Raja Rasalu
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Raja Rasalu is a legendary prince and protagonist of the Adventures of Raja Rasalu, a Punjabi folktale. According to the story, he was a son of Raja Sálbán, the king of Sialkot, and queen Loona, and a step-brother of Puran Bhagat.[1][2]
Sources
The story of Raja Salban and his two sons, Puran and Rasalu, has been popular in Punjab for several centuries. However, the earliest tales were written down in the 19th century, and display visible Islamic influences. They were first published by Charles Rev Swynnerton in his 1884 book The Adventures of the Panjáb Hero Rájá Rasálu: And Other Folk-tales of the Panjáb.[3] A slightly different version appears in Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab: Told by the People (1894).[4]
Tales
Tales in Raja Rasalu cycle appearing in The Adventures of the Panjáb hero Rájá Rasálu:[5]
- Chapter I: Rasálu's early life
- Chapter II: Rasálu's first triumphs [He goes to Gujerat in Romantic Tales from the Panjâb][6]
- Chapter III: Rasálu's return from exile [His revolt in Romantic Tales from the Panjâb][6]
- Chapter IV: Rájá Rasálu and Mírshikári [The Hunter King in Romantic Tales from the Panjâb][6]
- Chapter V: Rájá Rasálu and the swans
- Chapter VI: Rájá Rasálu and Rájá Bhój
- Chapter VII: Rájá Rasálu and the giants of Gandgarh
- Chapter VIII: Rasálu's adventure with Tilliár, the snake, and Kág, the crow
- Chapter IX: Rájá Rasálu and Rájá Sirikap
- Chapter X: The treason of Queen Koklán
- Chapter XI: The fate of Ráni Koklán
- Chapter XII: The death of Rasálu
Tales in Raja Rasalu cycle appearing in Tales of the Punjab:[4]
- How Raja Rasâlu was born
- How Raja Rasâlu went out into the world
- How Raja Rasâlu's friends forsook him
- How Raja Rasâlu killed the giants
- How Raja Rasâlu became a Jôgi
- How Raja Rasâlu journeyed to the city of King Sarkap
- How Raja Rasâlu swung the seventy fair maidens, daughters of the King
- How Raja Rasâlu played Chaupur with King Sarkap
References
- ↑ "Four Legends of King Rasalu of Sialkot". The Folk-Lore Journal. 1 (5): 129–151. 1883. doi:10.1080/17442524.1883.10602650. ISSN 1744-2524. JSTOR 1252821.
- ↑ Judge, Paramjit S.; Bal, Gurpreet (2008). Reconstructing Identities: Society Through Literature. Rawat Publications. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-316-0185-3.
- ↑ Dundes, Alan (2011). Varia Folklorica. Walter de Gruyter. p. 205. ISBN 978-3-11-080772-1.
- 1 2 Steel & Kipling 1894.
- ↑ Swynnerton 1884.
- 1 2 3 Swynnerton 1903.
Printed versions
In English
- Swynnerton, Charles (1884). The Adventures of the Panjáb hero Rájá Rasálu, and other folk-tales of the Panjáb. Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., Ltd. pp. 1–148.
- Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir (1884). "The Adventures of Râjâ Rasâlû (as told in the Rawal-Pindi District)". The legends of the Panjâb. Bombay: Education Society's Press. pp. 1–65.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Jacobs, Joseph (1892). "Raja Rasalu". Indian fairy tales. University of California Libraries. New York : A. L. Burt. pp. 167–183.
- Steel, F. Annie Webster; Kipling, J. Lockwood (1894). Tales of the Punjab: Told by the People. London: Macmillan. pp. 234–266.
- Swynnerton, Charles (1903). "The Rasalu Legend". Romantic Tales From Punjab. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 109–325.
In Punjabi
- Bawa, Budh Singh (1970). Raja Rasalu (in Punjabi).