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The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie

by Sivadasa
Chandra Rajan
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One of the most important works of Indian narrative fiction, passed down orally through the centuries and first recorded in medieval times, The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie has at its center the half-mythical, heroic, and sagacious emperor Vikramaditya, widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. Begging a vetala-a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse-for help against a mighty necromancer, the emperor is told twenty-five tales, each of which culminates in a riddle. Only once he solves each riddle can he win the genie's help in destroying his powerful enemy.

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Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781101489864
  • Release date: September 14, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781101489864
  • File size: 1945 KB
  • Release date: September 14, 2011

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Fiction Mythology

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One of the most important works of Indian narrative fiction, passed down orally through the centuries and first recorded in medieval times, The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie has at its center the half-mythical, heroic, and sagacious emperor Vikramaditya, widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. Begging a vetala-a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse-for help against a mighty necromancer, the emperor is told twenty-five tales, each of which culminates in a riddle. Only once he solves each riddle can he win the genie's help in destroying his powerful enemy.

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Fiction Mythology