Tales of the Sun: Folklore of Southern India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410203182)

Georgiana Kingscote, an English woman living in Southern India, sent her servants out into bazaars to collect tales from elderly women. She was assisted in this venture by Pandit Sastri, who corrected the text and added others from his own collections. A heavily moralistic tone pervades many of the tales, as indicated by such titles as "Charity Alone Conquers, Pride Goeth Before a Fall," and "Mr. Won't Give and Mr. Won't Leave." Other tales possess magical motifs, evident in "The Wonderful Mango-fruit The Monkey with the Tom-Tom," and "The Brahmin Girl That Married a Tiger." Kingscote provides explanatory notes within the texts and she retains the comparative notes written by Cowper Temple and William Clouston for chapter XIII: "The Lost Camel and Other Tales." These comparative notes, which list variants of the tales in oral tradition, literature, and newspapers, enhance the value of the collection for folklorists. Mrs. Adeline Georgiana Isabella Kingscote (1860-1908) was the daughter of Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff (1830-1908). After marrying Colonel Howard Kingscote, she spent a period in India, where she wrote two books: Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India (1890) and The English Baby in India and How to Rear It (1893).

Author: Howard Kingscote
ISBN-10: 1410203182
ISBN-13: 9781410203182
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2002
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.81d