The Fables of Pilpay

Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (724 - 759)

These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabic by a Persian named Ruzbeh who named it Book of Kalilah and Dimna and then by Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa and later Joseph Harris in 1679 and then remodeled in 1818. Max Mueller noted that La Fontaine was indebted to the work and other scholars have noted that Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and John Fletcher were both familiar with the fables. The Fables of Pilpay are a series of inter-woven fables, many of which deploy metaphors of anthropomorphized animals with human virtues and vices. (Summary by The introduction and Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Epistolary Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface April Mendis
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Play 02 Introduction Craig Campbell
00:09:24
Play 03 The Story Of Dabschelim And Pilpay czandra
00:17:22
Play 04 The Travelling Pidgeon Craig Campbell
00:14:27
Play 05 The Falcon and the Raven Rebecca Eden Walker
00:05:26
Play 06 The greedy and ambitious Cat Tasha C Mapes
00:06:50
Play 07 The poor Man who became a great King
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00:06:46
Play 08 The Leopard and the Lion Kingsnake
00:07:01
Play 09 The Merchant and his Children
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00:04:15
Play 10 The King and his two Sons Tasha C Mapes
00:04:51
Play 11 The Demise, the Falcon, and the Raven Monicha1
00:02:58
Play 12 The Countryman and several Rats Monicha1
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Play 13 The Carpenter and the Ape Monicha1
00:01:49
Play 14 The two Travellers, and the Lion carved in Stone Craig Campbell
00:17:28
Play 15 The Fox and the Hen Christina Fu
00:08:04
Play 16 The Sparrow and the Sparrow-hawk Michael MacTaggert
00:05:59
Play 17 The King who from a savage Tyrant, became benign and just Alan Mapstone
00:03:48
Play 18 A Raven, a Fox, and a Serpent Rebecca Eden Walker
00:01:55
Play 19 The Crane and the Craw-fish Craig Campbell
00:06:56
Play 20 The Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf Craig Campbell
00:05:32
Play 21 The Lion and the Rabbit Hannah Dormor
00:08:37
Play 22 The two Fishermen and the three Fishes Hannah Dormor
00:03:04
Play 23 The Scorpion and the Tortoise Hannah Dormor
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Play 24 The Falcon and the Hen Hannah Dormor
00:02:54
Play 25 The Nightingale and the Countryman April Mendis
00:03:31
Play 26 The Hunter, the Fox, and the Leopard Gini Pug
00:02:33
Play 27 The Wolf, the Fox, the Raven, and the Camel Gini Pug
00:08:50
Play 28 The Angel Ruler of the Sea and two Birds, called Gerandi Ellies
00:02:40
Play 29 The Tortoise and two Ducks Craig Campbell
00:07:32
Play 30 Two young Merchants, the one crafty, and the other without Deceit Michael MacTaggert
00:04:59
Play 31 The Frog, the Craw-fish, and the Serpent Jonathan Gary
00:04:42
Play 32 The Gardener and the Bear Gini Pug
00:03:09
Play 33 The Merchant and his Friend
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00:06:37
Play 34 The Fox, the Wolf, and the Raven
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00:03:58
Play 35 The Ass and the Gardener
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00:05:01
Play 36 The Prince and his Minister
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00:05:39
Play 37 A Hermit who quitted the Desert to live at Court
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Play 38 The blind Man who travelled with one of his Friends
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00:06:33
Play 39 A religious Doctor and a Dervise
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00:10:04
Play 40 Three envious Persons that found Money
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00:09:31
Play 41 The ignorant Physician Ellies
00:14:39
Play 42 The Raven, the Rat, and the Pigeons Gini Pug
00:07:25
Play 43 The Partridge and the Falcon Michael MacTaggert
00:05:46
Play 44 The Man and the Adder Mary in Arkansas
00:12:18
Play 45 The Adventures of Zirac Alan Mapstone
00:04:19
Play 46 A Husband and his Wife Rebecca Eden Walker
00:02:21
Play 47 The Hunter and the Wolf Michael MacTaggert
00:08:53
Play 48 The ravenous Cat holtonhj64
00:04:04
Play 49 The two Friends Sandy Kurtz
00:11:10
Play 50 The Ravens and the Owls Craig Campbell
00:10:57
Play 51 The Origin of the Hatred between the Ravens and the Owls
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00:03:56
Play 52 The Elephants and the Rabbits Jennifer Louise
00:07:45
Play 53 The Cat and the two Birds April Mendis
00:05:25
Play 54 The Dervise and the Four Robbers
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00:07:06
Play 55 The Merchant, his Wife, and the Robber April Mendis
00:02:51
Play 56 The Dervise, the Thief, and the Devil Alan Mapstone
00:06:15
Play 57 The Monkeys and the Bears Mary in Arkansas
00:15:56
Play 58 The Mouse that was changed into a little Girl Michael MacTaggert
00:05:54
Play 59 The Serpent and the Frogs
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00:04:45