A long-lost collection of Indian fairy tales transcribed by the daughter of the British governor of Bombay.In the cold months of 1865, young Mary Frere and her father, Bartle Frere, British governor of Bombay, set out in a caravan across the Deccan province of south central India. During their journey Mary transcribed 24 popular Hindu folktales told to her by her nursemaid. That collection of tales, which she published as Old Deccan Days, not only became the first Indian folklore collection in English, it established a new genre of writing about British India.These marvelously imaginative tales from the Indian oral tradition are peopled with beautiful, smart, outspoken women; restless, adventuresome men; gods who take on human form; and animals who know the secrets of human destinies. Evil magicians cast spells on humans, changing them to plants, and demonic, ogre-like Rakshases savor human flesh.
Narayan Kirin Narayan
Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends [PDF ebook]
Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends [PDF ebook]
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 292 ● ISBN 9781576076811 ● 编辑 Narayan Kirin Narayan ● 出版者 Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) ● 发布时间 2002 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5923014 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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