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Folk-Tales of the Khasis

by Mrs. Rafy

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2I — What Makes the Eclipse
  3. 3II — The Legend of Mount Sophet Bneng
  4. 4III — How the Peacock Got His Beautiful Feathers
  5. 5IV — The Goddess Who Came to Live With Mankind
  6. 6V — The Formation of the Earth
  7. 7VI — The Legend of U Raitong, the Khasi Orpheus
  8. 8VII — The Tiger and the Monkeys
  9. 9VIII — The Legend of the Iei Tree
  10. 10IX — Hunting the Stag Lapalang
  11. 11X — The Goddesses Ka Ngot and Ka Iam
  12. 12XI — U Biskurom
  13. 13XII — U Thlen, the Snake-Vampire
  14. 14XIII — How the Dog Came to Live With Man
  15. 15XIV — The Origin of Betel and Tobacco
  16. 16XV — The Stag and the Snail
  17. 17XVI — The Leap of Ka Likai
  18. 18XVII — What Caused the Shadows on the Moon
  19. 19XVIII — U Ksuid Tynjang
  20. 20XIX — What Makes the Lightning
  21. 21XX — The Prohibited Food
  22. 22XXI — The Cooing of the Doves
  23. 23XXII — How the Monkey’s Colour Became Grey
  24. 24XXIII — The Legend of Ka Panshandi, the Lazy Tortoise
  25. 25XXIV — The Idiot and the Hyndet Bread
  26. 26XXV — U Ramhah
  27. 27XXVI — How the Cat Came to Live With Man
  28. 28XXVII — How the Fox Got His White Breast
  29. 29XXVIII — How the Tiger Got His Strength
  30. 30XXIX — Why the Goat Lives With Mankind
  31. 31XXX — How the Ox Came to Be the Servant of Man
  32. 32XXXI — The Lost Book
  33. 33Part I
  34. 34Part II
  35. 35Part III
  36. 36Part IV
  37. 37Part V
  38. 38Part VI

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