World Tales

Idries Shah

• Publisher: ISF Publishing
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781784791223
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Philosophy

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• Contents
• Tales of a Parrot – India
• Dick Whittington and his Cat – England
• Don’t Count Your Chickens – Spain
• The Hawk and the Nightingale – Greece
• Cecino the Tiny – Tuscany
• Her Lover’s Heart – India
• The New Hand – United States
• The Mastermaid – Norway
• The Hermit – France
• The Maiden Wiser than the Tsar – Serbia
• The Travelling Companion – Denmark
• The Riddles – Turkestan
• The Grateful Animals and the Ungrateful Man – Tibet
• The Value of a Treasure Hoard – China
• Patient Griselda – England
• How Evil Produces Evil – Italy
• The Ghoul and the Youth of Ispahan – Persia
• The Pilgrim from Paradise – India
• The Blind Ones and the Matter of the Elephant – Afghanistan
• Anpu and Bata – Egypt
• God is Stronger – Madagascar
• The Happiest Man in the World – Uzbekistan
• The Gorgon’s Head – Greece
• The Brahmin’s Wife and the Mongoose – India
• The Magic Bag – Morocco
• Catherine’s Fate – Sicily
• The Desolate Island – Palestine
• Gazelle Horn – Tibet
• Tom Tit Tot – England
• The Silent Couple – Arabia
• Childe Rowland – Scotland
• The Tale of Mushkil Gusha – Middle East
• The Food of Paradise – Central Asia
• The Lamb with the Golden Fleece – Europe
• The Man with the Wen – Japan
• The Skilful Brothers – Albania
• The Algonquin Cinderella – North American Indian
• The Kindly Ghost – Sudan
• The Ass in Pantherskin – India
• The Water of Life – Germany
• The Serpent – Albania
• The Wonderful Lamp – Italy
• Who Was the Most Generous? – England
• Cupid and Psyche – Italy
• The Royal Detectives – Egypt
• Conflict of the Magicians – Wales
• False Witnesses – Germany
• The Cobbler Who Became an Astrologer – Persia
• The Two Travellers – China
• The Fisherman and his Wife – Germany
• Impossible Judgement – Spain
• Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary – Ireland
• Riquet with the Tuft – France
• The Lost Camel – India
• The Beggar and the Gazelle – Middle East
• The Apple on the Boy’s Head – Iceland
• The Boots of Hunain – Arabia
• The Three Caskets – England
• The Land Where Time Stood Still – Romania
• The Man Turned into a Mule – Spain
• The Fox and the Hedgehog – Greece
• The Bird Maiden – Arabia
• The Slowest May Win the Race – Thailand
• The Three Imposters – Spain
• Occasion – Sicily
• A Request