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Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series) 1926

1928

Then go up to the field-house and wait there." And she went down along the edge of the field and got up onto the big rock to look. [...] As he led the way in the jungle the elder brother kept asking Do you know this place or not " and the younger brother would answer " This is where father and I gather firewood " or " This is where I set traps for birds " or " This is where I set traps for squirrels " or " This is where I look for game " or " This is where I fish." At last they arrived at the edge of a cliff and the elder brother [...] Then the man came down from the tree and picked up the body of the tiger and chanting as the tiger had chanted went on his way till he came to a village spring. [...] Now Lankongrhoni came to meet her son on the way and asked each of her fellow-villagers " Where is your copanion ? " or " Where is your friend ? " or " Where is your younger brother ? " or " Where is your elder brother ? " And each man replied " He is coming behind laughing and talking with the girls. [...] But a crow went from field to field and hopped about in front of the workers dressed in a skirt like a little girl and said " Arilao's mother has utterly destroyed the children of the village." Then the villagers said " What does it mean The version of the story given here is that current among the Northern Lhotas.
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Pages
88
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Folk Stories in Lhota Naga
235-318 J. P. Mills view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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