 Bheki (the frog) was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented, on condition that he should never show her a drop of water. One day, being tired, she asked the...  Symbolism of the East and West - Page 203by Harriet Georgiana Maria Manners-Sutton Murray-Aynsley - 1900 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Keating Kelly - Folk-lore, Aryan - 1863 - 332 pages
...Bheki (the frog) was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water ; the king forgot his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared." * That is to say, the sun disappeared... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1864 - 672 pages
...Bheki (the frog) was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water ; the king forgot his promise, brought her water, and Bheki disappeared.'* That is to say the sun disappeared... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1867 - 398 pages
...Bheki, the frog, was a beautiful girl; and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water, the king forgot his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared. This story was known at the time... | |
 | George William Cox - Aryans - 1870 - 488 pages
...Sanskrit story Bheki, the frog, is a maiden who consents to marry a king on condition that he never shows her a drop of water. ' One day being tired, she asked the king for water ; the king forgot his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared.'2 As in the story of Urvasi 1... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1889 - 1088 pages
...M. 11., Introduction to the Science of Religion, p. 295. * Chips from a German Worltslurp, ii. 251. on condition that he should never show her a drop...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water. The king forgot his promise, brought her water, and Bheki plunged into the water, whether as the gloaming,... | |
 | John Thackray Bunce - Children's stories - 1878 - 234 pages
...a lovely maiden who was found by a king, who asked her to be his wife. So she married him, but only on condition that he should never show her a drop of water. One day she grew tired, and asked for water. The king gave it to her, and she sank out of his sight ; in other... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Religion - 1884 - 332 pages
...Bheki, the frog, was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water ; the king forgot his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared.' This myth, Mr. Muller holds,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Folklore - 1884 - 332 pages
...Bheki, the frog, was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...condition that he should never show her a drop of wafer. One day, being tired, she asked the king for water ; the king forgot his promise, brought water,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Parables - 1885 - 728 pages
...Bhokf, the frog, was a beautiful girl, and that one day, when sitting near a well, she was discovered by a king, who asked her to be his wife. She consented,...One day, being tired, she asked the king for water, the king forgot his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared. This story was known at the time... | |
 | Inverness Gaelic Society - Celtic literature - 1888 - 398 pages
...of a beautiful girl that was a frog, Bheki, sitting at a well. A king asked her to be his wife, and she consented on condition that he should never show...day, being tired, she asked the king for water ; he forget his promise, brought water, and Bheki disappeared. Now, here is a poser for the solar mythologists.... | |
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