India's Tales and Legends

Title

en_US India's Tales and Legends

Description

en_US This book has a dustjacket (book cover)

Retold by J.E.B. Gray

Creator

en_US Gray, J.E.B. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kiddell-Monroe, Joan

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:10Z

2023-11

en_US 1961

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:10Z

Date Issued

en_US 1961

Abstract

en_US This hardbound book helps make sense of a smaller paperback found 20 years ago, "Tales from India." It seems after all to be the original from which the shorter paperback was taken. Instead of twenty-three stories on 151 pages, it has 39 stories on 239 pages. Stories important for this collection are taken from the Jatakas and the Hitopadesha, described in the Author's Note as a collection of fables. As I noted there, "The Mouse and His Friends" (49) is the traditional K&D story of Zhirac the rat and his friends. "The Mongoose, the Owl, the Cat, and the Mouse" (55) is the familiar story of the mouse's having to trust the cat for a short time to defend himself from the threatening owl and mongoose--but he is too smart to trust this friendship after the threat to them both is over. "The Earthquake" (58) is the traditional "end of the world" story. "The Brahman and the Goat" (157) is about the clever thieves who convince this Brahman that he is leading a dog, not a goat. "The Indigo Jackal" (159) is familiar, as are "The Fate of the Vulture" (182), "The Hare in the Moon" (186), and "The Foolish Brahman" (212). The relationship between the two editions helps to explain why the Author's Note mentions stories that are not in that shorter volume. The illustrations are from Joan Kiddell-Monroe, known to fable readers from "English Fables and Fairy Stories" (1954) and "Aesop's Fables" (1961). I find her frequent smaller monochrome designs more helpful than the full-page duochrome offerings. Oxford U. Press has the 1961 copyright.

Identifier

en_US 13491 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157855

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Henry Z. Walck

en_US New York

Subject

India See all items with this value