Deccan Nursery TalesFairy Tales from the SouthReading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterFairy Tales from the South1914.PrefaceIllustrationsThe Sunday StoryThe Monday StoryThe Tuesday StoryThe Wednesday and Thursday StoryThe Friday StoryThe Saturday StoryThe Island PalaceNagoba, the Snake-KingParwati and the Beggar-ManParwati and the BrahmanSoma, the WasherwomanVasishta and the Four QueensParwati and the PriestThe Rishi and the BrahmanThe King and the Water-GoddessesThe Golden TempleColophonPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →1914.All chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsFairy Tales from the South1914.PrefaceIllustrationsThe Sunday StoryThe Monday StoryThe Tuesday StoryThe Wednesday and Thursday StoryThe Friday StoryThe Saturday StoryThe Island PalaceNagoba, the Snake-KingParwati and the Beggar-ManParwati and the BrahmanSoma, the WasherwomanVasishta and the Four QueensParwati and the PriestThe Rishi and the BrahmanThe King and the Water-GoddessesThe Golden TempleColophonBy C. A. Kincaid, C.V.O. Indian Civil Service Author of ‘The Outlaws of Kathiawar,’ ‘The Tale of the Tulsi Plant’ Illustrations by M. V. Dhurandhar← Front matter1914. →