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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1 (of 3)

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LiteratureMythology, Legends & Folklore

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H. (Henry) Parker translation

Table of contents

1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. The Making of the Great Earth4. The Sun, the Moon, and Great Paddy5. The Story of Senasurā16. The Glass Princess7. The Frog Prince8. The Millet Trader9. The Turtle Dove10. The Prince and the Princess11. Tamarind Ṭikkā12. Mātalangē Loku-Appu13. The White Turtle14. The Black Storks’ Girl15. The Golden Kaekiri Fruit16. The Four Deaf Persons17. The Prince and the Yakā18. How a Yakā and a Man fought19. Concerning a Man and Two Yakās20. The Three Questions121. The Faithless Princess22. The Prince who did not go to School23. Nagul-Munnā24. The Kulē-bakā Flowers25. Kurulu-gama Appu, the Sooth-sayer26. How a Prince was chased by a Yaksanī, and what befel27. The Wicked King28. The Kitul Seeds29. The Speaking Horse30. The Female Quail31. The Pied Robin32. The Jackal and the Hare33. The Leopard and the Mouse-deer34. The Crocodile’s Wedding35. The Gamarāla’s Cakes36. The Kinnarā and the Parrots37. How a Jackal settled a Lawsuit.38. The Jackal and the Turtle39. The Lion and the Turtle40. The Monkey and the Weaver-bird41. The Jackal Dēvatāwā42. A Kaḍambāwa Man’s Journey to Puttalam43. The Kaḍambāwa Men and the Hares44. The Kaḍambāwa Men and the Mouse-deer45. The Kaḍambāwa Men and the Bush46. How the Kaḍambāwa Men counted Themselves47. The Kaḍambāwa Men and the Dream48. The Four Tom-tom Beaters49. The Golden Tree50. The Seven Princesses51. Mr. Janel Siññā52. The Nikini Story153. The Aet-kanda Lēniyā154. The Wimalī Story55. The Pots of Oil56. The Mouse Maiden157. Sīgiris Siññō, the Giant58. The Proud Jackal59. The Seven Robbers60. The Stupid Boy61. The Gamarāla and the Washerman62. The Two Thieves63. The Margōsa Tree64. The Gamarāla’s Foolish Son65. The Jackal’s Judgment66. The Heron and the Crab67. The Jackal and the Brāhmaṇa68. The Cat who guarded the Precepts69. The Lizard and the Leopard70. The Lion and the Jackal71. The Roll of Cotton72. The Jackal and the Leopard73. How the Boars killed the Rākshasa74. The Grateful Jackal75. Concerning a Monk and a Yakā76. The Three Suitors77. The Crocodile and the Jackal78. INDEX79. Colophon
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