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Contents Preface • vii Acknowledgments • ix Part I. The Quest 1. Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke • 5 2. The Golden Manuscripts • 19 3. Crooke, Chaube, and Colonial Folkloristics, 1868–1914 • 38 4. Post-colonial Conclusions • 56 Part II. Tales from the Manuscripts of Chaube and Crooke Colors of Life: Tales 1 to 87 • 63 So Wise Some Women Are: Tales 88 to 103 • 188 Magical Mind: Tales 104 to 125 • 222 Corrective Measures: Tales 126 to 158 • 282 Appendix: Aarne-Thompson Tale Type Index Numbers • 311 Glossary of Indian Terms within Tales • 313 Bibliography • 315 General Index for Part I: Chapters 1–4 • 319 Index: Contributors of Tales • 321 Index: Places That Contributed Tales • 323 Index: Numbers and Titles of Tales • 325 ...

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