INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y

Adam and Eve, blackened after the Fall 239

Alligator 63

King of the Fishes 66, 71

Angels 77, 88, 116, 225

Antelopes 85

Ants, grateful 155, 161

Apsarases 262

Ashes, Lailí becomes 77

sugar turned into 96

“Aunt,” used to propitiate 157, 262

Avatár 265

Bádsháh 237

Bag, magic 156

Bamboo wand 86, 98, 268

Barber outwits tigers 35

Bear 254

tries to kill cat 19

Beauty, effects of 62, 93, 142

radiance of 1, 240, 241, 242

Bed 201

magic 156

Bees, Rakshases keeping their souls in 261

Bél Princess 138, 282

Bhágírathí river 75

Birds, souls in 58, 59, 61, 261

conversing 149, 150, 198

Birth-marks 1, 119, 242, 243, 253, 276

Blindness cured 77

Blood of little finger 83, 84, 141, 272

Boar, God in shape of 68

Boar Trwyth, the 241

Boat refusing to move 195, 292

Body, star on 243

sun on 243

Bones of daughter sent to mother 12, 250, 253

Bowl, magic 156

Branch, cutting 30

Branding 131, 134, 281

Bricks turned into gold 97

Bulbul 39

Burning alive 12, 61, 207, 249, 250

Camel, strayed 29, 63

Card-playing 218, 219, 234

Cards 293

Cat 255

aunt to tiger 15

cheats jackal 19

leopard 19

which could not be killed 18

Cháṇḍála 266

Charcoal, gold and silver turned into 69, 226

Chests, concealment in 218

Child, all-devouring 255

Children eaten 52, 177

Chin, star on 119

Clothes-box, magic 33

Cloud-myth 257

Cockatoo, Rakshas Rání’s soul in 61

Colour 93

Comfits, rain of 29

Cooking-pot, magic 32

Cotton-tree 39

Cow swallows child alive 123

Crow 75

Cuckoo 39

Daughter, see Former life.

Day and night Myths 256, 257

Dead sheep mistaken for woman 28

Deer’s horn, Mahádeo’s 232

Demon 173

as a goat 173, 288

heating sand 236

swallowing suitors 99

tigers fighting with 162

Dew (Demon) 273

Dharma 265

Diamond, face shining like 69

Dog disputes with cat 16

Lailí becomes 78, 79

swallows child alive 122

Dolls 168, 169

Dom 70

Doves, eyes changed into 5

Dream 232

Dresses, seizure of 6

Eagle’s feather 181

Eaglets, speaking 183

Earth blown away 140

cure with 198, 199

Ear, twisting 130

Elephant tries to kill cat 18, 19

Errands 53, 55, 58, 179, 181, 184, 189, 288

Euphemisms 259

Eve, see Adam.

Eyes become birds 5, 148

pounded to bits 176

torn out of Rání’s head 51, 176, 289

Face, star on 1, 242, see Powder.

Fainting at beauty 82

Fairies in jungle 32

teach monkey prince 42

and Prince Sazádá 93

Indian 243

Irish and Cornish 243

of Maoris 239, 244

Fairy Rájás 1

red 168

Fakír’s feats 92

gifts to 68, 224

God in form of 224

helpful 41, 185

sleep of 139, 167

tasks to be performed by intending 87

Fan 196, 197

Fan Prince 193

Faríd, Shekh 272

Fasting, see Jackal, Kite.

Fate 263

seeking one’s 63

Feather, causing invisibility 59

Feats of Fakírs 92

Figure of clay, water and ashes 78

Fish, cooked, becomes alive 71, 227, see Rohú.

Fishes, king of 66, 71

souls of unborn children in 235, 236

Fire, see Rejuvenescence.

Flower, children in 10, 247, 248, 252

hero weighing 2

heroine weighing 1

Flowers, life in 4, 10, 144, 244, 247, 248, 252, 284

on ears 3

Flute 168, 169, 171, 287

Fly, change into 56, 57, 141

Fools 257

Former life 115, 276

Four sides 153, 156, 285, 286

Fox 254

Frog, the voracious 24

slit open 26

Fruits, children, born from eating 42, 91

children in 11, 246, 247, 252

heroine in 81, 142, 146, 246

Gambling 234

Gangá 89, 90

Gardener 277

Garpank 289

Gesture language 208, 210

Glass powder 197

Glittering well 189, 190

Goat, demon in form of 173, 288, see Former life.

