Contents

GEORGIAN TALES

PAGE

I.

MASTER AND PUPIL

1

II.

THE THREE SISTERS AND THEIR STEPMOTHER,

5

III.

THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING,

11

IV.

THE FROG'S SKIN,

15

V.

FATE,

22

VI.

GHVTHISAVARI,

25

VII.

THE SERPENT AND THE PEASANT,

39

VIII.

GULAMBARA AND SULAMBARA,

42

IX.

THE TWO BROTHERS,

49

X.

THE PRINCE,

52

XI.

CONKIAJGHARUNA,

63

XII.

ASPHURTZELA,

68

XIII.

THE SHEPHERD AND THE CHILD OF FORTUNE,

83

XIV.

THE TWO THIEVES,

88

XV.

THE FOX AND THE KING'S SON,

97

XVI.

THE KING'S SON AND THE APPLE,

104

MINGRELIAN TALES

I.

THE THREE PRECEPTS,

109

II.

KAZHA-NDII,

112

III.

THE STORY OF GERIA, THE POOR MAN'S SON,

118

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IV.

THE PRINCE WHO BEFRIENDED THE BEASTS,

124

V.

THE CUNNING OLD MAN AND THE 'DEMI,'

129

VI.

SANARTIA,

132

VII.

THE SHEPHERD JUDGE,

138

VIII.

THE PRIEST'S YOUNGEST SON,

140

MINGRELIAN PROVERBS,

142

GURIAN TALES

I.

THE STRONG MAN AND THE DWARF,

147

II.

THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT,

150

III.

THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE MERCHANT,

153

IV.

THE KING AND THE SAGE,

160

V.

THE KING'S SON,

162

VI.

TEETH AND NO-TEETH,

163

VII.

THE QUEEN'S WHIM,

164

VIII.

THE FOOL'S GOOD FORTUNE,

165

IX.

TWO LOSSES,

167

X.

THE STORY OF DERVISH,

168

XI.

THE FATHER'S PROPHECY,

171

XII.

THE HERMIT PHILOSOPHER,

172

XIII.

THE KING'S COUNSELLOR,

173

XIV.

A WITTY ANSWER,

174