TIBETAN FOLK TALES - 49 Tibetan children’s stories E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Every country has its folk-lore tales that have always been a joy and pleasure to the children, not only of their own land, but of other lands as well. The 49 children’s stories in this book were told as the Tibetan folk sat around their boiling tea made over a three stone camp-fire. They have been handed down from father to son and from mother to daughter. Though often filled with their superstitious beliefs, through them all run a vein of humor and the teachings of a moral truths which is quite unexpected.   Herein are stories like: “The Wise Bat”, “The Tiger and the Frog”, “The Cony Who Got into Bad Company”, “The Story of the Donkey and the Rock”, “Story of the Foolish Head-Man”, “How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit”, “The Ingratitude of Man” and many more.   These tales were gathered by Dr. A. L. Shelton on his trips among the Tibetans. He collected them as he joined Tibetan families around their camp-fires at night, and in their black tents high up in the Kunlun, Karakorum and Himalayan mountain ranges.   May these stories add a little to this pleasure and enjoyment everywhere, in whatsoever tongue they may be translated or in whatever land they may be read.   33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the Tibetan Centre in London for the support of Tibetan people in the UK.

Leseprobe

TIBETAN FOLK TALES

TRANSLATED BY

A. L. SHELTON, M.D.

(Shelton of Tibet)

EDITED WITH

AN INTRODUCTION BY

FLORA BEAL SHELTON

ILLUSTRATED BY

MILDRED BRYANT

UNITED CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

[1925]

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Resurrected by

ABELA PUBLISHING

LONDON

[2009]

Tibetan Folk Tales

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2009

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2009

ISBN-13: 978-1-907256-28-8

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Acknowledgements

Abela Publishing acknowledges the work that

A L Shelton did in translating this unique collection of

Tibetan Folk Tales

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

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33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated

to charities and organisations for scholarships

for underprivileged Tibetans.

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PREFACE

It is found among the old, old histories of the Tibetans that a female demon living among the mountains in Northern India mated with a monkey from the forests of Tibet, and from this union sprang the Tibetan race of people. The greater part of their literature is of a sacred nature, telling of their creation, of the formation of the world, of Buddha and his miraculous birth and death, of his reincarnations and the revisions of his teachings.

A kind of almanac, a little astronomy, plans for casting a horoscope, and many books filled with religious teachings and superstitions, including the worship of devils and demons, are about all that can be found.

The little stories in this book are told as the people sit around their boiling tea made over a three stone camp-fire. They are handed down from father to son, from mother to daughter, and though often filled with their superstitious beliefs, through them all run a vein of humor and the teachings of a moral truth which is quite unexpected.

These tales were gathered by Dr. A. L. Shelton on his trips among the Tibetans, around their camp-fires at night, and in their black tents high up in the mountains.

Every country has its folk-lore tales that have always been a joy and pleasure to the children, not only of their own land, but of other lands as well.

May these stories add a little to this pleasure and enjoyment everywhere, in whatsoever tongue they may be translated or in whatever land they may be read.

FLORA BEAL SHELTON.(Mrs. A. L. Shelton.)   

The Tiger and the Frog

CONTENTS

1 The Wise Bat

2 The Tiger and the Frog

3 The Cony Who Got into Bad Company

4 The Story of the Donkey and the Rock

5 Story of the Foolish Head-Man

6 How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit

7 The Ingratitude of Man

8 Covetousness

9 The Wise Carpenter

10 The Story of Drashup and the Goddesses

11 How the Louse Got the Black Streak Down His Back

12 The Man and the Ghost

13 The Wicked Stepmother

14 The Story of the Two Devils

15 The Wise Woman

16 The Three Friends

17 The Rabbit and Bumblebee Bet

18 How the Rabbit Killed the Lion

19 How the King Lost His Great Jewel

20 The Story of the Three Hunters

21 The Hunter and the Unicorn

22 The Decision of the Official as to Who Owned the

One Hundred Ounces of Silver

23 Story of the Prince's Friend

24 How the Raven Saved the Hunter

25 The Two Thieves. (A Black Tent Story)

26 The Golden Squash. (A Black Tent Story)

27 The Story of the Bald-Headed Man

28 The Man with Five Friends with Different Colored

Eyes (A Black Tent Story)

29 The Story of the Violinist

30 How the Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast

31 The Two Little Cats

32 Story of a Juggler's Tricks

33 How the Wolf, the Fox and the Rabbit Committed

a Crime

34 The Pewter Vase

35 A Rabbit Story

36 The Story of a Juggler

37 The Story of a Turquoise

38 A Wise Idiot

39 The Man and the Monkeys

40 The Story of the Tree of Life

41 The Story of the Man with the Goitre

42 The Story of the Beggar

43 The Wily Poor Man

44 The Quarrel of the Five Friends

45 The Frugal Woman

46 The Story of Yugpacan, the Brahman. From Jaschke

47 The Story of Da Jang. From Amundsen

48 Like unto Solomon. From Jaschke

49 Tibetan Song

Tibetan Music

How the Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast

TIBETAN FOLK TALES

1

The Wise Bat

If you are a parable unto yourself--there exists no evil.Tibetan Proverb.

A LONG time ago, a very long time ago, when men and animals spoke to each other and understood the languages of one another, there lived a very powerful king. He lived far off in a corner of the world and alone ruled all the animals and men in his jurisdiction. Around his grounds and palace were great forests and in these forests many birds and animals lived. Everyone seemed happy, except the king's wife, and she said that so many birds singing at the same time made such frightful discord that it worried her. One day she asked the king to call them all in and cut off their bills so they couldn't sing any more.