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Brother Ambe and brother Rambe In one big house there lived a cat, and there were a lot of m...
Witch
Witch Once upon a time there was an old witch. She walked around the world, looking for small children and ...
Faithful wives
Faithful Wives There lived a brahmin in a village, and he had a wife. They lived long...
magic ring
Magic Ring Once upon a time there lived a merchant. He had two sons. As soon as the merchant mind...
Magic peacock
Magic peacock In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king. With...
Crow
Crow Two birds lived on the same tree: a crow and a sparrow. Their nests were nearby...
Thief, tiger, bear and jackal
Thief, tiger, bear and jackal Once upon a time there was a rich man. He had many cows and a big pr...
Ganesha the Conqueror
Ganesha the winner Ga Shiva and the goddess Parvati had two sons - Kartikeya and Ganesh ...
stupid cat
Stupid cat It is said that a mouse once got into the lion's cave. At night when...
stupid brahmin
Stupid Brahmin A brahmin had a quarrelsome wife. Whenever you look, she is eternal...
Silly son-in-law
Silly son-in-law In ancient times, there was a son-in-law in a certain village. Once, ...
stupid crocodile
A stupid crocodile Once upon a time there was a jackal in his hole near the river. He often went to...
Pigeons and hunter
Pigeons and a hunter A pigeon and a dove lived in the forest. They made their nests in the tree...
Pot
There lived an old woman. One day she went to the potter and bought four pots. Came back...
penny servant
A penny servant Once upon a time there was a king. He had three sons. And he had a garden. What kind of...
Dara and elder
Once upon a time there was a headman in a village. He had a man in his service named Dara. Gift...
Two brothers
Two brothers There was once a rich merchant, and he had a son. The merchant has no soul in him ...
two trees
Two Trees Once, when the sage of Parada, after traveling to earth, returned to...
Der-sail
Der-sail Once upon a time there was a king. He was a master at all sorts of inventions. Once it came to his mind...
Children in a badger hole
Children in a badger hole For many years he lived with his wife Angarain from the village of Kol...
Dear Dhir Singh
Good Dhir Singh Once upon a time there was a king. His name was Sukhpal, which means "keeper of happiness ...
Good Shivi
Good Shivi In ancient times, a king named Shivi ruled in India. His subjects...
life-giving mantra
Life-giving mantra The king of Kota-pati ruled the once rich country of Konadu. Wife...
Once upon a time there was a sparrow
Once upon a time there was a sparrow Once upon a time there was a sparrow with a sparrow, and once upon a time there was a king. Built in...
Treasured secret
Treasured secret One king had two wives - two queens. It was a long time ago, in those...
zamorysh
Zamorysh One man lived so badly, he was so hungry that he simply froze ...
golden fish
Golden fish On the bank of a large river, an old man and an old woman lived in a dilapidated hut. Be...
Test of the mind
Test of the mind Once upon a time there was a king, and he had a son. The time has come for the king to die. Lies...
How sparrows outsmarted a cat
How sparrows outwitted a cat Once upon a time there was a sparrow with his sparrow. One day she...
How the needle killed the tiger
How the needle killed the tiger It was a long time ago. The needle and the tiger quarreled over something...
How the rogues were led
How the rogues were led Once upon a time there was a peasant, his name was Mohna. His wife was beautiful...
How the jackal outwitted the lion
How a jackal outwitted a lion In one forest lived a big, angry lion. Every morning, go...
treacherous jackal
Insidious jackal Once upon a time there was a jackal in the forest. He did mischief to everyone. Once at the very end...
Goat
Goat And here's another story that happened to the Helem melamed. Somehow eye...
The root of good does not dry
The root of good does not dry It was a long time ago. Once upon a time there was a great king named Vikramady...
Tenali Ramakrishna's cat
It is also said that the great king Krishadeva-raya once called his followers to him...
Who is afraid of whom?
Who is afraid of whom? Not far from one village grew tall tamarind. On this der...
Doll
Doll Four friends lived in the world: a carpenter, a tailor, a jeweler and a Brahmin priest. Back...
Kurumba parrot
Kurumba parrot In ancient times, he lived in the district of Chigur, near the village of Tichgar, a man ...
