This author included "Weland's Sword" in his collection Puck of Pook's Hill, and wrote a story in which Darzee's wife pretends that she has a broken wing in order to let a character enter a nest in a melon patch.
In one story by this author, a Norse god is cursed to be a blacksmith shoeing horses for farmers until the day one of his clients thanks him. That story appears in a collection in which Dan and Una meet the title character after putting on a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. One of his stories begins on a train where a stranger tells the narrator to give the message "He has gone South for the week" to a red-bearded man at Marwar Junction. This author included "Weland's Sword" in his collection Puck of Pook's Hill, and wrote a story in which Darzee's wife pretends that she has a broken wing in order to let a character enter a nest in a melon patch. He wrote a short story in which Peachy Carnahan and Daniel Dravot set themselves up as the rulers of Kafiristan, as well as a story in which the cobras Nag and Nagaina are defeated by the title heroic mongoose. For 10 points, name this Anglo-Indian author of "The Man Who Would Be King" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."
In one story by this author, a Norse god is cursed to be a blacksmith shoeing horses for farmers until the day one of his clients thanks him.
Rudyard Kipling