The Three Boys : : and Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet / / Yeshi Dorjee; ed. by John S. Major.
A virtuous young woman journeys to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the still-beating heart of a king; a wily corpse-monster tricks his young captor into setting him free; a king falls under a curse that turns him into a cannibal; a shepherd who understands the speech of animals saves a princess fro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Three Boys
- The King's Heart
- The Carpenter Who Went to Heaven
- The Woodcutter and His Son
- How Norbu Became a King
- The Shape-Shifter's Son
- The King Stands Up
- Penba and Dawa
- The Dream Eater
- The Boy Who Understood Animals
- The Cook, the Cat, and the Endless Story
- The Boy Who Never Lied
- King Salgyel's Daughter, Princess Dorjee
- The Pig's-Head Seer
- Langa and Jatsalu
- Notes on the Stories
- Suggestions For Further Reading