| Old Deccan Days, Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Contributor(s): Narayan, Kirin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1576076806 ISBN-13: 9781576076804 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Reference - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 398.210 |
| LCCN: 2002012850 |
| Series: ABC-Clio Classic Folk and Fairy Tales |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 7.38" W x 10.14" (1.59 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |