How the Cobra became Poisonous

“There was a time, many years ago, when only one kind of snake was poisonous. It was called the Asariya. The other snakes had no poison. All snakes lived on the bowels of the earth, where there were no humans.

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The Brâhmiṇ Girl that Married a Tiger

Indian folktale

In a certain village there lived an old Brâhmiṇ who had three sons and a daughter. The girl being the youngest was brought up most tenderly and became spoilt, and so whenever she saw a beautiful b