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Download or read book The Elephant-headed God and Other Hindu Tales written by Debjani Chatterjee and published by James Clarke & Co.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worlds of gods, demons and humans meet and come alive in these twelve stories. The gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, birds, beasts, demons, monsters, sages and warriors that inhabit these classical tales deliver the enduring wisdom of Hindu folklore. The stories are amongst the oldest in the world and belong to children everywhere, regardless of religion or country of birth. Each tale is illustrated with dramatic black-and-white pictures by Margaret Jones. These evocative illustrations capture the wealth and strength of the culture behind the stories and give the tales a magnificent setting worthy of their power and drama.