Hindu Fairy Tales Retold for Children (Classic Reprint)

Introduction '.fHE J atalra, of ,vhich the tales in this volume are well-chosen exalllples, are an10ng the 1110St ancient heritages of hUlnan civilization. No hU))1aJl art is probably older than the art of story-telling. Before pritnitive man evel· thought of fashioning his first stone axe, long before he ever conceived the possibility of scratching picture 111essa.ges upon ha.rd surfaces, he nlust have developed skill in narrating not only the happenings of his 0"'11 day, hut also the events of past tilne as they 'were handed down to hinl by tradition. Story-telling ev~~o ~l i~:s. priInitive fornls served sevc~r-:l .. l il.l;pl)rt(tG~ .. t)l~~~. vel-rnanent purposes. l~'irst 0; al! ·~anle· the purpose of enter-. • .) ,t- " • ) tainlncnt. '.fhis· p~Ir~l){}~~. the art has never neglected, an;~ :!:';~'htly ~ f9'- '~ dull story is worse than none at all. Next perhaps in irnportance canJe the historical purpose. Prirnitive story, it is true, seldo111 prese

Table of Contents

GEORGE PHILIP I{RAPP; PAGE; How THESE STORiES CAME TO BE 15; THE IVIONKEVS AND THE HOLLOW CANES 21; THE GOOD ELEPHANT AND THE UNGRATEFUL MAN 29; F OOTSTEFS IN THE AIR 42; THE TREATHS OF NAVA-RATNA 6S; TnE FAJRIES Ir THI! MOUNTAIN OF THE MOON 80; liAV You LIVE A HUNDI(ED YEARS 92; THE MISER AND THE liESS OF POTTAGE 102; THE KING OF THE GOLDEN GEESE; THE QUEST FOR A MAGIC NAME; THE SLIPPERS OF THE KJNG; 128; 161; 187

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