Chapter 26

Birds, souls in, 58, 59, 61, 261 conversing, 149, 150, 198

Birth-marks, 1, 119, 242, 243, 253, 276

Blindness cured, 77

Blood of little finger, 83, 84, 141, 272

Boar, God in shape of, 68

Boar Trwyth, the, 241

Boat refusing to move, 195, 292

Body, star on, 243 sun on, 243

Bones of daughter sent to mother, 12, 250, 253

Bowl, magic, 156

Branch, cutting, 30

Branding, 131, 134, 281

Bricks turned into gold, 97

Bulbul, 39

Burning alive, 12, 61, 207, 249, 250

Camel, strayed, 29, 63

Card-playing, 218, 219, 234

Cards, 293

Cat, 255 aunt to tiger, 15 cheats jackal, 19 leopard, 19 which could not be killed, 18

Chá[n.][d.]ála, 266

Charcoal, gold and silver turned into, 69, 226

Chests, concealment in, 218

Child, all-devouring, 255

Children eaten, 52, 177

Chin, star on, 119

Clothes-box, magic, 33

Cloud-myth, 257

Cockatoo, Rakshas Rání's soul in, 61

Colour, 93

Comfits, rain of, 29

Cooking-pot, magic, 32

Cotton-tree, 39

Cow swallows child alive, 123

Crow, 75

Cuckoo, 39

Daughter, _see Former life_.

Day and night Myths, 256, 257

Dead sheep mistaken for woman, 28

Deer's horn, Mahádeo's, 232

Demon, 173 as a goat, 173, 288 heating sand, 236 swallowing suitors, 99 tigers fighting with, 162

_Dew_ (Demon), 273

Dharma, 265

Diamond, face shining like, 69

Dog disputes with cat, 16 Lailí becomes, 78, 79 swallows child alive, 122

Dolls, 168, 169

Dom, 70

Doves, eyes changed into, 5

Dream, 232

Dresses, seizure of, 6

Eagle's feather, 181

Eaglets, speaking, 183

Earth blown away, 140 cure with, 198, 199

Ear, twisting, 130

Elephant tries to kill cat, 18, 19

Errands, 53, 55, 58, 179, 181, 184, 189, 288

Euphemisms, 259

Eve, _see Adam_.

Eyes become birds, 5, 148 pounded to bits, 176 torn out of Rání's head 51, 176, 289

Face, star on, 1, 242, _see Powder_.

Fainting at beauty, 82

Fairies in jungle, 32 teach monkey prince, 42 and Prince Sazádá, 93 Indian, 243 Irish and Cornish, 243 of Maoris, 239, 244

Fairy Rájás, 1 red, 168

Fakír's feats, 92 gifts to, 68, 224 God in form of, 224 helpful, 41, 185 sleep of, 139, 167 tasks to be performed by intending, 87

Fan, 196, 197

Fan Prince, 193

Faríd, Shekh, 272

Fasting, _see Jackal_, _Kite_.

Fate, 263 seeking one's, 63

Feather, causing invisibility, 59

Feats of Fakírs, 92

Figure of clay, water and ashes 78

Fish, cooked, becomes alive, 71, 227, _see Rohú_.

Fishes, king of, 66, 71 souls of unborn children in, 235, 236

Fire, _see Rejuvenescence_.

Flower, children in, 10, 247, 248, 252 hero weighing, 2 heroine weighing, 1

Flowers, life in, 4, 10, 144, 244, 247, 248, 252, 284 on ears, 3

Flute, 168, 169, 171, 287

Fly, change into, 56, 57, 141

Fools, 257

Former life, 115, 276

Four sides, 153, 156, 285, 286

Fox, 254

Frog, the voracious, 24 slit open, 26

Fruits, children, born from eating, 42, 91 children in, 11, 246, 247, 252 heroine in, 81, 142, 146, 246

Gambling, 234

Gangá, 89, 90

Gardener, 277

Garpank, 289

Gesture language, 208, 210

Glass powder, 197

Glittering well, 189, 190

Goat, demon in form of, 173, 288, _see Former life_.

Gold, stones becoming, 59 bricks turned into, 97 in river, 66

Golden wand, 262

Grateful animals, 155, 161, 162

Hair, power of, 268, 271 of Mahádeo, 89, 90 of gold, 1, 49, 62, 238, 240 tree split with, 163

Hand, star on, 253

Handkerchief, 199

Harchand Rájá, 68

Harichand Rájá, 224

Hariçchandra, 265, 266

Head, sun on, 1, 242, 253 becomes a dome, 148 a house, 5 a peacock, 244

Head-collars, 230

Heart becomes tank, 148

Horse, hero's, 124, 125, 126, 277, 278 swallows child alive, 124, 125

House, arm or leg changed into, 5

Husband, public choice of, 128, 280

Husk story, 259

Ikhwán Ussafa cited, 239

Indrásan, 93, 243

Invisibility caused by feather, 59 by blowing earth from palm, 140

Jackal, 75, 255 arbitrates, 16 cheats the tiger, 17 its fear of men, 23 kills kite's sons, 22 will not fast, 21

