A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India
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This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time a wealth of folktales from a region that has not yet been adequately represented in world literature. Ramanujan's skill as a translator, his graceful writing style, and his profound love and understanding of the subject enrich the tales that he collected, translated, and interpreted.With a written literature recorded from about 800 A.D., Kannada is rich in mythology, devotional and secular poetry, and more recently novels and plays. Ramanujan, born in Mysore in 1929, had an intimate knowledge of the language. In the 1950s, when working as a college lecturer, he began collecting these tales from everyone he could—servants, aunts, schoolteachers, children, carpenters, tailors. In 1970 he began translating and interpreting the tales, a project that absorbed him for the next three decades. When Ramanujan died in 1993, the translations were complete and he had written notes for about half of the tales.With its unsentimental sympathies, its laughter, and its delightfully vivid sense of detail, the collection stands as a significant and moving monument to Ramanujan's memory as a scholar and writer.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520311459
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Editors’ Preface
  6. 1. A Story and a Song
  7. 2. Acacia Trees
  8. 3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince
  9. 4. Bride for a Dead Man
  10. 5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake
  11. 6. A Buffalo Without Bones
  12. 7. Cannibal Sister
  13. 8. Chain Tale
  14. 9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do
  15. 10. The Clever Daughter-in-law
  16. 12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll
  17. 13. A Dog’s Daughters
  18. 14. A Dog’s Story
  19. 15. Dolls
  20. 16. Double Double
  21. 17. Dumma and Dummi
  22. 18. Dwarfs
  23. 19. A Flowering Tree
  24. 20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow
  25. 21. Fools
  26. 22. A Jackal King
  27. 23. For Love of Kadabu
  28. 24. A Girl in a Picture
  29. 25. The Glass Pillar
  30. 26. A Golden Sparrow
  31. 27. The Greatest Thing
  32. 28. Hanchi
  33. 29. The Horse Gram Man
  34. 31. The Husband’s Shadow
  35. 32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness
  36. 33. In Search of a Dream
  37. 34. King and Peasant
  38. 35. Kutlawa
  39. 36. The Lampstand Woman
  40. 37. The Magician and His Disciple
  41. 38. A Minister’s Word
  42. 39. Monkey Business
  43. 40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son
  44. 41. Muddanna
  45. 42. Nagarani (“Serpent Queen”)
  46. 43. A Ne’er-do-well
  47. 44. Ñinga on My Palm
  48. 45. Ogress Queen
  49. 46. An Old Couple
  50. 47. The Past Never Passes
  51. 48. A Peg and a Keg
  52. 49. The Pomegranate Queen
  53. 50. A Poor Man
  54. 51. The Princess of Seven Jasmines
  55. 52. The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half
  56. 53. The Rain King’s Wife
  57. 54. Rich Man, Poor Man
  58. 55. A Sage’s Word
  59. 56. The Serpent Lover
  60. 57. A Shepherd’s Pilgrimage
  61. 58. Sister Crow and Sister Sparrow
  62. 59. Siva Plays Double
  63. 60. The Sparrow Who Wouldn’t Die
  64. 61. A Sparrow With a Single Pea
  65. 62. Tales for a Princess
  66. 63. The Talking Bed
  67. 64. A Thief, a Ram, a Bear, and a Horse
  68. 65. Three Blouses
  69. 66. Three Magic Objects
  70. 67. Three Sisters Named Death, Birth, and Dream
  71. 68. The Three-Thousand-Rupee Sari
  72. 69. Thug and Master-Thug
  73. 70. Tree Trunk for a Boat
  74. 71. The Turtle Prince
  75. 72. A Wager
  76. 73. What the Milk Bird Said
  77. 74. Who Is the Greatest?
  78. 75. Why the Sky Went Up
  79. 76. The Worship of a Household God
  80. 77. A Story to End All Stories
  81. A Flowering Tree
  82. Notes on the Tales
  83. Glossary
  84. Bibliography
  85. List of Tellers and Collectors
  86. List of Tale Types