What leads to greed
What does greed lead to? In one Indian village, not far from the sea, there lived a cross...
lakhan-patwari
Lakhan-patvari Argued once Yamaraja, the lord of the underworld, with the sage N...
lalmal
Lalmal There lived a poor shepherd in a village. And he had a son. His name was Akkhun. ...
Laptu and Japtu
Laptu and Japtu Two monkeys lived in the same city. They were very scattered. One...
Lachchi and the thief
Lachchi and the Thief Once upon a time there was a girl, her name was Lachchi. One day she went with...
Wine legend
Legend of wine It was a long time ago. Somehow one person decided to make some wine. Folded...
lazybones
Lazybones They say there lived a guy somewhere. They married him. Young people began to live in the world ...
Fox and jackal
The Fox and the Jackal A fox and a jackal lived in the forest. Their burrows were nearby, and they became so...
Mayanagari
Mayanagari In ancient times, north of the Narmada River was Big city. Lived in...
Maybe you will bring the princess to the house?
Maybe you will bring the princess to the house? When the daughter-in-law brought a tray of food, Shyamu barely...
Motho and Mungo
A long time ago in a village in northern India, in Punjab, there lived two sisters - Motho and ...
Wise Birbal
Wise Birbal Probably all of you have heard about Padishah Akbar and his wise adviser...
Wise Judge
Wise Judge There was once a boy named Dinak. Every day he went to the forest, r...
Pik-Pik Mouse
In the jungles of India there lived and there was one very carefree little mouse. His home was a du...
resourceful lumberjack
Resourceful lumberjack It was a long time ago. In the village of Pithar, near dense forest, well...
resourceful hare
Resourceful hare In ancient times there was a large beautiful forest in one country. Star...
resourceful fox
Resourceful fox It once happened that the master of beasts - a lion - became dangerously ill ...
Bride of the Jackal
The Bride of the Jackal The jackal walked along the river, walked and kept looking at the sky. He walked, he walked, and ...
Bad bargain
A Bad Deal Long ago, an old man and an old woman lived on the outskirts of a village. Sta...
Yamudiki Mogudu
Brahma is mistaken and Naresh was born prematurely. He grows up healthy and smart, does not get sick and does not know what death is. Naresh is interested in mythology and takes an active part in the preparation of religious performances. In one performance, he transforms into an actress and he has a vision of Yamaya (Yamaya's daughter of the God of Death).
According to the scenario, they should play a wedding, girl ...
Duration02:33:45
TranslationRussian subtitles
3 years ago Amar Shakti
Amar and Shakti are the twin brothers of the prince, who were separated back in early childhood when their parents were killed in the palace. One of the boys then ended up in a gypsy camp, where they loved him as their own, and the second child was taken in by a nanny who raised children at the palace. Both brothers grew up to be brave, strong and courageous men who can give ...
Duration02:13:03
3 years ago Alibaba Aur 40 Chor
The film "The Adventures of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" will tell the viewer about the kind and noble Ali Baba, who was born and raised in a simple hardworking family. He lived with his beloved mother and younger brother Kasym. Father from time to time leaves with a caravan, after the last journey he disappeared, but Ali Baba receives a letter from him and decides to go in search of ...
Duration2:33:13
4 years ago Ajooba
The film Black Prince Ajuba or also called The Return of the Thief of Baghdad was based on the fairy tale of the Thousand and One Nights.
This is a story about a hero with a mask on his face, who, at birth, received an amazing sword from a wizard. This sword can pierce granite. Unfortunately, when he was just born, his father and mother were overthrown from the evil plans of Wazir. Over time, the boy...
Indian fairy tales, these wonderful fruits of folk wisdom and fantasy, date back to ancient times. Even before our era, Indian writers wrote down folk tales and made up of them the so-called " fabulous collections", which sometimes included excerpts from literary works and possibly stories own composition. For centuries, tales were not only passed from mouth to mouth in the many different languages of India, but also passed from one book to another, often being subjected to literary processing. New fairy tales were created and recorded; in old fairy tales, the plot underwent various kinds of changes; sometimes two or three tales merged into one, or, on the contrary, one tale fell apart into two or three independent stories. Indian fairy tale collections were translated into the languages of other peoples, and the translators, in turn, made many changes to the text - omitted one, added another, reworked the third.
