Folktales from India:   a selection of oral tales from twenty-two languages 

 - New York	  Pantheon Books	  1991 
 - xxxi, 345p.,   hb. 
<br/><br/> Folklore pervades childhoods, families and communities and is the language of the illiterate. Even in large, modern cities, folklore—proverbs, lullabies, folk medicine, folktales—is only a suburb away, a cousin or a grandmother away. Wherever people live, folklore grows. India is a country of many languages, religions, sects and cultures. It is a land of many myths and countless stories. Translated from twenty-two Indian languages, these one hundred and ten tales cover most of the regions of India and represent favourite narratives from the subcontinent. A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780394554792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Folkler Literature<br/>Tales - India<br/>Oral Tradition - India
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.20954   / RAM