Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends

Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Most of these anthologies have been long out of pr About The Author: Kirin Narayan is Professor of Anthropology and Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Storytellers, Saints and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative as Hindu Religious Teaching (1989) and Mondays on the Dark Night…