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- Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
Alice Elizabeth Dracott visited India at the turn of the 20th century in order to collect and record Indian folktales by interviewing inhabitants from the village of Simla. One cannot sojourn for long in the East without hearing strange stories, all of which are vouched for by the natives. Most would make one's blood run cold, but they are irresistibly fascinating. Filled with pathos but almost always showing that every cloud has its silver lining, these tales carry the reader into the mythical past that was India. The majority of these tales have the raw transparency of folk art, whilst others are fashinoned with uncommon sophistication. Many of the stories have been passed down by word of mouth. Long before the radio and television ever existed, people spent hours around fires telling stories for entertainment.
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Alice Elizabeth Dracott
Simla Village Tales / Or, Folk Tales from the Himalayas
Table of contents
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CAUSE OF A LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE OWL AND THE KITE
A MONKEY OBJECTS TO CRITICISM
THE DEAD MAN’S RING
THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
THE REAL MOTHER
THE PRINCESS SOORTHE
THE SNAKE’S BRIDE
THE POWER OF FATE
THE OLD WITCH WHO LIVED IN A FOREST
KULLOO, A FAITHFUL DOG
THE STORY OF GHOSE
THE VIZIER’S SON AND THE RAJAH’S SON
THE RAJAH’S SON AND THE VIZIER’S SON
BEY HUSLO
THE STORY OF PANCH MAR KHAN
THE RABBIT AND THE BARBER
RUPA AND BISUNTHA
SHEIK CHILLI
SHEIK CHILLI
THE MONKEY, THE TIGER, AND THE PRINCESS
THE JACKAL AND THE GUANA
THE STORY OF THE BLACK COW
THE BRAHMIN AND THE WILD GEESE
THE FOUR-GIFTED PRINCESS
THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
THREE WISE MEN AND THE KING’S DAUGHTER
BARBIL’S SON
THE TIGER AND THE RATS
THE ADVENTURES OF A BIRD
THE LEGEND OF NALDERA TEMPLE
THE BUNNIAH’S WIFE AND THE THIEF
WHO STOLE THE RUBY?
THE STORY OF VICKRAMADIT
THE WEAVER
THE DOG WHO WAS A RAJAH
THE FOURTH WIFE IS THE WISEST
THE STORY OF PIR SAB
THE ORIGIN OF A RIVER
THE GOLDEN SCORPIONS
THE STORY OF A PEARL
THE BUNNIAH’S GHOST
BICKERMANJI THE INQUISITIVE
THE BRAHMIN’S DAUGHTER
ABUL HUSSAIN
THE MAGICIAN AND THE MERCHANT
THE SNAKE AND THE FROG
THE BARBER AND THE THIEF
THE STORY OF PURAN
TABARISTAN
THE PAINTED JACKAL
THE ENCHANTED BIRD, MUSIC, AND STREAM
THE DOG TEMPLE
THE BEAUTIFUL MILKMAID
A REMEDY FOR SNAKE-BITE
A LEGEND OF SARDANA
THE STORY OF “BUNJARA TULLAO”
THE ANAR PARI, OR POMEGRANATE FAIRY
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SIMLA VILLAGE TALES
A Simla Village Woman
From a Snapshot by A. E. D.
TO THE ONE I LOVE BEST.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
In introducing “Simla Village Tales” to my readers, I wish to acknowledge gratefully the valuable assistance given me by my sister Mabel Baldwin, who, when I was obliged to leave India suddenly owing to nervous breakdown after the terrible earthquake which visited the Punjaub in April 1905, kindly undertook to complete, from the same sources where I had got them, my collection of folk-tales. Twenty excellent stories contributed by her include “Tabaristan,” “The Priest and the Barber,” “The Fourth Wife is Wisest,” and “Abul Hussain.”
Of the down-country tales my husband kindly contributed “Anar Pari,” “The Dog Temple,” “The Beautiful Milkmaid,” and “The Enchanted Bird, Music, and Stream.” Both my sister and my husband can speak the language fluently, and as the former has resided many years in the Punjaub, I am confident that her translations are as literal as my own. All the tales were taken down in pencil, just as they were told, and as nearly as possible in the words of the narrators, who were village women belonging to the agricultural class of Hindus in the Simla district.
I must add a word of thanks to Mr Hallam Murray for his invaluable assistance with the illustrations.
In one or two instances I was asked if I would allow a Paharee man, well versed in local folk-lore, to relate a few stories to me; but, for obvious reasons, I was obliged to decline the offer, for many Simla Village tales related to me by women, and not included in this book, were grotesquely unfit for publication.
