CONTENTS

PREFACE

TO THE LITTLE READER

TALES OF THE PUNJAB FOLKLORE OF INDIA

SIR BUZZ

THE RAT'S WEDDING

THE FAITHFUL PRINCE

THE BEAR'S BAD BARGAIN

PRINCE LIONHEART AND HIS THREE FRIENDS

THE LAMBIKIN

BOPOLuCHi

PRINCESS AUBERGINE

VALIANT VICKY, THE BRAVE WEAVER

THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS

THE SPARROW AND THE CROW

THE TIGER, THE BRAHMaN, AND THE JACKAL

THE KING OF THE CROCODILES

LITTLE ANKLEBONE

THE CLOSE ALLIANCE A TALE OF WOE

THE TWO BROTHERS

THE JACKAL AND THE IGUANA

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR HEN-SPARROW

PRINCESS PEPPERINA

PEASIE AND BEANSIE

THE JACKAL AND THE PARTRIDGE

THE SNAKE-WOMAN AND KING ALI MARDAN

THE WONDERFUL RING

THE JACKAL AND THE PEA-HEN

THE GRAIN OF CORN

THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER

THE LORD OF DEATH

THE WRESTLERS A STORY OF HEROES

THE LEGEND OF GWaSHBRaRI, THE GLACIER-HEARTED QUEEN

THE BARBER'S CLEVER WIFE

THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE

HOW RAJA RASaLU WAS BORN

HOW RAJA RASaLU WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD

HOW RAJA RASaLU'S FRIENDS FORSOOK HIM

HOW RAJA RASaLU BECAME A JOGI

HOW RAJA RASaLU JOURNEYED TO THE CITY OF KING SARKAP

HOW RAJA RASaLU SWUNG THE SEVENTY FAIR MAIDENS, DAUGHTERS OF THE KING

HOW RAJA RASaLU PLAYED CHAUPUR WITH KING SARKAP

THE KING WHO WAS FRIED

PRINCE HALF-A-SON

THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO WORSHIPPED THE SUN

THE RUBY PRINCE

NOTES TO TALES SIR BUZZ

Title: Tales of the Punjab

Author: Flora Annie Steel

Language: English

Produced by Curtis A. Weyant, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

TALES OF THE PUNJAB FOLKLORE OF INDIA

BY

FLORA ANNIE STEEL