Myths And Legends Of India Vol. 1

Since time immemorial India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva's Kathasaritasagara William Radice collects these timeless tales of India and tells them anew through his unique idiom. Like itinerant storytellers he fills these tales with emotion and wit bringing them alive for the contemporary reader.In Volume 1 the first section begins with the creation myth of Prajapati while the Mahabharata section starts with Sakuntala's story going up to the founding of Dvaraka by Krishna. True to India's diversity the third section of both volumes comprises legends and folk tales from Hindu Muslim Buddhist Jain Christian and tribal sources. The volumes of Myths and Legends of India are a treasure to delight in and cherish. About the Author William Radice is a poet and a scholar and translator of Bengali. He is well known for his translations of the poems stories and plays of Tagore.