| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Suitors and Maidens | |
| The Goddess of Mahi River (Gujarat) | |
| The Girl Who Was Loved by a Tree Spirit (Nagaland) | |
| The Rain Prince's Bride (Gujarat) | |
| A Farmer's Son (Tamilnadu) | |
| The Man Who Was in Love with Two Girls (Nagaland) | |
| Love between Two Birds (Nagaland) | |
| Four Clever Men (Tamilnadu) | |
| A Poor Man (Tamilnadu) | |
| New Brides and Grooms | |
| The Girl Fated to Die by Snakebite (Nagaland) | |
| The Yakshi's Descendants (Kerala) | |
| A Marriage in the World of the Dead (Nagaland) | |
| A Dead Husband (Assam) | |
| Four Friends (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Farmer and the Barber (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Story of a King (Tamilnadu) | |
| The King's Daughter (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Sanykisar the Crow-Girl (Kashmir) | |
| Parents and Children | |
| The Boy Who Could Speak with Birds (Nagaland) | |
| The Uninvited Guest (Kashmir) | |
| The Birth and Marriage of Siva (Bengal) | |
| Chokanamma (Kerala) | |
| The Youngest Daughter-in-law (Bengal) | |
| The Wicked Mendicant (Bengal) | |
| Akanandun the Only Son (Kashmir) | |
| Lord Siva and the Satwaras (Gujarat) | |
| An Old Man's Wisdom (Nagaland) | |
| Sisters and Brothers | |
| Seven Dumb Daughters (Kashmir) | |
| The Clever Old Man (Assam) | |
| Thabaton (Manipur) | |
| Kini Mulki (Karnataka) | |
| Greed Can Be Perilous (Kerala) | |
| The Monkey-Son (Tamilnadu) | |
| Monkey-Boy's Story (Tamilnadu) | |
| Tolerance and Jealousy (Tamilnadu) | |
| The Story of a Brother and a Sister (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Origin of Different Water Animals (Nagaland) | |
| The Man Named Unige Mada (Nilgiri Hills) | |
| Mamo Jalwalo (Gujarat) | |
| Domestic Strife | |
| The Fish Head (Assam) | |
| The Cruel Daughter-in-law (Kerala) | |
| A Flowering Tree (Karnataka) | |
| Two Sisters-in-law (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Kecha Nahar (Assam) | |
| Lord Krishna's Wives (Karnataka) | |
| Sandrembi and Chaishra (Manipur) | |
| The Tale of the Mouse (Kashmir) | |
| As Long as You Keep Your Legs Up (Bihar) | |
| Siva and Parvati (Karnataka) | |
| The Story of a Man Who Had Awful Lips (Tamilnadu) | |
| Vayanatu Kulavan (Kerala) | |
| The Enchanted Water Hole (Manipur) | |
| Moral Virtue or Its Lack | |
| The Prince and the Shepherd (Bengal) | |
| Rich Girl, Poor Girl (Nagaland) | |
| The Dexterity of a Squirrel (Kerala) | |
| The Mincemeat Spirit (Kashmir) | |
| The Crane and the Crow (Kerala) | |
| The Tale of Bibgaraz Maj (Kashmir) | |
| The Children of the Crab (Karnataka) | |
| The Rupee Note (Assam) | |
| The Value of an American Thank You (Karnataka) | |
| The Brahman's Lime (Assam) | |
| The Feast (Assam) | |
| Borrowed Earrings (Andhra Pradesh) | |
| Oh! Calcutta (Bengal) | |
| Dala Tarwadi (Gujarat) | |
| The Story of Pebet (Manipur) | |
| The Outlaw Babar Deva (Gujarat) | |
| Knowledge and the Fool | |
| The Elephant and the Ant (Gujarat) | |
| The Crow and the Sparrow (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Parrots and the Carpenter's Scale (Kerala) | |
| The Potter and the Wagher (Gujarat) | |
| The King of Delhi and the King of Turkey (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Single-Wit (Gujarat) | |
| Tenali Ramalingadu (Andhra Pradesh) | |
| The Ghost of a Brahman (Bengal) | |
| The Daily Measure (Assam) | |
| Badsah the Great King (Kashmir) | |
| The Foolish Gujjar (Kashmir) | |
| Our Wife (Andhra Pradesh) | |
| I'll Take Two (Andhra Pradesh) | |
| Dropping, Rolling, Tail-Peeler (Kerala) | |
| Panikar's Blunder (Kerala) | |
| The Fox and the Crow (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| The Greatest Fool of All (Bengal) | |
| A Jackal and a Fox (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| A Jackal and a Crocodile (Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Chamdan and Yuthung (Manipur) | |
| The Sparrow and the Sweet Pudding (Tamilnadu) | |
| Origin Tales | |
| The Origin of Man (Manipur) | |
| How Lijaba Creat | |
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