Framed story-cycles of India — tale-within-tale literature from the vetala traditions and their kin.
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Twenty-Two Goblins — Arthur W. Ryder — Arthur W. Ryder's 1917 translation of the Vetala-Panchavimshati, a Sanskrit frame-tale cycle of twenty-two riddle-stories told by a corpse-possessing spirit to King Triple-victory.
Vikram and the Vampire — Richard Burton — Richard Burton's 1870 translation of eleven tales from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, the Hindu vampire-and-riddle frame-cycle that shaped the Arabian Nights and the folktale of the corpse-demon's twenty-five tales.