These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabic by a Persian named Ruzbeh who named it Book of Kalilah and Dimna and then by Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa and later Joseph Harris in 1679 and then remodeled in 1818. Max Mueller noted that La Fontaine was indebted to the work and other scholars have noted that Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and John Fletcher were both familiar with the fables. The Fables of Pilpay are a series of inter-woven fables, many of which deploy metaphors of anthropomorphized animals with human virtues and vices. (Summary by The introduction and Wikipedia)
PrefaceIntroductionThe Story Of Dabschelim And PilpayThe Travelling PidgeonThe Falcon and the RavenThe greedy and ambitious CatThe poor Man who became a great KingThe Leopard and the LionThe Merchant and his ChildrenThe King and his two SonsThe Demise, the Falcon, and the RavenThe Countryman and several RatsThe Carpenter and the ApeThe two Travellers, and the Lion carved in StoneThe Fox and the HenThe Sparrow and the Sparrow-hawkThe King who from a savage Tyrant, became benign and justA Raven, a Fox, and a SerpentThe Crane and the Craw-fishThe Rabbit, the Fox, and the WolfThe Lion and the RabbitThe two Fishermen and the three FishesThe Scorpion and the TortoiseThe Falcon and the HenThe Nightingale and the CountrymanThe Hunter, the Fox, and the LeopardThe Wolf, the Fox, the Raven, and the CamelThe Angel Ruler of the Sea and two Birds, called GerandiThe Tortoise and two DucksTwo young Merchants, the one crafty, and the other without DeceitThe Frog, the Craw-fish, and the SerpentThe Gardener and the BearThe Merchant and his FriendThe Fox, the Wolf, and the RavenThe Ass and the GardenerThe Prince and his MinisterA Hermit who quitted the Desert to live at CourtThe blind Man who travelled with one of his FriendsA religious Doctor and a DerviseThree envious Persons that found MoneyThe ignorant PhysicianThe Raven, the Rat, and the PigeonsThe Partridge and the FalconThe Man and the AdderThe Adventures of ZiracA Husband and his WifeThe Hunter and the WolfThe ravenous CatThe two FriendsThe Ravens and the OwlsThe Origin of the Hatred between the Ravens and the OwlsThe Elephants and the RabbitsThe Cat and the two BirdsThe Dervise and the Four RobbersThe Merchant, his Wife, and the RobberThe Dervise, the Thief, and the DevilThe Monkeys and the BearsThe Mouse that was changed into a little GirlThe Serpent and the Frogs
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