Occult Literature
Vikram Catches the Baital by the Tail
At the end of the second story, the Baital enrages Vikram by invoking an unwelcome memory after the king delivers a judgement about men and women. Dropped from the king's shoulder, the spirit tries to reach its tree, but Vikram overtakes it and catches its tail. Griset turns the recapture into a comic chase, with the king leaning into the pursuit and his son trailing behind.
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Ernest Griset. "Vikram Catches the Baital by the Tail" [editorial title]. In Vikram and the Vampire, Richard F. Burton. Memorial edition, edited by Isabel Burton, 1893, 1893, Tylston and Edwards. Source scan leaf 144. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/vikram-tail-chase
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The story's gendered judgements are those of Burton's characters and adaptation, not an editorial endorsement.
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Ernest Griset. Vikram Catches the Baital by the Tail. Vikram and the Vampire. Scan leaf 144. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/vikram-tail-chase