Folk-lore and Legends: Oriental


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The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while to preserve. The conditions under which the people live are most favourable to the preservation of the ancient legends, and the cultivation of the powers of narration fits the Oriental to present his stories in a more polished style than is usual in the Western countries. The reader of these tales will observe many points of similarity between them and the popular fictions of the West—similarity of thought and incident—and nothing, perhaps, speaks more eloquently the universal brotherhood of man than this oneness of folk-fiction. At the same time, the Tales of the East are unique, lighted up as they are by a gorgeous extravagance of imagination which never fails to attract and delight. - Summary by Charles John Tibbits (4 hr 51 min)

Capítulos

Prefactory Note 1:26 Leído por Larry Wilson
The Cobbler Astrologer 27:36 Leído por Farnood
The Legend of the Terrestrial Paradise of Sheddád, the Son of 'A'd 12:34 Leído por Farnood
The Tomb of Noosheerwân 10:42 Leído por Annyiee Hill
Ameen and the Ghool 15:48 Leído por Annyiee Hill
The Relations of Ssidi Kur 9:12 Leído por Farnood
The Adventures of the Rich Youth 7:53 Leído por MaryAnn
The Adventures of the Beggar’s Son 13:41 Leído por Farnood
The Adventures of Massang 11:52 Leído por DrPGould
The Magician with the Swine’s Head 17:25 Leído por Marta A
The History of Sunshine and his Brother 12:04 Leído por Marta A
The Wonderful Man who overcame the Chan 6:17 Leído por Marta A
The Bird-Man 7:29 Leído por cjedkins
The Painter and the Wood-carver 7:08 Leído por Marta A
The Stealing of the Heart 8:35 Leído por Pinchcliff
The Man and his Wife 6:16 Leído por Annyiee Hill
Of the Maiden Ssuwarandari 9:59 Leído por Farnood
The Two Cats 7:49 Leído por Annyiee Hill
Legend of Dhurrumnath 4:12 Leído por Annyiee Hill
The Traveller’s Adventure 9:03 Leído por Farnood
The Seven Stages of Roostem 14:11 Leído por Farnood
The Man who never Laughed 17:58 Leído por Larry Wilson
The Fox and the Wolf 39:19 Leído por Annyiee Hill
The Shepherd and the Jogie 2:23 Leído por Larry Wilson
The Perfidious Vizier 10:16 Leído por Larry Wilson