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Folklore of the Santal Parganas

by Cecil Henry Bompas

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I
  3. 3I — Bajun and Jhore
  4. 4II — Anuwa and His Mother
  5. 5III — Ledha and the Leopard
  6. 6IV — The Cruel Stepmother
  7. 7V — Karmu and Dharmu
  8. 8VI — The Jealous Stepmother
  9. 9VII — The Pious Woman
  10. 10VIII — The Wise Daughter-in-Law
  11. 11IX — The Oilman and His Sons
  12. 12X — The Girl Who Found Helpers
  13. 13XI — How to Grow Rich
  14. 14XII — The Changed Calf
  15. 15XIII — The Koeri and the Barber
  16. 16XIV — The Prince Who Acquired Wisdom
  17. 17XV — The Monkey Boy
  18. 18XVI — The Miser’s Servant
  19. 19XVII — Kuwar and the Raja’s Daughter
  20. 20XVIII — The Laughing Fish
  21. 21XIX — How the Cowherd Found a Bride
  22. 22XX — Kara and Guja
  23. 23XXI — The Magic Cow
  24. 24XXII — Lita and His Animals
  25. 25XXIII — The Boy Who Found His Father
  26. 26XXIV — The Oilman’s Bullock
  27. 27XXV — How Sabai Grass Grew
  28. 28XXVI — The Merchant’s Son and the Raja’s Daughter
  29. 29XXVII — The Flycatcher’s Egg
  30. 30XXVIII — The Wife Who Would Not Be Beaten
  31. 31XXIX — Sahde Goala
  32. 32XXX — The Raja’s Son and the Merchant’s Son
  33. 33XXXI — The Poor Widow
  34. 34XXXII — The Monkey and the Girl
  35. 35XXXIII — Ramai and the Animals
  36. 36XXXIV — The Magic Bedstead
  37. 37XXXV — The Ghormuhas
  38. 38XXXVI — The Boy Who Learnt Magic
  39. 39XXXVII — The Charitable Jogi
  40. 40XXXVIII — Chote and Mote
  41. 41XXXIX — The Daydreamer
  42. 42XL — The Extortionate Sentry
  43. 43XLI — The Broken Friendship
  44. 44XLII — A Story Told by a Hindu
  45. 45XLIII — The Raibar and the Leopard
  46. 46XLIV — The Ungrateful Snake
  47. 47XLV — The Tiger’s Bride
  48. 48XLVI — The Killing of the Tiger
  49. 49XLVII — The Dream
  50. 50XLVIII — The King of the Bhuyans
  51. 51XLIX — The Foolish Sons
  52. 52L — Kora and His Sister
  53. 53Li — A Story on Caste
  54. 54LII — Tipi and Tepa
  55. 55LIII — The Child With the Ears of an Ox
  56. 56LIV — The Child Who Knew His Father
  57. 57LV — Jogeshwar’s Marriage
  58. 58LVI — The Strong Man
  59. 59LVII — The Raja’s Advice
  60. 60LVIII — The Four Jogis
  61. 61LIX — The Charitable Raja
  62. 62LX — A Variant — The Wandering Raja
  63. 63LXI — The Two Wives
  64. 64LXII — Spanling and His Uncles
  65. 65LXIII — The Silent Wife
  66. 66LXIV — The Dumb Shepherd
  67. 67LXV — The Good Daughter-in-Law
  68. 68LXVI — The Raja’s Dream
  69. 69LXVII — The Mongoose Boy
  70. 70LXVIII — The Stolen Treasure
  71. 71LXIX — Dukhu and His Bonga Wife
  72. 72LXX — The Monkey Husband
  73. 73LXXI — Lakhan and the Wild Buffaloes
  74. 74LXXII — The Boy With the Stag
  75. 75LXXIII — The Seven Brothers and the Bonga Girl
  76. 76LXXIV — The Tiger’s Foster Child
  77. 77LXXV — The Caterpillar Boy
  78. 78LXXVI — The Monkey Nursemaid
  79. 79LXXVII — The Wife Who Could Not Keep a Secret
  80. 80LXXVIII — Sit and Lakhan
  81. 81LXXIX — The Raja Who Went to Heaven
  82. 82LXXX — Seven-Tricks and Single-Trick
  83. 83LXXXI — Fuljhari Raja
  84. 84LXXXII — The Corpse of the Raja’s Son
  85. 85LXXXIII — The Sham Child
  86. 86LXXXIV — The Sons of the Kherohuri Raja
  87. 87LXXXV — The Dog Bride
  88. 88LXXXVI — Wealth or Wisdom
  89. 89LXXXVII — The Goala and the Cow
  90. 90LXXXVIII. The Telltale Wife
  91. 91LXXXIX — The Bridegroom Who Spoke in Riddles
  92. 92XC — The Lazy Man
  93. 93XCI — Another Lazy Man
  94. 94XCII — The Widow’s Son
  95. 95XCIII — The Boy Who Was Changed Into a Dog
  96. 96XCIV — Birluri and Birbanta
  97. 97XCV — The Killing of the Rakhas
  98. 98XCVI — The Children and the Vultures
  99. 99XCVII — The Ferryman
  100. 100XCVIII — Catching a Thief
  101. 101XCIX — The Grasping Raja
  102. 102C — The Prince Who Would Not Marry
  103. 103CI — The Prince Who Found Two Wives
  104. 104CII — The Unfaithful Wife
  105. 105CIII — The Industrious Bride
  106. 106CIV — The Boy and His Fate
  107. 107CV — The Messengers of Death
