EBOOK VILLAGE FOLK-TALES OF CEYLON, VOLUME 3 (OF 3) *

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VILLAGE FOLK-TALES OF CEYLON

Vol. III

Collected and Translated by

Late of the Irrigation Department, Ceylon

LONDON LUZAC & CO. Publishers to the India Office

CONTENTS

STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE

NO. PAGE

178 Concerning the Friendship of the Hare and the Parrot 3 179 The Deer and its Friends 5 The Deer, the Jackal, and the Crow (Variant a) 8 The Rat and the Turtle that kept the Precepts (Variant b) 9 180 The Foolish Bird 13 181 The Golden Oriole 16 182 The Story of the Vira Tree Fish-Owls 18 183 The Lion and the Bull’s trust in him 22 184 The Lizard and the Iguana 24 185 The Cobra and the Polanga 26 The Widow and the Mungus 27 185A The Crab and the Frog 29 186 A Louse and a Bug 30

STORIES OF THE LOWER CASTES

STORIES OF THE POTTERS

187 The Three Yakas 35 188 The Time of Scholars 38

STORIES OF THE WASHERMEN

189 The Thief called Harantika 41 The Dexterous Thief and his Son (Variant) 43 190 The Story of the Four-fold Trap 48 191 The Foolish Prince 52 192 The Jackal and the Gamarala 54

STORIES OF THE TOM-TOM BEATERS

193 The Story of Batmasura 57 194 The Story of Ayiwanda 62 195 The Gamarala’s Son-in-law 71 196 The Story of the Gamarala’s Son 78 197 The Manner in which the Gamarala buried his Sons 84 198 The Story of the Wooden Peacock 89 199 The Wicked Step-mother 94 200 The Woman who ate by stealth 99 201 The Story of the Bitch 102 202 The Elephant Guard 106 203 The Elephant-Fool 110 204 The Girl who took Gruel 112 205 The Boy who went to learn the Sciences 115 206 The Prince and the Ascetics 117 207 The Turtle Prince 121 208 The Gem-set Ring 127 209 The Story of the Brahmana 136 210 The Story of a Siwurala 141 211 How the Poor Man became Wealthy 144 212 The Story of Madampe-rala 146 213 Æwariyakka 149 214 The Horikadaya Story 152 215 The Story of Bahu-Bhutaya 155 216 The Story of Golu-Bayiya 158 217 The Yaka of the Akaragane Jungle 161 218 The Four Rakshasas 166 219 The Story of the Rakshasa 173 220 The Thief and the Rakshasas 176 221 King Gaja-Bahu and the Crow 183 222 The Assistance which the Snake gave 185 223 The Leveret, or the Story of the Seven Women 187 224 The Greedy Palm-cat 189

STORIES OF THE WESTERN PROVINCE AND SOUTHERN INDIA

NO. PAGE

225 The Wax Horse 193 226 The Three-cornered Hatter 200 227 The Gamarala who went to the God-World 207 The Tusk Elephant of the Divine World (Variant) 209 228 The Gamarala who ate Black Fowls' Flesh 212 229 How the Gamarala drove away the Lion 217 230 The Son who was Blind at Night 220 231 The Son and the Mother 223 The Wicked Daughter-in-law (Variant) 228 232 Concerning the Hetti Man’s Son 230 233 The Fortunate Boy 234 234 How the Daughter-in-law got the Masuran 240 235 The Monkey and the Beggar 243 236 How the Beggar and the King gambled 249 237 The Story of the King 253 238 The King who learnt the Speech of Animals 258 239 The Mad King 261 The Kahawana sowing (Variant) 262 240 Concerning the Prince with his Life in his Sword 265 241 The Royal Prince and the Hettirala 272 242 Prince Sokka 285 243 The Affectionate Prince 293 244 The Prince who received the Turtle Shell 300 245 Concerning a Prince and a Kinnara Woman 304 246 The Way in which the Prince traded 310 247 A Princess and a Prince 313 248 Concerning a Royal Princess and Two Thieves 321 249 How the Nagaya became the Princess 325 250 The Story of the Cobra’s Bite 328 251 How they killed the Great-bellied Tambi 336 252 How Maraya was put in the Bottle 339 253 The Woman Pre-eminent in Cunning 343 254 Matalana 347 255 The Five Lies quite like Truth 352 256 The Three Truths 354 257 The False Tale 355 258 The Story of Kota 359 The Flower-Garden Story (Variant) 361 259 The Story of Sokka 367 260 The Giant and his Two Friends 373 261 How they formerly Ate and Drank 380 262 The Gourd Fruit Devil-Dance 384 263 The Ascetic and the Jackal 386

SOUTH INDIAN STORIES

264 Concerning the Blind-Eyed Man 388 265 The Destiny Prince 392 266 The Teacher and his Pupil 400 The Teacher and the Bull (Variant a) 405 The Brahmana and the Scholar (Variant b) 407

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