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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part III Anthropology and Cognate Subjects 1899

1899

Dancing is very dear to the heart of a Khond girl ; and the words convey a gentle flattery of her skill in the art and of the pleasure she will give by leading the dance among the village girls at the proper time under the starlit skies. [...] In the Mahabhärata there is a legend to the effect that the great Sage Vedavyasa fell in love with an Apsara of the name of Ghritikehi who in order to save herself from the amorous advances of the Sage assumed the form of a parrot. [...] The parrot gets hold of the hero's flute and flies away to the Rail's palace ; while the hero in the hope of getting back the flute pursues the parrot to the.Raja's palace and is at last married to the princess.' In the West Indian folktale of Punchkin the life of the magician Punchkin depends on the life of a little green parrot which is contained in a small cage below a pot full of water [...] Ultimately the old man was obliged to conceal the bones and the scales of the fish in the long hair of his head ; and had the same tied up into chignon to conceal them the more effectively. [...] When the vampire in the Panjabi folktale of Sir Busz changed into a dove Sir Buzz assumed the form of a hawk and pursued the dove-shaped vampire ao closely that the latter changed his form into a rose and dropped into King Indra's lap as he sat in his celestial court listening to the singing of dancing girls.* When the Jinn in the folktale of Princess Pepperinas from the same part of the coun
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Pages
71
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Cover
i-i L.A. Wadell view
Frontmatter
i-i L.A. Wadell view
I.—Some Khond Songs.—By J.E. Friend-Pereira. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
1-13 L.A. Wadell view
II.—Bengali and Behari Folk-Lore About Birds Part II.—By Carat Chandra Mitra. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
14-29 L.A. Wadell view
III.—The Story of Hazuri.—By Dayaram Gidumal Judge Shikarpur Sindh. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
30-48 L.A. Wadell view
IV.—Notes on Tamil Words and Ways.—By A.C. Clayton
49-51 L.A. Wadell view
V.—Note on a Sacred Tank at Amolar Tahsil Chhitramau District Farukhabad.—By Charles A. Silberrad B.A. B.Sc. I.C.S.
52-52 L.A. Wadell view
VI.—Shagūn or Rain-Omen.—By Charles A. Silberrad B.A. B.Sc. I.C.S.
53-55 L.A. Wadell view
VII.—Tha Evil Eye and the Scaring of Ghosts.—By E.N. Mahadeva Sastriar
56-60 L.A. Wadell view
VIII.—On the Origin of the Chāklai Musalmāns.—By Maulavi Abdul Wali
61-62 L.A. Wadell view
IX.—On the Legendary Origin of the River Kūmrul and Bil Kākuli &c. in the District of Jessore—By Maulavi Abdui Wali
63-67 L.A. Wadell view
X.—The Tradition of the “Tiōr Rāja”—By Maulavi Abdul Wali
68-69 L.A. Wadell view

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