Tales of the Sun; or, Folklore of Southern India

by Lucas Cleeve

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. The Story of the Three Deaf Men
4. Why Brâhmaṇs cannot eat in the Dark
5. The Soothsayer’s Son
6. Raṇavîrasiṅg
7. “Charity Alone Conquers.”
8. Mr. Won’t-Give and Mr. Won’t-Leave
9. Mr. Mighty-of-his-Mouth and Mr. Mighty-of-his-Hands
10. The Mother-in-Law became an Ass
11. The Story of Appayya
12. The Brâhmiṇ Girl that Married a Tiger
13. The Good Husband and the Bad Wife
14. The Good Wife and the Bad Husband
15. The Lost Camel and Other Tales
16. The Monkey with the Tom-Tom
17. Pride Goeth Before a Fall
18. Good Will Grow Out of Good
19. Light Makes Prosperity
20. Chandralêkhâ and the Eight Robbers
21. The Conquest of Fate
22. The Brâhmaṇ Priest who became an Amildâr
23. The Gardener’s Cunning Wife
24. Keep it for the Beggar
25. Good Luck to the Lucky One; Or, Shall I Fall Down?
26. Retaliation—Palikkuppali
27. The Beggar and the Five Muffins
28. The Brahmarâkshas and the Hair
29. Notes

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