Like all living things, the Indian fairy tale has changed over the course of its long life, varied its form and plot, dressed in many different attire, but has not lost either its youth or beauty.
The Indian fabulous treasury is inexhaustible, its content is immeasurably rich and multifaceted. Let's look into it, and before us, reflected in the mirror of folk art, representatives of all strata of Indian society will pass - princes and artisans, brahmins and warriors, merchants and peasants, judges and hermits. Next to the people we'll see here fantasy creatures and animals. It must be said, however, that fantasy does not play big role in Indian tales. Their authors clearly prefer to talk about the real world, and they use the world of animals for disguise. Animals in fairy tales, while retaining their traditional properties (snake - malice, donkey - stupidity, fox - cunning, etc.), serve to denounce human vices and social injustice.
Indian fairy tales depict life as it really is, but at the same time indicate how it should be. As in real life, vice is not always punished in fairy tales, virtue does not always triumph. But the tale always says that vice must be punished, that virtue must triumph. And if in some fairy tales we see how the strong overcome the weak, then others teach us to defeat brute force with reason and friendly mutual assistance. So, in "Tales of the Parrot" a frog, a hornet and birds, united, defeated an elephant.
Sharp and expressive are the tales directed against the ruling classes, rich merchants, Brahmins and dervishes. From the tale “How the Badshah found out his own worth”, the reader learns that the price of the monarch is a broken penny, and in another tale “About the Raja and his vizier” - that his subjects treat him no better than he treats them. The king, deposed by the people, acting under the mask of a frog, does not hesitate to destroy his subjects, calling for help from a snake; but the help of foreigners is a double-edged weapon, and the overthrown ruler barely manages to save his own skin.
The tsar is entirely in the hands of the courtiers and not in vain tries to surround himself with relatives and friends (the fairy tale "About the Princess and Khum"). Listening to the advice of one court party, he rewards the petitioner, and on the denunciation of another, he kills him (the tale "About the Brahmin, the lion, the goose and the crow").
We see a very subtle, veiled satire of the aristocracy in the 8th chapter of Parrot's Tales. At first glance, it seems that the nobleman brought out in it is an exceptionally selfless person: he agreed to give the poor man not only huge wealth, but also his life. However, this nobleman is the state treasurer, which means that he could freely dispose of government gold, and therefore his generosity is not worth much. The readiness of the nobleman to sacrifice his life is also deceptive: he managed not only to stay alive, but also to gain even more honor and glory.
However, it should be noted that among the tales there are also those in which the monarch is sung and loyal ideas are preached. Such, for example, is the 4th chapter of Parrot Tales. True, it is highly doubtful that the ideas expressed in it are the fruit of the author's deep conviction. When reading original or translated works by the writers of feudal India, one should not forget the conditions under which these works were created. Most of their authors were "court poets" and were completely dependent on the sovereign and his entourage, receiving remuneration for their work from the treasury, often in the form of a monthly salary. It is clear that they were forced to please their employers, in whose hands was their well-being and even life itself.
Nevertheless, we see in many fairy tales a disguised and even undisguised satire on rulers and court nobility. More than once they contain the image of a deceived and defeated king, sometimes appearing in the mask of a tiger or the "king of beasts" - a lion. Tales are told more than once that only flatterers and sycophants manage to maintain their position at court, and those who do not know how to flatter can lose their lives (tales “About the tiger, the wolf and the fox”, “About the lion and his subjects” and others) .
Fairy tales of merchants, usurers and other moneybags are portrayed sharply negatively. So, for example, in the "Tales of the Parrot" we read about a merchant who, in a moment of melancholy, distributed his wealth to the poor, but then with joy again pounced on gold and ruined the barber with false testimony in court. In the tales “About a merchant and his friend” and “About a wise man, a badshah and a seller of incense”, merchants appear who deceived the trust of their friends; in the tales "About the merchant and the porter" and "About the burnout and his servant" - people exploiting the poor. But the poor are rebellious. They are outraged and punish their offenders. The porter, realizing that the employer has deceived him, breaks his fragile burden; the servant beats the master-burner with a stick and takes away his hard-earned money from him.
