Folktales: These feature common folks, such as peasants, and commonplace events. There maybe be some "make-believe" elements, like talking animals, but the stories, overall, sound logical - even realistic. Folk tales seek to explain things about life, nature, or the human condition.
The moongose and the Brahmins wife.
Hindu fairy tale
Diamond Cut Diamond (fairy tale)
Koosby Ram saw him sitting on the road, and asked him what had happened. Then he told him to go back the next day, and ask for his box when someone gave him a signal. While he was waiting, a palanquin arrived, and the man was told that a lady wished to leave her boxes of jewels with him, for safety. While the talk was still going on, the merchant received the signal and came to ask. The man decided that it would put off the lady, and handed over the box. The merchant started to dance in the street. A message arrived that her husband had come, so she did not need to deposit the jewels after all. Then Koosby Ram burst out of the palanquin and joined the merchant. Then the man joined them.
Someone said that the merchant had recovered his jewels, that Koosby Ram had tricked him, but that the man had no reason to dance. He said that he had thought he had learned every way to trick people, but now he knew another.
Someone said that the merchant had recovered his jewels, that Koosby Ram had tricked him, but that the man had no reason to dance. He said that he had thought he had learned every way to trick people, but now he knew another.
Fairy Tales: Also called "magic stories," these are filled with dreamlike possibility. Fairy tales feature magical and enchanted forces. They often have a "happily ever after" ending, where good is rewarded and evil is punished.
Hindu fables
The snake who lost his hiss
Animal: snake
http://www.astrologyandbeyond.com/beyond/a-hindu-fable/
moral:“This is your own fault,” the Saint replied. “I told you not to bite them, but I didn’t tell you not to hiss.”
Hindu mythology
moral:“This is your own fault,” the Saint replied. “I told you not to bite them, but I didn’t tell you not to hiss.”
Hindu mythology
Mahabharata
Place: Kerala ( india )
The Mahabharata or Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. The Mahabharata is an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes. Wikipedia
Hindu legend
Onam
Legendary person: King mahabhali
The legend of King Mahabali is the most popular and the most fascinating of all legends behind Onam. Onam celebrates the visit of King Mahabali to the state of Kerala every year. The festival is celebrated with fervour as King Mahabali is greatly respected by his subjects. King Mahabali is also popularly called Maveli and Onathappan.
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