Folk-Tales of the Khasis

About this eBook

Author

Rafy, Mrs.

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Khasi (Indic people) -- Folklore

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37884

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37884

Release Date

October 30, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Foreword
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.Illustrations
5. 5.What makes the Eclipse
6. 6.The Legend of Mount Sophet Bneng
7. 7.How the Peacock got his Beautiful Feathers
8. 8.The Goddess who came to live with Mankind
9. 9.The Formation of the Earth
10. 10.The Legend of U Raitong, The Khasi Orpheus
11. 11.The Tiger and the Monkeys
12. 12.The Legend of the Iei Tree
13. 13.Hunting the Stag Lapalang
14. 14.The Goddesses Ka Ngot and Ka Iam
15. 15.U Biskurom
16. 16.U Thlen, the Snake-Vampire
17. 17.How the Dog Came to live with Man
18. 18.The Origin of Betel and Tobacco
19. 19.The Stag and the Snail
20. 20.The Leap of Ka Likai
21. 21.What caused the Shadows on the Moon
22. 22.U Ksuid Tynjang
23. 23.What makes the Lightning
24. 24.The Prohibited Food
25. 25.The Cooing of the Doves
26. 26.How the Monkey’s Colour became Grey
27. 27.The Legend of Ka Panshandi, the Lazy Tortoise
28. 28.The Idiot and the Hyndet Bread
29. 29.U Ramhah
30. 30.How the Cat came to live with Man
31. 31.How the Fox got his White Breast
32. 32.How the Tiger got his Strength
33. 33.Why the Goat lives with Mankind
34. 34.How the Ox came to be the Servant of Man
35. 35.The Lost Book
36. 36.The Blessing of the Mendicant — Part I — Part II — Part III — Part IV — Part V — Part VI
37. 37.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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