It is interesting to note that in Indian folklore there are many proverbs and sayings that castigate merchants: “The merchant will rob his friend”; “I plowed the field, and the merchant filled the granary”; “Believe the tiger, the snake, the scorpion, but do not believe the word of the merchant”; “The merchant buys sugar, and if prices fall, he will sell his wife” and others.
The number of proverbs and sayings ridiculing the Brahmins (priests) is also great. Here are some of them: “Idols listen to chants, and brahmins eat sacrifices”; "The gods are false, the brahmins are impure"; “People have grief - Brahmin income”; "The peasant plows, the brahmin begs."
In fairy tales, both brahmins and dervishes (religious ascetics - Muslims) are ridiculed. The Parrot's Tales also features a Brahmin who obtained a wife by deceit, a Brahmin blinded by greed, and religious ascetics who violated their vow of chastity. In the tale "About the Monk and the Four Rogues", the monk, a superstitious fool, is ridiculed. The tale "About the sparrows and the dervish" is accompanied by an expressive characterization that exposes the meanness of the dervishes. The fairy tale "About the pious cat" draws, again in the mask of animals, a hypocrite pilgrim and his excessively gullible companions.
The authors of fairy tales are often skeptical about the representatives of the court and the administration. So, in "Tales of the Parrot" we see a judge who, forgetting about his duties, is trying to get a beauty. The class essence of the court is depicted in a fairy tale in which the judge pronounces a guilty verdict on the barber on the basis of the merchant's false testimony. There is also a kotval in "Tales of the Parrot" - the chief of police, who is trying to seize beautiful woman, and a sharp satire on the security police: a cat, hired to exterminate the mice that disturb the tiger, only scares them, but does not catch, knowing that if the mice disappear, she will be fired as unnecessary. In the fairy tale "About the Fakir and Mice", the headman of the village and the tax collector are trying to deceive the beggar fakir.
Ordinary people play a big role in Indian fairy tales. “Everyone who works benefits people,” says the fairy tale “About the Horse and the Will”. The working hands of a poor peasant woman, blackened from sunburn, are more beautiful than the well-groomed hands of noble female parasites (the fairy tale “About three noble women and a beggar old woman”).
M, " Children's literature", 1988
"Around the gray-bearded storyteller in a snow-white turban, children huddled. It's stuffy in the house, but here, in the yard, fenced with a blank wall, under the night tropical Indian sky with large stars and a bright moon, one breathes easier. Grandpa's speech flows smoothly and smoothly. Grandfather tells a fairy tale. Attention, delight, enthusiasm, and an incomparable feeling of joy from meeting with the miraculous were imprinted on the children's faces at the same time" - with such fabulous words begins Volume III of the series "Tales of the Peoples of the World" - "Tales of the Peoples of Asia". The compiler of the volume and the author of the introductory article and notes is Nikulin Nikolai Ivanovich. Indian folk tales included in our audio book are taken from this volume: "Brother Ambe and Brother Rambe", "Stupid Crocodile", "There Once Was a Sparrow", "The Nightingale and the Cotton Bush", "How the Sun, Moon and The wind went to dinner", "This is for that", "Good Dhir Singh", "Goldfish", "Pepper Seed", "Poor weaver", "Three princes", "Who is afraid of whom?", "Sant and Basant" , "Test of the Mind", "Stupid Brahmin", "Tenali Ramakrishna's Cat", "Pull", "Pandit's Son", "What Did the Bear Whisper in Your Ear?", "The Deaf", "Light from the Temple", "The Man Who Went seek your destiny", "Sweets from the sky", "Rooster and cat", "You are not averse to listening to a fairy tale, but I can't stand hunger", "Hunter and Crow", "Ugly name", "Pea and Bobok". Basically, fairy tales are magical, about animals and household.
Animals in fairy tales speak and understand human speech, they help goodie. In many Indian tales, you will feel the mocking attitude towards monkeys; they apparently reminded the storytellers of fussy and unlucky people. No wonder in ancient india such people were said to be "changeable, like the thoughts of monkeys."
We love fairy tales no less. These are fairy tales in which a supernatural force necessarily operates. All interest in a fairy tale is concentrated on the fate of a good hero.
