A story about a king that is childless and in order to have children makes a deal with a yogee who requests that one of his children shall be his. Reminds me of Rumplestiltskin. In the end the prince that is taken ends up beheading the yogee during a sacrificial ceremony after which he was married to the young princess who was being held with him and they lived happily ever after.
The Sun’s Twin Sons
A pure woman, in a difficult circumstance, promised to wed the sun should he appear for her. He appeared and when she refused to appear he wed her spirit. Then she had two children and without a flesh and blood husband. Her children turned into blood during the day and human by night so that she poured her children into a tree during the day. They required 17 plums and plum leaves and rice and other things fit for gods from travelers.
The Consequences of Generosity
A devout woman lends her image of Narayana to her friend the milkmaid, after doing so the devout woman and her husband become very poor and are not recognized by any of their friends or family. They spend a year in poverty and then when the year it up the devout woman chastises all her friends and family for treating her and her husband horribly during the year of poorness.
The Brahman’s Ban
This is the story of when a Brahman turns Indra into a cat for twelve years because Indra insulted him. Then Indra’s wife lives with him and begs a boon of the goddess Kalika that she should let them sleep deeply throughout the whole twelve years.
The Pir’s Power
Basically this is the story of how easily a god can give and take away, flighty creatures.
The Gander-Eater
In this a young boy steals a gander from the king’s aviary and the king finds out a sends him to prison. The mother of the boy prays for her sons release. The boy ends up being released and engaged to the king’s daughter and becomes the heir to the kingdom.
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