The Lhota Nagas

About this eBook

Author

Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co., Limited,1922.

Credits

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

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Naga (South Asian people)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67795

Release Date

April 7, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.GENERAL — Origin and Migration. — Appearance. — Dress. — Ornaments. — Weapons. — Character.
7. 7.DOMESTIC LIFE — The Lhota House. — Manufactures. — Loans. — Agriculture. — Live-stock. — Hunting. — Fishing. — Food. — Drink. — Medicine. — Drugs. — Games. — Music. — Daily Life.
8. 8.LAWS AND CUSTOMS — Relationships. — Polity and Village Organization. — Property. — Inheritance. — Adoption. — Settlement of Disputes. — Oaths. — Friendships. — War and Head-hunting. — Slavery. — The Position of Women.
9. 9.RELIGION — Religious Officials. — Public Ceremonies. — Ceremonies for Rain. — Individual Ceremonies. — Ceremonies for Illness. — The Social “Gennas.” — Birth. — Marriage. — Divorce. — Death Ceremonies. — Miscellaneous Beliefs.
10. 10.FOLK-TALES AND SONGS — The Sambhur and the Hanuman Monkey. 2 — The Wild Boar and the Tiger. — Apfuho and the Old Woman. — Apfuho and the Tiger. — How the Villagers tried in vain to put an end to Apfuho. — The Old Man and His Dogs. — The Story of the Two Brothers. — The Widow and the Boys of the Morung. — The Boy and the Water Spirit. — The Story of Sityingo and Ngazo. — How Men became Catfish. — How Men were turned into Gibbons. — The Story of the Kithang Clan. — The Story of Lichao and His Daughter. — The Girl who Married a Tiger. — Lankongrhoni and the Villagers. — The Woman with a Caterpillar for a Husband. — The Sun and the Moon. — The Wagtail and the Owlet. — The Story of Ramphan. — SONGS
11. 11.LANGUAGE — Vowels. — Diphthongs. — Consonants. — Grammar. — Syntax. — Abuse and Nicknames. — Baby Language.
12. 12.APPENDICES — APPENDIX A — THE LHOTA CALENDAR — APPENDIX B — MENSURATION — APPENDIX C — HUMAN SACRIFICE — NAGA-ASSAMESE GLOSSARY
13. 13.INDEX
14. 14.Table of Contents
15. 15.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections — Abbreviations

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