Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources)
by W. R. S. Ralston | 1906 | 134,175 words
This page related the story of “the crow with the golden cap” from those tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) found in the Kah-gyur (Kangyur or Kanjur). This represents part of the sacred Tibetan canon of Buddhist literature. Many of such stories correspond to similar legends found in the West, or even those found in Polynesia.
Chapter 47 - The Crow with the golden cap
[Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 221.]
It happened long ago, that a crow uttered agreeable sounds in the presence of a woman, whose husband had undertaken a long journey.
The woman said, “Ho there, O crow! if my husband returns home safe and sound, I will give you a golden cap.”
After a time her husband returned home safe and sound, when the crow appeared before her with an eye to the golden cap, and uttered agreeable sounds. She gave it a golden cap.
The crow put it on, and fled hither and thither.
But on account of the golden cap a falcon tore off the crow’s head.
A deity uttered this verse: “A possession, which has no necessary cause, will be taken away. The gold on the crow’s head was looked after by a robber.”