Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Child of the Woods, A
• Enchanted Mountain, The
• Spirit-Guarded Cave, The
• Mountain Spirits and the Stone Mortars, The
• Right and Might
• Why the Lip of the Elephant Droops
• How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess
• Monkeys and the Crabs
• Man in the Moon, The
• Origin of Lightning, The
• Why the Parrot and the Minor Bird But Echo the Words of Man
• Fatherless Birds, The
• Lovers’ Leap, The
• Faithful Husband, The
• Faithful Wife, The
• Unexpected Issue, An
• Giants’ Mountain and the Temple, The
• Cheating the Priest
• Disappointed Priest, The
• Greedy Priest, The
• Ambitious Priest, The
• Wizard and the Beggar, The
• Covetous Neighbor, A
• Lazy Man’s Plot, A
• Ungrateful Fisherman, The
• Legend of the Rice, The
• “One Woman, in Deceit and Craft, is More than a Match for Eight Men”
• “Wisest Man of a Small Village is Not Equal in Wisdom to a Boy of the City Streets, The”
• “To Aid Beast is Merit; to Aid Man is But Vanity”
• Love’s Secrets
• Poison-Mouth
• Strife and Peace
• Widow’s Punishment, The
• Honesty Rewarded
• Justice of In Ta Pome, The
• Words of Untold Value, The
• Wise Philosopher, A
• Boys Who Were Not Appreciated, The
• Magic Well, The
• Fortunes of Ai Powlo, The
• Fortunes of a Lazy Beggar, The
• Misfortunes of Paw Yanm The
• Unfortunate Shot, An
• Blind Man, The
• “Heads, I Win. Tails, You Lose”
• Great Boaster, The
• Clever Thief, A
• Eyeless-Needle, Rotten-Egg, Rotten-Banana, Old-Fish and Broken-Pestle

Bibliographic Information

Book: Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India
Book Author/Editor: Fleeson, Katherine Neville
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Publication City: New York
Year of Publication: 1899
Country of Origin: Laos
Notes: COMPLETE! Entered into SurLaLune Database in December 2018 with all known ATU Classifications.