Later, household tales appeared. They do not have supernatural powers, magical items or animals with magic power. In everyday fairy tales, the hero is helped by his own dexterity, ingenuity, as well as the stupidity and slow-wittedness of his opponent. The hero of an Indian fairy tale, the clever and resourceful Tenali Ramakrishna, skillfully deceives the tyrant king. In everyday fairy tales there is a hero, whom A. M. Gorky aptly called "an ironic lucky man", classic pattern which may be Ivanushka - the fool from Russian fairy tales. He is stupid, narrow-minded, but he has good luck everywhere. In Indian folklore, such a hero is a stupid Brahmin - a clergyman. He pretends to be learned and smart, understands divination books, but in fact he is shaking with fear every time he needs to show his art. But invariably, an accident comes to his rescue every time, and the glory of a wise soothsayer is more and more firmly fixed to him. These are definitely funny stories.
The literature of each nation is rooted in oral folk art. The Indian epic poems "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" are closely connected with Indian folklore. The authors of the ancient Indian collections of stories "Panchatantra" (five books of fables and stories) and "Jataka" drew motives, plots and images of their works from folk tales. IN literary monument The 11th century Indian poet Somadeva's "Ocean of Legends" contains over three hundred inserted stories: a fairy tale is intertwined there with a myth, an anecdote, or a short story. Amusing motifs of Indian fairy tales were also included in the huge collection of "Old Tales", which appeared in the 11th century in Japan.
Centuries pass, generations change, and interest in the fairy tale does not dry out. Let the most modern format sound tempting in your home - audio fairy tales. Listen online, download and enjoy the folk tales of India!
"Brother Ambe and Brother Rambe" is an Indian folk audio tale about animals about resourceful mice who managed to outwit a cat in the processing of S. F. Oldenburg. "A cat lived in one large house, and there were many mice in the house. The cat caught mice, ate them and lived freely. A lot of time passed, the cat got old, and it became difficult for him to catch mice. He thought, he thought how ...
Indian folk audio tale "Stupid Crocodile", translated by N. Tolstoy. A fairy tale about animals: a predatory, stupid crocodile and a cunning jackal, who every time manages to outwit the crocodile and thereby save his own life. “Once upon a time there was a jackal in his hole near the river ... And a crocodile lived in the river. Every day he hid under the bushes near the shore in the hope that ...
"Once upon a time there was a sparrow" - an Indian folk audio tale from the series "Tales of the peoples of the world, volume 3 - Tales of the peoples of Asia, translated by G. Zograf. "Once upon a time there were a sparrow with a sparrow, and there lived - there was a king. They built a sparrow and a sparrow's nest in the royal palace. The king lived in the chambers, and the sparrow with the sparrow - in his nest. Once the king dressed up in a new dress - ...
"The Nightingale and the Cotton Bush" - an Indian folk audio tale about animals, processed by S. F. Oldenburg, - tells about the habits, in our fairy tale, of a nightingale. A fabulous explanation is given - why nightingales never sit on cotton bushes. The tale ends with the following words: "... The nightingale got angry and, when the birds flew away, he said to the cotton one ...
"About how the Sun, Moon and Wind went to dinner" - Indian folk legendary audio tale from the cycle "Tales of the peoples of the world" in the processing of S. F. Oldenburg. The etymological Indian folk tale reflects the natural world of India. In a fabulous way, the reason for the scorching sun in India is explained ("... from now on, your rays will be burning, and ...
Indian folk audio tale about animals "This is for that", arranged by S. F. Oldenburg. “Once upon a time there lived two friends - a camel and a jackal, and the jackal said to the camel: - On the other side of the river there is a field of sugar cane. We will cross the river, you will eat sweet cane, and I will catch fish for myself, and we will have a good dinner. - The camel took the jackal on the back,...
Indian folk magic audio fairy tale "Good Dhir Singh", translation by A. and L. Barkhudarovs, volume 3 "Tales of the peoples of Asia". The fairy tale teaches kindness, sets off heroes with small deeds, separates good and evil. There lived a king. He was famous not for military victories, but for the construction of beautiful houses and temples. good king!? He built the most beautiful palace. Same...
"Golden Fish" - Indian folk audio tale from the cycle "Tales of the peoples of the world", translated by N. Gurov. Tale of a greedy old woman and a weak-willed old man - a fisherman. Thanks to A.S. Pushkin - a plot known to all Russian fairy tale lovers. The audio fairy tale "Golden Fish" ends with these words: "... The old woman sits and cries bitterly: I looked at her ...
