Tibetan Folk Tales [illustrated with active TOC]

Great collection of Tibetan Tales with illustrations and active Table of Contents for kids and adults.

From the Preface:

It is found among the old, old histories of the Tibetans that a female demon living among the mountains in Northern India mated with a monkey from the forests of Tibet, and from this union sprang the Tibetan race of people. The greater part of their literature is of a sacred nature, telling of their creation, of the formation of the world, of Buddha and his miraculous birth and death, of his reincarnations and the revisions of his teachings.

A kind of almanac, a little astronomy, plans for casting a horoscope, and many books filled with religious teachings and superstitions, including the worship of devils and demons, are about all that can be found.

The little stories in this book are told as the people sit around their boiling tea made over a three stone camp-fire. They are handed down from father to son, from mother to daughter, and though often filled with their superstitious beliefs, through them all run a vein of humor and the teachings of a moral truth which is quite unexpected.

These tales were gathered by Dr. A. L. Shelton on his trips among the Tibetans, around their camp-fires at night, and in their black tents high up in the mountains.

Every country has its folk-lore tales that have always been a joy and pleasure to the children, not only of their own land, but of other lands as well.

May these stories add a little to this pleasure and enjoyment everywhere, in whatsoever tongue they may be translated or in whatever land they may be read.

FLORA BEAL SHELTON

Table of Contents

ONE: The Wise Bat
TWO: The Tiger and the Frog
THREE: The Cony Who Got Into Bad Company
FOUR: The Story of the Donkey and the Rock. (A Black Tent Story)
FIVE: Story of the Foolish Head-man
SIX: How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit
SEVEN: The Ingratitude of Man
EIGHT: Covetousness
NINE: The Wise Carpenter
TEN: The Story of Drashup and the Goddesses
ELEVEN: How the Louse Got the Black Streak Down His Back
TWELVE: The Man and the Ghost
THIRTEEN: The Wicked Stepmother
FOURTEEN: Story of the Two Devils.
FIFTEEN: The Wise Woman
SIXTEEN: The Three Friends
SEVENTEEN: The Rabbit and Bumblebee Bee
EIGHTEEN: How the Rabbit Killed the Lion
NINETEEN: How the King Lost His Great Jewel
TWENTY: The Story of the Three Hunters
TWENTY-ONE: The Hunter and the Unicorn
TWENTY-TWO: The Decision of the Official as to Who Owned the One Hundred Ounces of Silver
TWENTY-THREE: Story of the Prince's Friend
TWENTY-FOUR: How the Raven Saved the Hunter
TWENTY-FIVE: The Two Thieves. (A Black Tent Story)
TWENTY-SIX: The Golden Squash. (A Black Tent Story)
TWENTY-SEVEN: The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
TWENTY-EIGHT: The Man with Five Friends with Different Colored Eyes. (A Black Tent Story)
TWENTY-NINE: The Story of the Violinist
THIRTY: How the Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast
THIRTY-ONE: The Two Little Cats
THIRTY-TWO: Story of a Juggler's Tricks
THIRTY-THREE: How the Wolf, the Fox and the Rabbit Committed a Crime
THIRTY-FOUR: The Pewter Vase
THIRTY-FIVE: A Rabbit Story
THIRTY-SIX: The Story of a Juggler
THIRTY-SEVEN: The Story of a Turquoise
THIRTY-EIGHT: A Wise Idiot
THIRTY-NINE: The Man and the Monkeys
FORTY: The Story of the Tree of Life
FORTY-ONE: The Story of the Man with the Goitre
FORTY-TWO: The Story of the Beggar
FORTY-THREE: The, Wily Poor Man
FORTY-FOUR: The Quarrel of the Five Friends
FORTY-FIVE: The Frugal Woman
FORTY-SIX: The Story of Yugpacan the Brahman. From Jaschke
FORTY-SEVEN: The Story of DaJang. From Amundsen
FORTY-EIGHT: Like Unto Solomon. From Jaschke
FORTY-NINE: Tibetan Song, Translated from the Tibetan, with music

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