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The Folk Literature of Bengal

1917

The history of the Indian people in these ancient days is but imperfectly known, but the tales are a mirror of the customs and the thoughts of the people and, as such, are of far greater valuePORE WORD is to us than the dates and the names of a few individuals—the dry bones of history. [...] Among a considerably large number of these we may mention here the story of the milk- maid who while carrying a pail of milk on her head to the market, and building all kinds of castles in the air with the future proceeds of the sale of the milk, gives a jump of joy at the prospect of her approaching fortune and thereby shatters the pail to pieces on the ground. " This story, first related in the [...] how could the folk-tales of Bengal current amongst her peasant folk and her women break through the mud-walls of the rustic homes and the seclusion of the female apartments to find an audience in the world outside ? The Jittaka stories, the Panchatantra, the Ilitopadeca and even the Kathasaritsagara certainly obtained a world-wide celebrity in the past. [...] Some of the European scholars have proved that a close communication between the European and Asiatic races was established during the days of the Crusade Nvhen the folk-tales and the legends of the one country passed to the other. [...] In the Gaelic legends we have again a similar example in the account of the sons of Tuirenn carrying the three apples from The sons of Tnirenn the garden of the Hesperides.
literature fiction
Pages
402
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xxvi Dineshchandra Sen view
Chapter I
1-51 unknown view
Chapter II
52-80 unknown view
Chapter III
81-97 unknown view
Chapter IV
98-232 unknown view
Chapter V
232-344 unknown view
Index
345-362 unknown view
Opinions
i-xiii unknown view

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