Indian folk magic audio fairy tale "Pepper seed", translated by N. Gurov, "Tales of the peoples of Asia" - 3 volume of "Tales of the peoples of the world". The mother had two hunter sons. One day they did not return home in the evening. The old woman was frightened - how can she live alone now: scared and hungry. A passing sorcerer gave her 6 pepper grains, ordered to put them in a jug, ...
"The Poor Weaver" is an Indian folk audio tale from the cycle "Tales of the Peoples of the World", Volume 3 - "Tales of the Peoples of Asia", translated by G. Zograf. Fairy tale O magic items assistants, about a gullible weaver and a deceiver and a thief old woman, who at the end of the tale was taught a lesson by a poor weaver. Himself "... since then he no longer lived in poverty." To listen...
"Three princes" - an Indian folk audio tale from the cycle "Tales of the peoples of the world" - 3 volume, "Tales of the peoples of Asia", translated by V. Balin. "In ancient times, there lived a king. He had three sons, one better than the other: both brave, and smart, and reasonable. When the king grew old, he decided to leave his kingdom and live the rest of his days as a hermit in a holy monastery ....
"Who is afraid of whom" - Indian folk audio tale from the cycle "Tales of the peoples of the world", translated by N. Gurov. A fairy tale about an evil spirit. "Not far from one village grew a tall tree. Rakshas lived on this tree for a long time - evil spirit- the cannibal... One day two women, two sisters, came there from the village and stood under the tree itself...
Indian folk audio tale "Sant and Basant", translated by A. Barkhudarov, "Tales of the peoples of Asia" - Volume 3 of "Tales of the peoples of the world". Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, they had two sons. The elder was called Sant, and the younger was Basant. Happy loving family it was. In the queen's bedchamber, a bird made a nest, and two chicks hatched there. Caring birds fed...
"Test of the Mind" - an Indian folk audio tale - a parable from the cycle "Tales of the Peoples of the World", translated by G. Zograf. The young king had an old adviser - experienced and wise. "... The young king highly honored the adviser and did everything as he said. They see the other courtiers in what honor the adviser is, and they lost their peace - envy tortured them. Everyone vied ...
Indian folk household audio tale "Stupid Brahmin" about a lazy and cowardly Brahmin. Brahman - a person from the highest - priestly class in ancient India. The god Brahma is the highest deity among the Hindus. Goddess Bhavani (who was prayed to by the unlucky but fortunate Brahmin) is a Hindu goddess, the mother guardian of the earth. Pandit is a scientist...
Indian folk household audio fairy tale "Tenali Ramakrishna's cat", translated by N. Gurov, "Tales of the peoples of Asia" - 3 volume of "Tales of the peoples of the world". About the resourceful poet and the need for wise decisions of rulers. "Many years ago, the clever and cheerful poet Tenali Ramakrishna lived at the court of the great king Krishnadevaraya. They say that he once called for ...
Indian folk household audio tale "Pull" about a clumsy boy and a savvy rogue servant, translated by G. Zograf. "Once upon a time there was a boy. Such a simple-hearted, slow-witted, he can neither stand up nor turn around. They invited him once to a wedding. So his father sent a servant with him. And the servant was very intelligent. All the way he instructed the boy to be a guest. ..
Indian folk household audio fairy tale "Son of a Pandit" (Pandit is a learned Brahmin), translated by B. Kuznetsov. "At the court of King Pradeep, poets and pandits were held in high esteem. Among them was one pandit named Vidyadhar, the source of knowledge. Vidyadhar's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were court poets. After his father's death, Vidyadhar took his place. But from his own...
Indian folk household audio tale "What did the bear whisper in your ear?" has a similar plot to the Russian folk tale "Two Comrades". “Two friends were walking through the forest. Suddenly they see a bear. One, in fear, climbed a tree and hid in the foliage. The other remained in front of the bear without any protection. He fell to the ground and lies as if dead. He once heard that ...
Indian folk household audio tale "The Deaf" is an Indian interpretation of what funny situation happens when the speakers can't hear each other. "There lived a shepherd in the village with his wife and parents. And all four of them were hard of hearing. Once the shepherd was plowing the field, and two passers-by were walking by. They ask him: - We need to go to Ramnagar. What kind of ...
