02546nam 22005894a 450 991078458060332120230818214902.00-253-11202-8(CKB)1000000000362394(EBL)283664(OCoLC)213331342(SSID)ssj0000177733(PQKBManifestationID)11180002(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177733(PQKBWorkID)10219116(PQKB)10499744(MiAaPQ)EBC283664(OCoLC)86068949(MdBmJHUP)muse16727(Au-PeEL)EBL283664(CaPaEBR)ebr10158078(EXLCZ)99100000000036239420050713h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn quest of Indian folktales Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke /Sadhana NaithaniBloomington Indiana University Press2006©20061 online resource (xi, 328 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34544-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-317) and indexes.Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke -- The golden manuscripts -- Crooke, Chaube, and colonial folkloristics, 1868-1914 -- Post-colonial conclusions -- Colors of life : tales 1 to 87 -- So wise some women are : tales 88 to 103 -- Magical mind : tales 104 to 125 -- Corrective measures : tales 126 to 158."[A] rare piece of scholarly detective work."--Margaret Mills, Ohio State University In Quest of Indian Folktales publishes for the first time a collection of northern Indian folktales from the late 19th century. Reputedly the work of William Crooke, a well-known folklorist and British colonial official, the tales were actually collected, selected, and translated by a certain Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube. In 1996, Sadhana Naithani discovered this unpublished collection in the archive of the Folklore SocietyTalesIndiaFolkloreIndiaFolkloristsIndiaTalesFolkloreFolklorists398.2/0954Naithani Sadhana1484504MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784580603321In quest of Indian folktales3740120UNINA