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Overview
Wonders of India: rajahs, ogres, magic, Buddhist jatakas, episodes from great epics. 29 complete stories. 46 illus.Twenty-nine traditional tales from India include "The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal," "The Lion and the Crane," and "Why the Fish Laughed."
Synopsis
From the extreme West of the Indo-European world we go this year to the extreme East. From the soft rain and green turf of Gaeldom we seek the garish sun and arid soil of the Hindoo. In the Land of Ire the belief in fairies gnomes ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind it still flourishes in all the vigour of animismBook Details
Published
March 1, 2009
Publisher
Wildside Press
Pages
332
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781434453587