Indian folk household audio fairy tale "Light from the Temple", translated by G. Zograf. “There lived a rich man in one village, and there was a pond opposite his house. Once a poor man came to the rich man and asks for help. The rich man says: “You will stand all night in the pond, I will give you twenty rupees.” that he will not refuse the promise ... "...
Indian folk magic audio fairy tale "The Man Who Was Looking for His Destiny", processed by S. F. Oldenburg. There once lived a man. He had a wife and twelve children, and not a single rupee of money. The children were crying from hunger, and the parents did not know what to do. The man got angry with God and went to seek his fate. In the forest he met a camel with...
Indian folk household audio tale "Sweets from the sky", with a well-known international plot, incl. the plot of the Spanish fairy tale "When donuts fell from the sky", translated by G. Zograf. One poor woman lived by spinning thread. She had a son. Once she gave him the thread to take to the market - to sell. He goes, goes, looking - the lizard is sitting on the fence. Lizard...
Indian folk audio tale "The Rooster and the Cat". Once upon a time there was a rooster. And the cat often ran into the house, which always stole something from the kitchen. Every time a rooster saw a cat, he shouted ku-ka-re-ku, people came running and drove the cat away. The cat decided that it was necessary to lure the rooster into her allies. She promised him that she would take the rooster as a share ...
Indian folk household audio fairy tale "You are not averse to listening to a fairy tale", translated by G. Zograf - about a stingy housewife and a hungry passerby. There lived a husband and wife in the same village. They were very mean. God forbid a passer-by knock on their door. They won’t feed him, they won’t give him water, they will hardly find a place for him to spend the night, and they will even force him to work. I knocked on them...
Indian folk fairy tale "The Hunter and the Crow". The hunter had a crow. She fed with him, then flew away early in the morning and returned at night. She spent the whole day in the courtyard of the god Brahma. There she learned all the news and plans of Brahma and told the hunter what to do. No matter how hard Brahma tried to destroy the rice crop and arrange ...
Indian folk household audio fairy tale "Ugly name", translated by G. Zograf, "Tales of the peoples of Asia" - 3 volume of "Tales of the peoples of the world". There lived a peasant with his wife in the same village. His name was Thunthuniya. Every day, his wife said to him: - What an ugly name you have! Take yourself another - beautiful. One morning Thunthuniya went out of the house to look for...
Indian folk magic audio fairy tale "Pea and Bobok" is about kind and evil, hardworking and lazy, modest and arrogant sisters. There once lived two sisters. The eldest Bobok was grumpy and angry, and the youngest, Goroshina, was kind and affectionate. Once Goroshina called her sister to visit her father together. She replied that she did not want to go to the heat for the sake of the old man ...
The ancestors of the population of India came to this land from different parts of the earth. Therefore, today Indian tales are told by hundreds of nationalities inhabiting the country.
How to distinguish an Indian fairy tale?
Despite all the diversity of cultures, religions and even languages, the best Indian fairy tales for children have some peculiarities. The main focus of most stories are:
desire for knowledge;
religiosity;
preference for a righteous lifestyle;
putting family values at the forefront;
the inclusion of poetic forms.
Religious quotations and teachings are directly put into the mouths of some heroes.
Brief history of creation
Old Indian legends date back to before our era. Then they were created as teachings for the sons of the ruler of the country. But they already had a fabulous form, were written on behalf of animals. The oldest collection of fairy tales directly is Kathasaritsagaru, based on ancient beliefs in traditional Indian gods.
Gradually everything came together folklore stories. There were magical, domestic, love, heroic tales. IN folk art countries composed many stories about ordinary people who conquered all the hardships of fate. Fairy-tale notions spread about animals possessing all human qualities. They interacted with each other, denounced vices, praised virtuous behavior. Often the narrative included short advice given by the wisest hero. These are the stories to this day.
What attracts the amazing legends of India?
The fabulous fantasies of India attract with their amazingly colorful oriental flavor, storytelling style and of course - an abundance of magical stories. At the same time, the child unobtrusively receives wise advice, forms the correct vision of the world around people and animals.
