In this book you will find a colorful collection of folk tales populated bymighty kings handsome princes crafty magicians and talking animals. Bearinga striking... » 

In this book you will find a colorful collection of folk tales populated bymighty kings handsome princes crafty magicians and talking animals. Bearinga striking resemblance to the tales of the Brothers Grimm they are suffusedwith Eastern mystery and fantasy images. These tales were handed down in the oral tradition of the people of ancientCeylon Sri Lanka. They were first recorded by British colonists andmissionaries in the beginning of the 20th century immortalizing the roots ofthe ancient Hindu tradition as it developed in Sri Lanka. These ageoldnarratives take us back to a time when the cultures of Asia were among theworlds most sophisticated and with their fairytale atmosphere give us anabundance of impressions so characteristic of Hindu lives in the ancient FarEast. «