''Folk-Tales of Bengal'' is a collection of folk tales and fairy tales of

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

written by

Lal Behari Dey Reverend Lal Behari Day (also Dey, 18 December 1824 – 28 October 1892) was an Indian writer and journalist, who converted to Christianity, and became a Christian missionary himself. Biography Lal Behari Dey was born on 18 December 1824 to a ...

. This article fashions the author's name "Lalbehari De". The 1912 title page credits "Rev. Lal Behari Day" (all caps). The book was published in 1883. The illustrations by

Warwick Goble Warwick Goble (22 November 1862 – 22 January 1943) was a British illustrator of children's books. He was educated and trained at the City of London School and the Westminster School of Art. He specialized in fairy tales and exotic scenes fr ...

were added in 1912. All these stories were passed from generation to generation for centuries.

Stories

This list represents the 1912 Contents (page xi) that is displayed in

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. # Life's Secret # Phakir Chand # The Indigent Brahman # The Story of the Rakshasas # The Story of Swet-Basanta # The Evil Eye of Sani # The Boy whom Seven Mothers suckled # The Story of Prince Sobur # The Origin of Opium # Strike but Hear # The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Sons # The Ghost-Brahman # The Man who wished to be Perfect # A Ghostly Wife # The Story of a Brahmadaitya # The Story of a Hiraman # The Origin of Rubies # The Match-making Jackal #

The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead The Boy with a Moon on his Forehead is a Bengali folktale collected by Maive Stokes and Lal Behari Day. These tales are classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children (folklore), The Three Golden C ...

# The Ghost who was Afraid of being Bagged # The Field of Bones # The Bald Wife

References

External links

''Folk-Tales of Bengal'' (1912 illustrated ed.)
as Project Gutenberg #38488 Indian fairy tales Collections of fairy tales Bengali-language literature Indian folklore Indian literature {{folklore-book-stub