Sagas from the Far East; or, Kalmouk and Mongolian Traditionary Tales

Contents.

The Saga of the Well-and-wise-walking Khan.

		Page
	Dedication	1
	Tales
I.—	The Woman who sought her Husband in the Palace of Erlik-Khan	10
II.—	The Gold-spitting Prince	17
III.—	How the Schimnu-Khan was slain	36
IV.—	The Pig’s-head Soothsayer	54
V.—	How the Serpent-gods were propitiated	71
VI.—	The Turbulent Subject	82
VII.—	The White Bird and his Wife	89
VIII.—	How Ânanda the Woodcarver and Ânanda the Painter strove together	97
IX.—	Five to One	105
X.—	The Biting Corpse	115
XI.—	The Prayer making suddenly Rich	120
XII.—	“Child-intellect” and “Bright-intellect”	130
XIII.—	The Fortunes of Shrikantha	135
XIV.—	The Avaricious Brother	146
XV.—	The Use of Magic Language	157
XVI.—	The Wife who loved Butter	165
XVII.—	The Simple Husband and the Prudent Wife	173
XVIII.—	How Shanggasba buried his Father	178
XIX.—	The Perfidious Friend	192
XX.—	BhÎxu Life	198
XXI.—	How the Widow saved her Son’s Life	206
XXII.—	The White Serpent-king	213
XXIII.—	What became of the Red-coloured Dog	221
	Conclusion of the Adventures of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan	229

The Saga of Ardschi-Bordschi and VikramÂditja’s Throne.

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