A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India

A. K. Ramanujan

Suggested citation:
Ramanujan, A. K. A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India. Berkeley London: University of California Press, c1997. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft067n99wt/

Editors' Preface

1. A Story and a Song
2. Acacia Trees
3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince
4. Bride for a Dead Man
5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake
6. A Buffalo Without Bones
7. Cannibal Sister
8. Chain Tale
9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do
10. The Clever Daughter-in-law
11. A Couple of Misers
12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll
13. A Dog's Daughters
14. A Dog's Story
15. Dolls
16. Double Double
17. Dumma and Dummi
18. Dwarfs
19. A Flowering Tree
20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow
21. Fools
22. A Jackal King
23. For Love of Kadabu
24. A Girl in a Picture
25. The Glass Pillar
26. A Golden Sparrow
27. The Greatest Thing
28. Hanchi
29. The Horse Gram Man
30. Hucca
31. The Husband's Shadow
32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness
33. In Search of a Dream
34. King and Peasant
35. Kutlavva
36. The Lampstand Woman
37. The Magician and His Disciple
38. A Minister's Word
39. Monkey Business
40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son
41. Muddanna
42. Nagarani (“Serpent Queen”)
43. A Ne'er-do-well
44. Ninga on My Palm
45. Ogress Queen
46. An Old Couple
47. The Past Never Passes
48. A Peg and a Keg
49. The Pomegranate Queen
50. A Poor Man
51. The Princess of Seven Jasmines
52. The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half
53. The Rain King's Wife
54. Rich Man, Poor Man
55. A Sage's Word
56. The Serpent Lover
57. A Shepherd's Pilgrimage
58. Sister Crow and Sister Sparrow
59. Siva Plays Double
60. The Sparrow Who Wouldn't Die
61. A Sparrow With a Single Pea
62. Tales for a Princess
63. The Talking Bed
64. A Thief, a Ram, a Bear, and a Horse
65. Three Blouses
66. Three Magic Objects
67. Three Sisters Named Death, Birth, and Dream
68. The Three-Thousand-Rupee Sari
69. Thug and Master-Thug
70. Tree Trunk for a Boat
71. The Turtle Prince
72. A Wager
73. What the Milk Bird Said
74. Who Is the Greatest?
75. Why the Sky Went Up
76. The Worship of a Household God
77. A Story to End All Stories
A Flowering Tree

Notes on the Tales
Glossary
Bibliography
List of Tellers and Collectors
List of Tale Types

Contents