  108. 108CVI — The Speaking Crab
  109. 109CVII — The Leopard Outwitted
  110. 110CVIII — The Wind and the Sun
  111. 111CIX — The Coldest Season
  112. 112Part II
  113. 113CX — The Jackal and the Crow
  114. 114CXI — The Tiger Cub and the Calf
  115. 115CXII — The Jackal and the Chickens
  116. 116CXIII — The Jackal Punished
  117. 117CXIV — The Tigers and the Cat
  118. 118CXV — The Elephant and the Ants
  119. 119CXVI — A Fox and His Wife
  120. 120CXVII — The Jackal and the Crocodiles
  121. 121CXVIII — The Bullfrog and the Crab
  122. 122CXIX — The Hyaena Outwitted
  123. 123CXX — The Crow and the Egret
  124. 124CXXI — The Jackal and the Hare
  125. 125CXXII — The Brave Jackal
  126. 126CXXIII — The Jackal and the Leopards
  127. 127Part III — CXXIV. The Fool and His Dinner
  128. 128CXXV — The Stingy Daughter
  129. 129CXXVI — The Backwards and Forwards Dance
  130. 130CXXVII — The Deaf Family
  131. 131CXXVIII — The Father-in-Law’s Visit
  132. 132CXXIX — Ramai and Somai
  133. 133CXXX — The Two Brothers
  134. 134CXXXI — The Three Fools
  135. 135CXXXII — The Cure for Laziness
  136. 136CXXXIII — The Brahman’s Powers
  137. 137CXXXIV — Ram’s Wife
  138. 138CXXXV — Palo
  139. 139CXXXVI — The Women’s Sacrifice
  140. 140CXXXVII — The Thief’s Son
  141. 141CXXXVIII. The Divorce
  142. 142CXXXIX — The Father and the Father-in-Law
  143. 143CXL — The Reproof
  144. 144CXLI — Enigmas
  145. 145CXLII — The Too Particular Wife
  146. 146CXLIII — The Paharia Socialists
  147. 147CXLIV — How a Tiger Was Killed
  148. 148CXLV — The Goala’s Daughter
  149. 149CXLVI — The Brahman’s Clothes
  150. 150CXLVII — The Winning of a Bride
  151. 151Part IV
  152. 152CXLVIII — Marriage With Bongas
  153. 153CXLIX — The Bonga Headman
  154. 154CL — Lakhan and the Bongas
  155. 155CLI — The House Bonga
  156. 156CLII — The Sarsagun Maiden
  157. 157CLIII — The Schoolboy and the Bonga
  158. 158CLIV — The Bonga’s Cave
  159. 159CLV — The Bonga’s Victim
  160. 160CLVI — Baijal and the Bonga
  161. 161CLVII — Ramai and the Bonga
  162. 162CLVIII — The Boundary Bonga
  163. 163CLIX — The Bonga Exorcised
  164. 164Part V — CLX — The Beginning of Things
  165. 165CLXI — Chando and His Wife
  166. 166CLXII — The Sikhar Raja
  167. 167CLXIII — The Origin of Tobacco
  168. 168CLXIV — The Transmigration of Souls
  169. 169CLXV — The Next World
  170. 170CLXVI — After Death
  171. 171CLXVII — Hares and Men
  172. 172CLXVIII — A Legend
  173. 173CLXIX — Pregnant Women
  174. 174CLXX — The Influence of the Moon
  175. 175CLXXI — Illegitimate Children
  176. 176CLXXII — The Dead
  177. 177CLXXIII — Hunting Custom
  178. 178Part VI
  179. 179CLXXIV — Witchcraft
  180. 180CLXXV — Of Dains and Ojhas
  181. 181CLXXVI — Initiation Into Witchcraft
  182. 182CLXXVII — Witchcraft
  183. 183CLXXVIII. Witch Stories
  184. 184CLXXIX — Witch Stories
  185. 185CLXXX — Witch Stories
  186. 186CLXXXI — The Two Witches
  187. 187CLXXXII — The Sister-in-Law Who Was a Witch
  188. 188CLXXXIII. Ramjit Bonga
  189. 189CLXXXIV — The Herd Boy and the Witches
  190. 190CLXXXV — The Man-Tiger
  191. 191Glossary
  192. 192Appendix
  193. 193(1) — The River Snake
  194. 194(2) — The Sons of the Tigress
  195. 195(3) — The Tiger’s Marriage
  196. 196(4) — The Jackal and His Neighbours
  197. 197(5) — The Jackal and the Tigers
  198. 198(6) — The Wild Buffaloes
  199. 199(7) — The Grateful Cow
  200. 200(8) — The Belbati Princess
  201. 201(9) — The Bread Tree
  202. 202(10) — The Origin of Sabai Grass (Ischaemum Angustifolium)
  203. 203(11) — The Faithless Sister
  204. 204(12) — The Cruel Sisters-in-Law
  205. 205(13) — The False Rānī
  206. 206(14) — The Jackal and the Kite
  207. 207(15) — The Sons of the Raban Rājā
  208. 208(16) — The Potter’s Son
  209. 209(17) — The Wonderful Cowherd
  210. 210(18) — The Strong Prince
  211. 211(19) — The Prince Who Became King of the Jackals
  212. 212(20) — The Mongoose Boy
  213. 213(21) — The Prince and the Tigress
  214. 214(22) — The Cunning Potter

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