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Folktales of India / Beck

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AT numbers assigned to stories can come from the author of the collection or from Ashlimann's
 A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.

Anything not assigned an AT number has NA, for "not available" or "not assigned." 

Tale AT
Akanandun the Only Sun 750B
As Long as You Keep Your Legs Up 1355
Badsah the Great King NA
Bhimnath Mahadev NA
Birth and Marriage of Siva NA
Borrowed Earrings NA
Boy Who Could Speak with Birds NA
Brahman's Lime NA
Carpenter's Tale 330
Chamdan and Yuthung NA
Children of the Crab NA
Chokanamma NA
Clever Old Man 1539
Crane and the Crow NA
Crow and the Sparrow 2034D
Cruel Daughter-in-law NA
Daily Measure NA
Dala Tarwadi NA
Dead Husband 412
Death of Mosquito 2022
Dexterity of a Squirrel 121
Dropping, Rolling, Tail-Peeler 177
Elephant and the Ant NA
Enchanted Water Hole NA
Famer and the Barber NA
Farmer's Son NA
Feast NA
Fish Head NA
Flowering Tree NA
Foolish Guijar NA
Four Clever Men 653
Four Friends 560
Four Friends 516B
Fox and the Crow 57
Friendship between Man and Dog NA
Ghost of a Brahman 926A
Girl Fated to Die by Snakebite 934A
Girl Who Was Loved by a Tree Spirit NA
Goddess of Mahi River NA
Greatest Fool of All 1332
Greed Can Be Perilous NA
How Lijaba Created the World NA
I'll Take Two 1699
Jackal and a Crocodile 57
Jackal and the Fox 1149
Kecha Nahar 403
King of Delhi and the King of Turkey NA
King's Daughter NA
Kini Mulki 720

 

Lord Krishna's Wives 403
Lord Siva and the Satwaras NA
Love Between Two Birds NA
Mamo Jalwalo NA
Man Named Unige Mada NA
Man Who Was in Love with Two Girls 1458
Marriage in the World of the Dead NA
Mincemeat Spirit NA
Monkey-Boy's Story NA
Monkey-Son 1535
Oh! Calcutta NA
Old Man's Wisdom NA
Origin of Different Water Animals NA
Origin of Head-Hunting NA
Origin of Man NA
Origin of the Temple at Tarakesvar NA
Our Wife 1699
Outlaw Babar Deva NA
Panikar's Blunder 1250B
Parrots and the Carpenter's Scale 2034D
Poor Man 653B
Porcupine Daughter 1532
Potter and the Wagher NA
Prince and the Shepherd 533
Rain Prince's Bride NA
Rich Girl, Poor Girl NA
Rupee Note NA
Sandrembi and the Chaishra NA
Sanykisar the Crow-Girl NA
Seven Dumb Daughters 1457
Sharpening the Dagger 2042A*
Single-Wit NA
Siva and Parvati NA
Sparrow and the Sweet Pudding NA
Story of a Brother and a Sister 1558
Story of a King NA
Story of a Man Who Had Awful Lips NA
Story of Pebet 122B
Tale of Bibgaraz Maj NA
Tale of the Mouse 2029C*
Tenali Ramalingadu NA
Thabaton NA
Tolerance and Jealousy 480
Two Sisters-in-law 750B
Uninvited Guest NA
Value of an American Thank You 1699
Vayanatu Kulavan NA
Why the Ow Fruit Drops in March 2042A*
Wicked Mendicant NA
Yakshi's Decendents NA
Youngest Daughter-in-law NA