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Dover Publications (2011), 288 pages
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Juvenile Fiction. Folklore. HTML: Although most Western readers associate the term "fairy tales" with the Teutonic and English folk tale tradition, such as is evidenced in the works collected by the Brothers Grimm, Eastern countries like India have their own body of fairy tales, as well. Although infused with local flavor, many of these tales bear a striking structural and thematic similarity to those with which Western readers are familiar. Take a literary tour through India's rich folk tale tradition in this comprehensive volume by historian and folklorist Joseph Jacobs..
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English
Original publication date
1892
Physical description
288 p.; 5.36 inches
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LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: NY, Dover, 1969. Trade paperback. 255pp. illustrated by John D. Batton. A very near fine copy.
LibraryThing member leslie.98
I really liked these fairy tales! Although there were some strange terms (and also I believe some strange translations; Jogi I assume is Yogi for example), at the heart many of these stories are very similar to European fairy tales. Evil queens using magic or trickery to get rid of innocent
I skipped the Notes at the end but if one is interested in the origins or history of these tales, it would be of interest.
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children (unsuccessfully), talking animals who return good deeds, princes going on quests; what I think of as the standard fairy tale but in an Indian setting so jungles and tigers instead of forests and bears. I skipped the Notes at the end but if one is interested in the origins or history of these tales, it would be of interest.
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