Folklore
Hinduism
Panchatantra
1001 Nights
Mahabharata
100
Who is someone that commits stories to memory and is able to adapt the stories to there audience?
A Griot
100
India's primary religion
What is Hinduism
100
Panchatantra means:
What is five chapters
100
The princess tha tricked Prince Shariyar
Who is Princess Scheherazade
100
Two families who fought over the throne.
Who are the Pandavas and Kauravas
200
These types of stories are stories that relate to a societies values and teach there cultural perspective.
Folktales
200
The state of no desire for material things
What is Nirvana?
200
What does, "scholarship is less than sense," mean?
Knowledge isn't common sense, and is useless if not correctly applied.
200
Saved King Sinbad from drinking the snake venom
What is the falcon
200
The family who got exiled.
Who are the Pandavas.
300
What is an example of an escape tale?
Tslelane and the giant
300
Effects the caste you reincarnate into
What is karma?
300
What is the frame story of the Panchatantra?
An Indian king has three foolish sons, and has a learned Brahman teach them wisdom.
300
Narrator of the second story
Who is The Fisherman
300
the length of the family's exile.
What is 12 years
400
These stories show human weakness and teach moral lessons.
Fable
400
The caste representing the mouth of Vishnu
What is Brahman?
400
Number of stories being told
What is 3
400
The wife of the Pandavas.
Who is Draupadi.
500
These are mainly used to combine a whole bunch of stories togehter by putting a bigger story around it.
Frame story
500
Another name for the Harijan
What is Dalit (untouchable)?
500
What was the story, "The Lion Makers" about?
It is about four Brahman priests who go to travel the world, and three of them die because of their foolishness. One survives because he has common sense.
500
Repeated saying about Allah
What is Spare me and Allah shall spare you, kill me and so shall Allah kill you.
500
The oldest Kaurava.
Who is Duryodhama or Mr. Dirty Fighter