
22
4
7. Cannibal Sister
26
1
8. Chain Tale
27
1
9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do
28
3
10. The Clever Daughter-in-law
31
5
11. A Couple of Misers
36
2
12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll
38
5
13. A Dog's Daughters
43
3
14. A Dog's Story
46
4
15. Dolls
50
1
16. Double Double
51
1
17. Dumma and Dummi
52
1
18. Dwarfs
53
1
19. A Flowering Tree
53
9
20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow
62
3
21. Fools
65
1
22. A Jackal King
66
2
23. For Love of Kadabu
68
2
24. A Girl in a Picture
70
1
25. The Glass Pillar
71
1
26. A Golden Sparrow
71
2
27. The Greatest Thing
73
1
28. Hanchi
74
5
29. The Horse Gram Man
79
2
30. Hucca
81
3
31. The Husband's Shadow
84
2
32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness
86
5
33. In Search of a Dream
91
3
34. King and Peasant
94
2
35. Kutlavva
96
2
36. The Lampstand Woman
98
4
37. The Magician and His Disciple
102
6
38. A Minister's Word
108
1
39. Monkey Business
109
2
40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son
111
3
41. Muddanna
114
4
42. Nagarani ("Serpent Queen")
118
2
43. A Ne'er-do-well
120
5
44. Ninga on My Palm
125
3
45. Ogress Queen
128
4
46. An Old Couple
132
1
47. The Past Never Passes
133
1
48. A Peg and a Keg
134
1
49. The Pomegranate Queen
135
2
50. A Poor Man
137
2
51. The Princess of Seven Jasmines
139
3
52. The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half
142
3
53. The Rain King's Wife
145
4
54. Rich Man, Poor Man
149
3
55. A Sage's Word
152
3
56. The Serpent Lover
155
3
57. A Shepherd's Pilgrimage
158
3
58. Sister Crow and Sister Sparrow
161
2
59. Siva Plays Double
163
3
60. The Sparrow Who Wouldn't Die
166
1
61. A Sparrow With a Single Pea
167
1
62. Tales for a Princess
167
5
63. The Talking Bed
172
3
64. A Thief, a Ram, a Bear, and a Horse
175
5
65. Three Blouses
180
2
66. Three Magic Objects
182
2
67. Three Sisters Named Death, Birth, and Dream
184
2
68. The Three-Thousand-Rupee Sari
186
4
69. Thug and Master-Thug
190
1
70. Tree Trunk for a Boat
191
2
71. The Turtle Prince
193
5
72. A Wager
198
9
73. What the Milk Bird Said
207
2
74. Who Is the Greatest?
209
3
75. Why the Sky Went Up
212
1
76. The Worship of a Household God
212
2
77. A Story to End All Stories
214
13
A FLOWERING TREE: A WOMAN'S TALE
217
10
NOTES ON THE TALES
227
30
GLOSSARY
227
30
BIBLIOGRAPHY
259
4
LIST OF TELLERS AND COLLECTORS
263
6
LIST OF TALE TYPES
269