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Princess Himal And Nagaray
Princess Himal and Nagaray or Himal and Nagrai is a Kashmiri folktale, collected by British reverend James Hinton Knowles and published in his book ''Folk-Tales of Kashmir''. Origin Rev. Knowles attributed the source of his version to a man named Pandit Shiva Rám of Banáh Mahal Srínagar. Summary In Knowles's version, titled ''Nágray and Himál'', a poor brahmin named Soda Ram, who has an "ill-tempered" wife, laments his luck. One day, he decides to go on a pilgrimage to Hindustan, since a local king gives five ''lachs'' of rupees to the poor. On his journey, he stops to rest for a while and a serpent comes from a spring nearby and enters his bag. He sees the animal and plans to spring a trap for his wife so that the snake will bite her. He returns home with the bag and gives it to his wife. The woman opens the bag as the serpent spring out of it and turns into a human boy. The couple raises the boy, named Nágray, and become rich. The boy shows incredible wisdom for his young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, ... The southern and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakrit
The Prakrits (; sa, prākṛta; psu, 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤, ; pka, ) are a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding earlier inscriptions and the later Pali. ''Prākṛta'' literally means "natural", as opposed to ''saṃskṛta'', which literally means "constructed" or "refined". Prakrits were considered the regional spoken (informal) languages of people, and Sanskrit was considered the standardized (formal) language used for literary, official and religious purposes across Indian kingdoms of the subcontinent. Literary registers of Prakrits were also used contemporaneously (predominantly by śramaṇa traditions) alongside Classical Sanskrit of higher social classes. Etymology The dictionary of Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899), and other modern authors however, interpret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruby Prince (Punjabi Folktale)
The Ruby Prince is a South Asian folktale, first published in the late 19th century by author Flora Annie Steel. The tale is a local form of the cycle of the ''Animal as Bridegroom'' or ''The Search for the Lost Husband'', in that a woman marries a man of supernatural origin, loses him and must regain him. Source The tale was originally printed in the late 19th century and identified as a Punjabi tale. Later publications sourced it as from Pakistan. According to Richard Carnac Temple, the tale was collected by author Flora Annie Steel from a Jaṭṭ boy of Dobuldan in Rohtak district. Pakistani writer and poet Shafi Aqeel published another version of the tale, titled ''Laal Shahzada'', in Urdu, which was translated into English as ''Prince Ruby'' by writer Ahmad Bashir. Summary While walking on the road, a Brahman finds a shining red ruby on the ground. He picks it up and pockets it into his garments. Feeling hungry, the Brahman enters a corn-merchant's shop and offers the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Serpent Prince (Hungarian Folk Tale)
The Serpent Prince or The Snake Prince is a Hungarian folk tale collected by Hungarian-American scholar Linda Dégh. It is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 425A, "Animal as Bridegroom". Sources Dégh collected the tale in the 1950s from Hungarian teller Zsuzsanna Pálkó. Summary Pálkó's narration begins thus: a king complains to his wife that she has not born him any child. The queen questions why God has not given her children, and asks for a snake son, so that they may finally have offspring. Just as she says it, a snake son appears. The king declares they must hide the animal from prying eyes, so that no one may know they have a snake son. They hide the animal son in a room and he grows up there. Years later, when he has grown very large, he begins to whistle so loud it shakes the castle. His mother pays him a visit to question what is the reson for the whistling. He explains he has come of age and desires a mate, and suggests the princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Serpent
Le Serpentin Vert (translated as ''Green Serpent'' or ''Green Dragon'') is a French fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy, popular in its day and representative of European folklore, that was published in her book ''New Tales, or Fairies in Fashion'' (''Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fées à la Mode''), in 1698. The serpent is representative of a European dragon. His description is: "he has green wings, a many-coloured body, ivory jaws, fiery eyes, and long, bristling hair." The Green Dragon is really a handsome king placed under a spell for seven years by Magotine, a wicked fairy. In many ways the tale is based on the story of Eros and Psyche, to which the narration pays conscious homage when referring to the "discovery" of the Green Dragon. Plot Feast scene This story begins with a celebration feast for two twin princesses, who would later be named Laidronette and Bellotte. The King and Queen invite many fairies but forgot to invite Magotine, the older sister of Caraboss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Snake