Jamná, 89, 90

Kettle-drum, 120, 121, 162, 287

Khudá, 237

Kite worships and fasts, 21

Knife, magic, 83, 266 dipped in blood, 175, 176

Knowledge of far-off events, 95, 272

Kop Shástra, 225

Lailí, 73

Lamnissa, 284

Leg becomes pillar, 148

Lemon, Rakshases keeping their souls in, 261

Leopard tries to kill cat, 19

Líchí, 91

Life, restoration to, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 22, 26, 71, 78, 83, 84, 86, 98, 141, 146, 151, 166, 227, 228, 232, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 282, 284, 285

Life, former, 115, 276

Lips of demons long, 273

Little finger, 83, 141, 266, 267, 272

Livers, standing on, 10

Looking back, prohibited, 141 danger of, 282

Lotus-flower, heroine changed into, 144, 285

Magic gifts, 32, 33, 34

Mahádeo, 89, 90, 231, 232

Mainá, 148 advises dog, 18 demon's soul in, 187, 188

Majnún, 73, 266

Mangoes, 41 mango-tree, 202 mango-stone, consequence of eating, 50

Mattresses thrown to save drowning prince, 47

Milk sent by God, 146 of tigress, 178

Monkey, 42

Moon on hand, 1 on forehead, 119, 242 princess shines like, 158

Mothers eating sons, 52, 177

Mouth, demon's, 185

Mouse, 101

Music, 93, 243, 287

Mustard-seed, oil crushed out of, 160

Nabha, 113

Nának, 276

Neck, star on, 242

Necklace disappears into wall, 229 reappears, 233

Needles, body stuck full of, 165, 287

Numbers, sacred, 262

Ointment restoring sight, 56

Old woman, _see Former life_.

Paper boat, 187, 188, 290

Parrot, 148, 153

Peacock, head becomes, 244

Pearls drop from bird's eyes, 12 from bird's beak, 254

Phaláná country, 73, 74

Phúlmati, 240

Pigeons, cooked, come to life, 228

Pin, in bird's head, 12, 14 transformation caused by, 254

Pit dug for demon's execution, 192 for Dillus Varvawc, 292

Poison, 212

Portrait, 223

Powder flung in face, 77

Rakshas, 5, 260 as a goat, 288 turned into Rání, 51

Rat and frog, 24

Red cheeks, 93

Rejuvenescence by fire, 76

Revival of murdered heroines, 244, _see Life_.

Rice, 289 night-growing, 184

Rig Veda cited, 238, 239

Ring, 199, 292

Robes of honour, 287

Rohú fish, 75

Rope and stick-magic, 34, 156

Ruby, 65, 66 falling from beak, 13, 14

Salt, 171, 288 Princess who loved her father like, 164

Sárí, 58

Seven children, 51 queens, 175 small dolls, 168 sons, 177 wives, 41, 51

Shahzádá, 271

Shekh Faríd, 95, 268, 272

Shield full of money, 53, 55, 58

Sight restored, 57, 190, 289

Silver, _see Charcoal_, _Wand_.

Singing, hero, 127, 128

Skin of monkey, 42 burnt, 49

Sleep, fakír's, 139, 167 dragon's, 282

Snake, 75 conversing, 204

Son-in-law how chosen, 42

Soul embodiment 261, _see Birds_, _Cockatoo_, _Lemon_, _Mainá_.

Soul or life of Rakshas, 56, 57, 261

Spell, 91

Star on body, 243 on chin, 119 on face, 1, 242 on hands, 253 on neck, 242

Stepmother, 7

Stick and rope, magic, 156

Stick suspends and restores life, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 186

Stones becoming gold, 59 fates are, 64 transformation into, 140, 226, 282 substituted for baby, 121

Strength, feats of, 108

Strong woman, 108

Sugar, _see Ashes_.

Summer and winter myth, 257

Sun on head, 1, 242, 253 on body, 243

Sun jewel-box, 167

Sun's rays, 266, 268, 271

Svayamvara 280

Sweeper, 88

Tank, heart becomes, 148

Thorn in tiger's foot, 17, 64, 155

Three, 87

Tiger, 254, 258 grateful, 65, 155, 162, 180 outwitted by barber, 35 nephew of cat, 15 stores of, 35, 36, 65, _see Thorn_.

Transformations, 244, 250, 251, 284, 285

Transmigration of souls, 276

Tree split with hair, 163

Trees, 292

Twelve hours, 225 twelve years, 32, 63, 64, 87, 88, 98, 167, 225, 264

"Uncle" used to propitiate, 54, 262

Underground palace, 151

Var[n.]a, 238

Viçvamitra, 265

Vish[n.]u, 265

Wand, bamboo, 86, 98, 268 golden, reviving by, 261 silver, death caused by touching with, 261

Water, opening fruit or casket containing maiden near, 284

Water-nymphs, 89

Water-snake, 53

Wax hatchet, 162

Weight of heroine, 243

Well, fairy living at bottom of, 168 glittering, 189, 190

Wind blowing from demon, 185, 290 foretelling fall of palace, 205

Wishes, 95

Wives called Mamma, 86, 87

Worship, _see Kite_.

Wrestlers, 108

Yogí, personating, 198, 214

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