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Here Be Dragons co-curated by Cressida Cowell and Toothless - opens 13 July. Admission included with ticket to the Galleries

1001 Stories Collection

The Three Brothers and the Lion

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Added on 07th July 2020

Oral tradition Indian fable

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Three brothers discover the consequences of their risky behaviour.

This was one of the stories in our original audio stories collection. These stories are particularly suitable for learning to retell.

For a different version of this story listen to The Three Brothers. Another similar story is The Cow-Tail Switch.

A written version can be found in Heinrich Zimmer's The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil (Motilal Banarsidass 2002).

Added on 07th July 2020

Oral tradition Indian fable

Other stories

Story Resources

  • The Three Brothers and the Lion story text PDF (242.764 KB)
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