Ryder, Arthur W. (Arthur William) 1877-1938 creator Nahl, Perham Wilhelm 1869- text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Twenty-Two Goblins" translated from the Sanskrit by Ryder and Nahl is a collection of tales from India originally written in Sanskrit. A legendary king must capture a cunning vetala—a spirit inhabiting dead bodies—who hangs from a tree. Each time the king seizes the creature, it tells a story ending with a riddle. If the king answers correctly, the vetala escapes back to its tree. Through twenty-four captures and escapes, the king faces an ultimate test that reveals a darker plot threatening his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetala_Panchavimshati Release date is 2016-06-11 Produced by Charlene Taylor, Christopher Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Tales -- India Fairy tales -- India PK Original publication data not identified 18010311 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52309 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52309 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134215.0 52309