Folk-Tales of Bengal

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Folk-Tales of Bengal
Author Lal Behari Day
Publication date
1883

Folk-Tales of Bengal is a collection of folk tales and fairy tales of Bengal written by Lal Behari Dey. [1] The book was published in 1883. The illustrations by Warwick Goble were added in 1912. [2] All these stories were passed from generation to generation for centuries.

Contents

Stories

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Illustration to Folk-Tales of Bengal by Warwick Goble

This list represents the 1912 Contents (page xi) that is displayed in small caps.

  1. Life's Secret
  2. Phakir Chand
  3. The Indigent Brahman
  4. The Story of the Rakshasas
  5. The Story of Swet-Basanta
  6. The Evil Eye of Sani
  7. The Boy whom Seven Mothers suckled
  8. The Story of Prince Sobur
  9. The Origin of Opium
  10. Strike but Hear
  11. The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Sons
  12. The Ghost-Brahman
  13. The Man who wished to be Perfect
  14. A Ghostly Wife
  15. The Story of a Brahmadaitya
  16. The Story of a Hiraman
  17. The Origin of Rubies
  18. The Match-making Jackal
  19. The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead
  20. The Ghost who was Afraid of being Bagged
  21. The Field of Bones
  22. The Bald Wife

References

  1. ↑ Sinhal, Kounteya (9 April 2015). "Lost history unearthed in Scot Cemetery". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-01-07. This article fashions the author's name "Lalbehari De". The 1912 title page credits "Rev. Lal Behari Day" (all caps).
  2. ↑ Folk Tales of Bengal. Macmillan and Co. 1883.


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