Venkataswami. Folktales From India

Today's free book is Heeramma and Venkataswami, or Folktales From India by M. N. Venkataswami (1923). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Here is an earlier collection of stories by the same author: Tulsemmah And Nagaya.

The book is available at Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources).


(author's portrait from the book)


Table of Contents

1. The Thousand-Eyed Mother
2. The Loving Sister
3. The Taming of the Blue-Stocking
4. The Able Minister and the Ungrateful King
5. The Self-sacrificing Fairy; A Story of Sirens
6. The Charitable Maid-Servant
7. Lalan, Princess of Rubies
8. Jambhu Raja
9. The Disguised Royal Thief
10. The King, the Whelp, and the Minister
11. Kuthuveluku and Poongaveluku
12. The Old Woman of the Sugar-cane Field
13. The Pearl Merchant
14. The Brahmin, the Tiger and the Ass; or The Origin of  Wine
15. The Crow and Its Ninety Eggs
16. The Princess and the Ponna Flowers
17. The King, the State Elephant and the Chaste Laundress
18. The Simpleton, the Thieves and the Clever Mother
19. The Two Friends
20. The Sage and the Would-be Mother
21. The Learned Linguist
22. The Foolish Mendicant and the Sensible Lady
23. The Haughty Man Humiliated
24. The Shakespeare of India
25. The Imbecile and the Rats
26. The Robber, the Destiny-writer and the King
27. The True Recluse
28. The Nanga Dev
29. The Ill-fated Penurious Man
30. The Mosquitoes' Laughter
31. The Bhagatmaya Sadhu
32. The Husband and His Selfish Wife
33. The Mother-in-Law and the Son-in-Law
34. The Prince, His Wife and the Fairies
35 . The Zamindar and His Two Sons
36. The Two Barbers
37. The Over-confident Marwadi, His Wife, and the Gay Lothaire
38. The Girl of the Woodlands, Her Brothers and the Rakshasa
39. The Fakeer’s Daughter and the Wicked Queen
40. The King, His Sufferings and Vow
41. The Girl, the Linga and the Wonderful Gift
42. Kabeerdass and Kalidass
43. The Prince and the Deceitful Hospice-keeper
44. The Brahmin, the Oilman and the Prostitute
45. The Impoverished Merchant and the Fickle-minded Wife
46. The Silly Merchant
47. The King and the Three Old Men
48 . The King and the Shepherd
49. Ellayi and Mullayi
50. The King and the Dervish
51. The King and the Barber
52. The Crow and Its Young
53. The Young Man, the Police Official and the Ber Tree
54. The Woman, Her Lawful Husband and Her Paramour
55. The Melon-Planter and the Jackals
56. The Seven Princes and the Fairies
57. The Man and the Snake
58. The Khadira Tree and the Axe
59. Navlipitta and Piglipitta
60. The Milkman and the Ramayana
61. The Deceitful Weaver
62. The King and the Selfish Barber 
63. The Man and His Two Wives
64. The Goddess and the King
65. The Wood-Seller and the Seven Fairies
66. The King’s Son and the Prophecy
67. The Young Man and Hazari Lal of Baidar’s Daughter
68. The Fox and the Ferryman
69. The Faulty Brahman
70. The Story of Roloo and Mudhdhaila
71. How Englishmen Got the Best Boons Conferred Upon Them
72. How Englishmen Lost Their Caste
73. The Lilliputian and His Field
74. God, the Dog and the Cock
75. God and the Elephant
76. God and the Bull
77. Agni and Varuna
78. The Prince, the Medicinal Leaves and the Muhurta
79. The Fly who Forgot Her Name
80. The Zamindar’s Daughter and the Wonderful Gift
81. The Brahmin, the Goldsmith and the Image of Gold
82. The Adventures of Ratnalpolchetty
83. The Tiger and the Ass
84. Prabhuddeekoo and Sashiprabha
85. The Seven Princes, Their Only Sister and Her Cruel Sisters-in-Law
85. The Origin of Mushroom
87. Why the Mogli Flower and the Lime Discarded in Worship of Deities
88. The Beggar and the Tactless Charitable Lady
89. The Woman, the Fowl Curry and Her Husband
90. The Man and the Neighbour’s Fowl
91. The Story of the Lame Man and the Blind Man
92. The Old Woman and the Fop
93. The Family and the Leucoderma
94. The Monkey, the Goat and the Workman
95. The King and the Resourceful Chaste Woman
96. The King, the Queen and the Evil Hour
97. The Princess, Her Husband and Their Dead Children
98. The Guru and the Simple-minded Neatherd
99. The Story of the Pishoo and the Bug
100. The Guru, His Disciple, the Juggling-Woman and the Chola King and Queen
101. The Man and His Very Unkind Wife