World Folklore And Indian Connections

[ramana]

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->2. The fables. The Panchatrantra are the best-known source, translated to many languages, but what is their original source and where can one find the closest to the originals, plus translations?

3. Much of what is known as Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales are closely related to stories that have been around in India for the usual 145,000,000,000,000,000 years. Where are those stories located originally?
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Ramana replied:

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Also w.r.t. n3post #121 about the origin of world folklore etc., Joseph Jacobs did pioneering research in this area in the late 1800s and wrote numerous books. His conclusions are that the majority of folklore in the West comes from India. he traces the many iterations of the various tales.

Based on his book I once wrote an article on how the Brer Rabbit tale of the tar baby is related to the tale of the Buddha. It was in soc. culture. india in the mid 90s when I came across JJ. Will see if I can find it.

Here is an link to his book about the various tales:

http://www.authorama.com/indian-fairy-tales-1.html


Here are his notes and references:
http://www.authorama.com/indian-fairy-tales-31.html

At a minimum people should read the Notes and Refs.
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