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Thus a Hindoo story tells how a magician called Punchkin held a queen captive for twelve years, and would fain marry her, but she would not have him.
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Thus a Hindoo story tells how a magician called Punchkin held a queen captive for twelve years, and would fain marry her, but she would not have him.
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Thus a Hindoo story tells how a magician called Punchkin held a queen captive for twelve years, and would fain marry her, but she would not have him.
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a magician called Punchkin held a queen captive for twelve years, and would fain marry her, but she would not have him.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Chinese ball arrangement is found in the Deccan ( "Punchkin"); in Bengal
Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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I have especially to thank Miss Frere, who kindly made an exception in my favour, and granted me the use of that fine story, "Punchkin," and that quaint myth, "How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner."
Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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To these European tales a very interesting parallel is afforded by the Indian story of "Punchkin," [134] whose life depends on that of a parrot, which is in a cage placed beneath the lowest of six jars of water, piled one on the other, and standing in the midst of a desolate country covered with thick jungle.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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The totem, on this theory, is simply the receptacle in which a man keeps his life, as Punchkin kept his life in a parrot, and Bidasari kept her soul in a golden fish.
Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom. § 3. The External Soul in Animals 1922
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At last the queens son came to rescue her, and the two plotted together to kill Punchkin.
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Punchkin then stretched out his left arm, crying, Give me my parrot!
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