Gold, stones becoming 59

bricks turned into 97

in river 66

Golden wand 262

Grateful animals 155, 161, 162

Hair, power of 268, 271

of Mahádeo 89, 90

of gold 1, 49, 62, 238, 240

tree split with 163

Hand, star on 253

Handkerchief 199

Harchand Rájá 68

Harichand Rájá 224

Hariçchandra 265, 266

Head, sun on 1, 242, 253

becomes a dome 148

a house 5

a peacock 244

Head-collars 230

Heart becomes tank 148

Horse, hero’s 124, 125, 126, 277, 278

swallows child alive 124, 125

House, arm or leg changed into 5

Husband, public choice of 128, 280

Husk story 259

Ikhwán Ussafa cited 239

Indrásan 93, 243

Invisibility caused by feather 59

by blowing earth from palm 140

Jackal 75, 255

arbitrates 16

cheats the tiger 17

its fear of men 23

kills kite’s sons 22

will not fast 21

Jamná 89, 90

Kettle-drum 120, 121, 162, 287

Khudá 237

Kite worships and fasts 21

Knife, magic 83, 266

dipped in blood 175, 176

Knowledge of far-off events 95, 272

Kop Shástra 225

Lailí 73

Lamnissa 284

Leg becomes pillar 148

Lemon, Rakshases keeping their souls in 261

Leopard tries to kill cat 19

Líchí 91

Life, restoration to 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 22, 26, 71, 78, 83, 84, 86, 98, 141, 146, 151, 166, 227, 228, 232, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 282, 284, 285

Life, former 115, 276

Lips of demons long 273

Little finger 83, 141, 266, 267, 272

Livers, standing on 10

Looking back, prohibited 141

danger of 282

Lotus-flower, heroine changed into 144, 285

Magic gifts 32, 33, 34

Mahádeo 89, 90, 231, 232

Mainá 148

advises dog 18

demon’s soul in 187, 188

Majnún 73, 266

Mangoes 41

mango-tree 202

mango-stone, consequence of eating 50

Mattresses thrown to save drowning prince 47

Milk sent by God 146

of tigress 178

Monkey 42

Moon on hand 1

on forehead 119, 242

princess shines like 158

Mothers eating sons 52, 177

Mouth, demon’s 185

Mouse 101

Music 93, 243, 287

Mustard-seed, oil crushed out of 160

Nabha 113

Nának 276

Neck, star on 242

Necklace disappears into wall 229

reappears 233

Needles, body stuck full of 165, 287

Numbers, sacred 262

Ointment restoring sight 56

Old woman, see Former life.

Paper boat 187, 188, 290

Parrot 148, 153

Peacock, head becomes 244

Pearls drop from bird’s eyes 12

from bird’s beak 254

Phaláná country 73, 74

Phúlmati 240

Pigeons, cooked, come to life 228

Pin, in bird’s head 12, 14

transformation caused by 254

Pit dug for demon’s execution 192

for Dillus Varvawc 292

Poison 212

Portrait 223

Powder flung in face 77

Rakshas 5, 260

as a goat 288

turned into Rání 51

Rat and frog 24

Red cheeks 93

Rejuvenescence by fire 76

Revival of murdered heroines 244, see Life.

Rice 289

night-growing 184

Rig Veda cited 238, 239

Ring 199, 292

Robes of honour 287

Rohú fish 75

Rope and stick-magic 34, 156

Ruby 65, 66

falling from beak 13, 14

Salt 171, 288

Princess who loved her father like 164

Sárí 58

Seven children 51

queens 175

small dolls 168

sons 177

wives 41, 51

Shahzádá 271

Shekh Faríd 95, 268, 272

Shield full of money 53, 55, 58

Sight restored 57, 190, 289

Silver, see Charcoal, Wand.

Singing, hero 127, 128

Skin of monkey 42

burnt 49

Sleep, fakír’s 139, 167

dragon’s 282

Snake 75

conversing 204

Son-in-law how chosen 42

Soul embodiment 261, see Birds, Cockatoo, Lemon, Mainá.

Soul or life of Rakshas 56, 57, 261

Spell 91

Star on body 243

on chin 119

on face 1, 242

on hands 253

on neck 242

Stepmother 7

Stick and rope, magic 156

Stick suspends and restores life 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 186

Stones becoming gold 59

fates are 64

transformation into 140, 226, 282

substituted for baby 121

Strength, feats of 108

Strong woman 108

Sugar, see Ashes.

Summer and winter myth 257

Sun on head 1, 242, 253

on body 243

Sun jewel-box 167

Sun’s rays 266, 268, 271

Svayamvara 280

Sweeper 88

Tank, heart becomes 148

Thorn in tiger’s foot 17, 64, 155

Three 87

Tiger 254, 258

grateful 65, 155, 162, 180

outwitted by barber 35

nephew of cat 15

stores of 35, 36, 65, see Thorn.

Transformations 244, 250, 251, 284, 285

Transmigration of souls 276

Tree split with hair 163

Trees 292

Twelve hours 225

twelve years 32, 63, 64, 87, 88, 98, 167, 225, 264

“Uncle” used to propitiate 54, 262

Underground palace 151

Varṇa 238

Viçvamitra 265

Vishṇu 265

Wand, bamboo 86, 98, 268

golden, reviving by 261

silver, death caused by touching with 261

Water, opening fruit or casket containing maiden near 284

Water-nymphs 89

Water-snake 53

Wax hatchet 162

Weight of heroine 243

Well, fairy living at bottom of 168

glittering 189, 190

Wind blowing from demon 185, 290

foretelling fall of palace 205

Wishes 95

Wives called Mamma 86, 87

Worship, see Kite.

Wrestlers 108

Yogí, personating 198, 214

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