A flowering tree and other oral tales from India Book

	Editors' Preface
1	A Story and a Song	1
2	Acacia Trees	2
3	The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince	5
4	Bride for a Dead Man	15
5	A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake	20
6	A Buffalo Without Bones	22
7	Cannibal Sister	26
8	Chain Tale	27
9	Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do	28
10	The Clever Daughter-in-law	31
11	A Couple of Misers	36
12	The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll	38
13	A Dog's Daughters	43
14	A Dog's Story	46
15	Dolls	50
16	Double Double	51
17	Dumma and Dummi	52
18	Dwarfs	53
19	A Flowering Tree	53
20	Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow	62
21	Fools	65
22	A Jackal King	66
23	For Love of Kadabu	68
24	A Girl in a Picture	70
25	The Glass Pillar	71
26	A Golden Sparrow	71
27	The Greatest Thing	73
28	Hanchi	74
29	The Horse Gram Man	79
30	Hucca	81
31	The Husband's Shadow	84
32	In the Kingdom of Foolishness	86
33	In Search of a Dream	91
34	King and Peasant	94
35	Kutlavva	96
36	The Lampstand Woman	98
37	The Magician and His Disciple	102
38	A Minister's Word	108
39	Monkey Business	109
40	The Mother Who Married Her Own Son	111
41	Muddanna	114
42	Nagarani ("Serpent Queen")	118
43	A Ne'er-do-well	120
44	Ninga on My Palm	125
45	Ogress Queen	128
46	An Old Couple	132
47	The Past Never Passes	133
48	A Peg and a Keg	134
49	The Pomegranate Queen	135
50	A Poor Man	137
51	The Princess of Seven Jasmines	139
52	The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half	142
53	The Rain King's Wife	145
54	Rich Man, Poor Man	149
55	A Sage's Word	152
56	The Serpent Lover	155
57	A Shepherd's Pilgrimage	158
58	Sister Crow and Sister Sparrow	161
59	Siva Plays Double	163
60	The Sparrow Who Wouldn't Die	166
61	A Sparrow With a Single Pea	167
62	Tales for a Princess	167
63	The Talking Bed	172
64	A Thief, a Ram, a Bear, and a Horse	175
65	Three Blouses	180
66	Three Magic Objects	182
67	Three Sisters Named Death, Birth, and Dream	184
68	The Three-Thousand-Rupee Sari	186
69	Thug and Master-Thug	190
70	Tree Trunk for a Boat	191
71	The Turtle Prince	193
72	A Wager	198
73	What the Milk Bird Said	207
74	Who Is the Greatest?	209
75	Why the Sky Went Up	212
76	The Worship of a Household God	212
77	A Story to End All Stories	214
	A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale	217
	Notes on the Tales	227
	Glossary	257
	Bibliography	259
	List of Tellers and Collectors	263
	List of Tale Types	269