India
Folk tales from the diverse traditions of India.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (Alternate Retelling)
The Tiger, The Brahman, and The Jackal: A Tale of Cleverness and Justice In the forests of ancient India, there lived a noble Brahman—a learned man...
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Tiger The Brahman And The Jackal
A classic Panchatantra-style Indian folk tale about a trapped tiger, a kind Brahman, and the clever jackal who saves the day through wit and logic.
Jataka Tales
Ages 3-5
The Reluctant Tortoise
The Reluctant Tortoise: There was a time when the city of Benaras was ruled by King Brahmadatta. In the same city, lived Bodhisatta, the son of a potter.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Snake Woman And King Ali Mardan
The Snake Woman And King Ali Mardan: Once upon a time King Ali Mardan went out a-hunting, and as he hunted in the forest above the beautiful Dal lake, which
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Son Of Seven Queens
The Son Of Seven Queens: Once upon a time there lived a King who had seven Queens, but no children. This was a great grief to him, especially when he The
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Soothsayers Son 2
The Soothsayers Son 2: Thus a Soothsayer when on his death-bed wrote the horoscope of his second son, and bequeathed it to him as his only property, leaving
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Lambikin 2
The Lambikin 2: Once upon a time there was a wee wee Lambikin, who frolicked about on his little tottery legs, and enjoyed himself amazingly. Now one day he
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Lambikin
The Lambikin: Once upon a time, there was a wee wee Lambikin, who frolicked about on his little tottery legs, and enjoyed himself amazingly. Now one day he set
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Legend Of Gwashbrari The Glacier Hearted Queen
The Legend Of Gwashbrari The Glacier Hearted Queen: Once upon a time, ever so long ago, when this old world was young, and everything was very different from
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Lion And The Crane
The Lion And The Crane: The Bodhisatta was at one time born in the region of Himavanta as a white crane; now Brahmadatta was at that time reigning in Benares.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Magic Bed
The Magic Bed: One very hot day, a young Prince, or Rajah as they are called in India, had been hunting all the morning in the jungle, and by noon had lost
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
The Monkey With The Tom Tom
The Monkey With The Tom Tom: In a remote wood there lived a monkey, and one day while he was eating wood-apples, a sharp thorn from the tree ran into the tip