Poison-damsels

Author(s)

• Penzer, N. M. (Norman Mosley)
• Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, 11th cent.

Bibliographic Information

Poison-damsels

N[orman] M[osley] Penzer

（Folklore of the world (New York)）

Arno Press, 1980

Note

Reprint of the 1952 ed. published by C.J. Sawyer, London under title: Poison-damsels and other essays in folklore and anthropology

Based on appendixes originally published in D. H. Tawney's translation of Kathāsaritsāgara

Bibliography: p. 299-300

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Poison-damsels
• The tale of the two thieves
• Sacred prostitution
• The romance of betel-chewing

Details

• NCID: BA03578758
• ISBN:
  • 0405133367
• LCCN: 80000669
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 319 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GR305
  • DC : 398/.0954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Folklore -- India -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : India -- Social life and customs -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03577642