Folk tales from Simla: stories from the Himalayas/
Alice Elizabeth Dracott.
- New York: Hippocrene Books, 1998.
- 225 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Reprint of: Simla Village tales or, folktales from the Himalayas, London : J. Murray, 1906.
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 -- 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 [Cont.] 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-bits -- A legend of Sardana -- The story of "Bunjara Tullao".