FOLK-LORE
AND
LEGENDS
ORIENTAL
W. W. GIBBINGS
18 BURY ST., LONDON, W.C.
1889
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PREFATORY NOTE
The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist isnot troubled to discover material, but to selectonly that which it is best worth his while topreserve. The conditions under which the peoplelive are most favourable to the preservationof the ancient legends, and the cultivation ofthe powers of narration fits the Oriental topresent his stories in a more polished style thanis usual in the Western countries. The readerof these tales will observe many points of similaritybetween them and the popular fictionsof the West—similarity of thought and incident—andnothing, perhaps, speaks more eloquentlythe universal brotherhood of man than this[Pg vi]oneness of folk-fiction. At the same time, theTales of the East are unique, lighted up as theyare by a gorgeous extravagance of imaginationwhich never fails to attract and delight.
C. J. T.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Cobbler Astrologer, | 1 |
| The Legend of the Terrestrial Paradise of Sheddád, the Son of ’A’d, | 21 |
| The Tomb of Noosheerwân, | 30 |
| Ameen and the Ghool, | 37 |
| The Relations of Ssidi Kur, | 47 |
| The Adventures of the Rich Youth, | 53 |
| The Adventures of the Beggar’s Son, | 58 |
| The Adventures of Massang, | 68 |
| The Magician with the Swine’s Head, | 77 |
| The History of Sunshine and his Brother, | 89 |
| The Wonderful Man who overcame the Chan, | 96 |
| The Bird-Man, | 101 |
| The Painter and the Wood-carver, | 106 |
| The Stealing of the Heart, | 110 |
| The Man and his Wife, | 115 |
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