The Enchanted Snake or The Snake is an Italian fairy tale. Giambattista Basile wrote a variant in the ''Pentamerone''. Andrew Lang drew upon this variant,Heidi Anne Heiner,Tales Similar to East of the Sun & West of the Moon for inclusion in ''The Green Fairy Book''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include '' The Black Bull of Norroway'', ''The Brown Bear of Norway'', ''The Daughter of the Skies'', '' The Enchanted Pig'', ''The Tale of the Hoodie'', ''Master Semolina'', ''The Sprig of Rosemary'', ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', and ''White-Bear-King-Valemon''. Synopsis A poor woman longed for a child. One day, she saw a little snake in the forest and said that even snakes had children; the little snake offered to be hers. The woman and her husband raised the snake. When it was grown, it wanted to marry, and not to another snake but to the king's daughter. The father went to ask, and the king said that the snake sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulisa, The Wood-Cutter's Daughter
''Tulisa, the Wood-Cutter's Daughter'' is an Indian legend from the Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, related to ''Cupid and Psyche''. The tale belongs to the international cycle of the ''Animal as Bridegroom'' or ''Search for the Lost Husband'': Tulisa, a woodcutter's daughter, agrees to marry the owner of a mysterious voice, and her father consents to their marriage and eventually becomes rich. Tulisa discovers the identity of her husband – a prince of serpents named Basnak Dau - and loses him, but eventually finds him. She helps Basnak Dau regain his former throne and they live together happily at last. Source French folklorist Emmanuel Cosquin claimed that the tale was first collected in 1833, from a washerwoman in Benares (Varanasi). An English language version of the tale, published in 1842, in ''The Asiatic Journal'', claimed that the tale was "a great favourite amongst the people of Hindustan". Synopsis Tulisa, the beautiful daughter of a poor woodcutter (Nur Singh, or Nursingh), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake Prince
The Snake Prince is an Indian fairy tale, a Punjabi story collected by Major Campbell in Feroshepore. Andrew Lang included it in '' The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907).Lang, Andrew; Philip, Neil. ''A World of fairy tales''. New York: Dial Books, 1994. p. 254. Synopsis A poor old woman, with nothing to eat, heads for the river to fish and to bathe. When she comes out of the river, she finds a venomous snake in her pot. She takes it home, so that it bites her and end her misery. But once she opens the pot, she finds a rich necklace, which she sells to the king, who puts it in a chest. Soon after, when he opens it to show the queen, he instead finds a baby boy, whom the king and his wife raise as their son, and the old woman becomes his nurse. She speaks of how that boy came about. The king agrees with a neighboring king that their children should marry. But when the other king's daughter goes to marry, her mother warns her to ask about the magic. The princess refuses to speak until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinanath Nadim
Dinanath Kaul "Nadim" (1916–1988) was a prominent Kashmiri poet of the 20th century. He was born on 18 March 1916 in Srinagar city and with him began an era of modern Kashmiri poetry. He also virtually led the progressive writers movement in Kashmir. Literary works Rooted to the soil of Kashmir, Nadim spoke Kashmiri, though he initially wrote in Hindi and Urdu as well. He influenced a large group of poets of his age as well as younger than him. Nadim also wrote operas like ''Vitasta'' (Jhelum River), ''Safar Taa Shehjaar'' (The journey and the Shade), '' Heemaal Taa Naaegrai'' (Heemaal and Naagraaj), ''Shuhul Kull'' (The Shady Tree) and ''Bombur Taa yamberzal'' (Bumblebee and the Narcissus Flower). His most popular operatic work was ''Bombur Taa yamberzal'', which was the first opera to be published in Kashmiri. ''Me Chhum Aash Paghich'' (''I am hopeful of tomorrow'') is the most powerful Anti war poem in Kashmiri which Nadim wrote. He received the Soviet Land Nehru Award in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian subcontinent and defined largely by the Indian Ocean on the south, and the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountains on the north. The Amu Darya, which rises north of the Hindu Kush, forms part of the northwestern border. On land (clockwise), South Asia is bounded by Western Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic cooperation organization in the region which was established in 1985 and includes all eight nations comprising South Asia. South Asia covers about , which is 11.71% of the Asian continent or 3.5% of the world's land surface area. The population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson (March 7, 1885 – January 10, 1976) was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist". He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the ''Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'', a resource for folklorists that indexes motifs, granular elements of folklore. Biography Early life Stith Thompson was born in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, on March 7, 1885 the son of John Warden and Eliza (McClaskey). Thompson moved with his family to Indianapolis at the age of twelve and attended Butler University from 1903 to 1905 before he obtained his BA degree from University of Wisconsin in 1909 (his undergraduate thesis was titled, 'The Return from the Dead in Popular Tales and Ballads'). For the next two years he taught at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, during which time he learned Norwegian from lumberjacks. He earned his master's degree in English literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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