Table of Contents
Preface xi
Names of Maldivians xiv
Glossary xv
Introduction: Maldivian Folklore and Popular Literature in the Divehi Language xxi
1 The First Coconuts 1
2 Makana Kalo 4
3 The Two Traders 7
4 Small Drops of Blood 18
5 Keula Bebe Duña 21
6 The Legend of Koimala 23
7 The Skin Disease 28
8 Safaru Kaidda 33
9 The Sandbank of the Seabirds 35
10 The Fried Breadfruit Chips 38
11 The Demon King 41
12 The Man Who Burned the Mosque 44
13 Havva Didi 47
14 The First Tunas (or Fiyala Bola Odi Duvvi) 52
15 Boat Number Ten 56
16 The Fruits of Greed 59
17 Amboffulu and Damboffulu 63
18 Telabagudi Koe' 65
19 Ukunumana and Limana 72
20 Ranna Mari 74
21 Findanpulu and Bondanpulu 76
22 The Skull below the Tree 80
23 The Stingray 84
24 Herra 89
25 The Island of the Lepers 91
26 Debo Dunige Vahaka (or The Two-headed Bird) 94
27 Don Hiyala and Alifulu 97
28 The White Disk 111
29 Fulu Digu Handi 115
30 The Man on the Whale 118
31 Oditan Kalege and His Wife 120
32 The Doni Given to Mohan 124
33 The Cat and the Broken Jar 126
34 Beri 128
35 Kullavah Falu Rani (Queen of the Mangrove Forest) 134
36 Khalidu and Sitti 141
37 Dombeyya 144
38 Makumbe 152
39 The Monster at the Kitchen Door 159
40 Makana's Treachery 161
41 The Girl in the Shark's Belly 164
42 Delikolu and Alikolu 170
43 Arruffanno Fereta 173
44 The Scarlet Wake 175
45 The Navigator under the Tree 180
46 Findana and the Cat 182
47 Nadalla Takuru 184
48 Hollavai (Folavahi) 190
49 A Heavy Kurumba 195
50 Fandiyaru Crab 197
51 The Honour of the Big Seashell 199
52 The Land Crab in the Kitchen 202
53 The Obstinate Makana 204
54 Sato and the Giant Crab 206
55 Makana and his Brother-in-Law 208
56 The Vigani That Haunted Toshali Takuru 210
57 Handi Don Kamana 212
58 Himiccha' eri Fureta (The Monster of Himiti) 220
59 Santimariyambu 222
60 The Tree at the Island End 224
61 Mameli Daita and Her Seven Children 230
62 The Pride of the Fleet 239
63 The Mud Wasp (or Verehuli) 243
64 The Man Who Learned from Two Books 246
65 The Legend of the Sandara Shell 250
66 The Master Navigator 253
67 The Moon in the Jar 258
68 The Lament 263
69 The Fish That Had More Bones 266
70 Kuda Tuttu Didi's Nails 268
71 The Mullet and the Clam 270
72 Ronu Eduru 272
73 The Cat That Chased Two Rats 274
74 Fanvakkolu and Valikolu 275
75 The Poor Man of Nalafushi and his Cow 276
76 The Awful Giant Fish 279
77 Kalobondage Diye 281
78 The King of the Sea 285
79 The Palace Bedbug 289
80 Muladovi 291
Bibliography 293
Index 298