The typical Paharee woman is, as a rule, extremely good-looking, and a born flirt; she has a pleasant, gay manner, and can always see a joke; people who wish to chaff her discover an adept at repartee.
The “Simla Village Woman,” whose photograph is reproduced, is a very good type. I found her most gentle and lovable. Her little boy, and last surviving child, has died since the photograph was taken last year, yet the young mother bears all her griefs with a fortitude which is really remarkable.
Himalayan folk-lore, with its beauty, wit, and mysticism, is a most fascinating study, and makes one grieve to think that the day is fast approaching when the honest rugged hill-folk of Northern India will lose their fireside tales under the influence of modern civilisation.
The hurry and rush of official life in India’s Summer Capital leaves no time for the song of birds or scent of flowers; these, like the ancient and exquisite fireside tales of its people, have been hustled away into distant valleys and remote villages, where, on cold winter nights, Paharees, young and old, gather together to hear these oft-repeated tales.
From their cradle under the shade of ancient deodars, beside the rocks, forests and streams of the mighty Himalayan mountains, have I sought these tales to place them upon the great Bookshelf of the World.
A. E. D.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
PAGETHE CAUSE OF A LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE OWL AND THE KITE1A MONKEY OBJECTS TO CRITICISM2THE DEAD MAN’S RING3THE ORIGIN OF DEATH5THE REAL MOTHER6THE PRINCESS SOORTHE12THE SNAKE’S BRIDE15THE POWER OF FATE20THE OLD WITCH WHO LIVED IN A FOREST31KULLOO, A FAITHFUL DOG36THE STORY OF GHOSE40THE VIZIER’S SON AND THE RAJAH’S SON46THE RAJAH’S SON AND THE VIZIER’S SON49BEY HUSLO53THE STORY OF PANCH MAR KHAN56THE RABBIT AND THE BARBER59RUPA AND BISUNTHA61SHEIK CHILLI68SHEIK CHILLI70THE MONKEY, THE TIGER, AND THE PRINCESS75THE JACKAL AND THE GUANA81THE STORY OF THE BLACK COW83THE BRAHMIN AND THE WILD GEESE88THE FOUR-GIFTED PRINCESS93THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE96THREE WISE MEN AND THE KING’S DAUGHTER101BARBIL’S SON104THE TIGER AND THE RATS107THE ADVENTURES OF A BIRD109THE LEGEND OF NALDERA TEMPLE111THE BUNNIAH’S WIFE AND THE THIEF113WHO STOLE THE RUBY?115THE STORY OF VICKRAMADIT119THE WEAVER125THE DOG WHO WAS A RAJAH132THE FOURTH WIFE IS THE WISEST135THE STORY OF PIR SAB141THE ORIGIN OF A RIVER145THE GOLDEN SCORPIONS148THE STORY OF A PEARL150THE BUNNIAH’S GHOST152BICKERMANJI THE INQUISITIVE155THE BRAHMIN’S DAUGHTER163ABUL HUSSAIN166THE MAGICIAN AND THE MERCHANT174THE SNAKE AND THE FROG180THE BARBER AND THE THIEF184THE STORY OF “PURAN”186TABARISTAN194THE PAINTED JACKAL198THE ENCHANTED BIRD, MUSIC, AND STREAM200THE DOG TEMPLE213THE BEAUTIFUL MILKMAID216A REMEDY FOR SNAKE-BITE218A LEGEND OF SARDANA220THE STORY OF “BUNJARA TULLAO”224THE ANAR PARI, OR POMEGRANATE FAIRY226LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A Simla Village WomanFrom a Snapshot by A. E. D. Frontispiece.The Snake’s BrideTo face page 16 “Sukkia, child of Dukhia, will you marry me?”The Power of Fate20 Took out the fan and began to wave it.The Old Witch who lived in a Forest32 “O Tree, shelter me!”Sheik Chilli68 “I’ve lost my goats, I’ve lost my cows!”The Man who went to Seek his Fortune96 While he stood there the old Fakir opened his eyes and saw him.The Story of Pir Sab142 The old woman alone remained at home on account of her feeble age.The Bunniah’s Ghost152 Could it be fancy, or did he see a strange man standing before him?THE CAUSE OF A LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE OWL AND THE KITE
The owl and the kite once went to law on these grounds. The owl said that she was the oldest creature in the world, and that when the world was first made, she alone existed. The kite objected. He said that he flew in the air and lived in the trees.
To prove which was right they went to law, and the owl pleaded that, since there were no trees at the beginning of the world, the kite was wrong in saying that he had lived in trees. The Judge therefore decided in favour of the owl.
