The Nagas

'The Birth of the Spirits' - creation myth notes Bangklawong Katsingpeo Tsiuperai Tingwong Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE BIRTH OF THE SPIRI...
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'Katsingpeo's wife' notes Katsingpeo Reile Hangrum Mahadeo Hill Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 KATSINGPEO'S WIFE. There was once a slave-girl na...
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'The Orphans' & 'Amang' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 The Orphans Once upon a time there was a boy called Amang, and his paren...
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'The Orphans' & 'Amang' - myth Amang notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 AMANG. Amang had now become very rich, so he married and built a b...
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'The Boy Who Became a Hornbill' - myth notes orphan Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE BOY WHO BECAME A HORNBILL. Once there was a boy whose par...
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'Kangiena' - myth notes Nriemreng stepmother Ramgakpa Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 KANGIENA. Once there was a man named Nriemreng, and every d...
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'The Hornbill's Feather' - myth notes Ngoi Hekwi-ki Krreo-dung Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE HORNBILL'S FEATHER. A number of women once wen...
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'Hangnegun' - myth notes Hraiteomakpa Bungsing Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 HANGNEGUN. There was once a small boy and every day when his paren...
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'Arkhangsuong' - myth notes Chellet Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 ARKHANGSUONG. Once upon a time there was a rich couple who had only one child...
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'The Raja's Daughter' - myth notes Disarule Impuiloa Daoban Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE RAJA'S DAUGHTER. Once there was a Kachari Raja, a...
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'The Otter' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE OTTER. A man used to set basket-traps to catch fish, but every night an otter came a...
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'The Wild Dog' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE WILD DOG. Once, they say, there was a man who went hunting with his eight dogs, a...
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'The Elephant' - myth notes Ramgakpa/ of Gobin Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE ELEPHANT. A woman went to the fields, taking zao kasang. It wa...
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'Neomi's Tower and the Division into Tribes' - myth notes Nriami Nkuoami Tsiuperai Lyengmi Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 NEOMI'S TOWER AND THE ...
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'The Quail and the Squirrel' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE QUAIL AND THE SQUIRREL. The quail and the squirrel were going to ma...
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'The Monkey and the Barking Deer' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE MONKEY AND THE BARKING DEER. The monkey and the barking-deer w...
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'The Story of the Barking Deer Doe' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE STORY OF THE BARKING DEER DOE There was once a man and he ma...
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'The Egg's Revenge' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE EGG'S REVENGE The pheasant and the jungle-cat were friends. The cat called t...
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'The Story of Karumeona' - myth notes Namkiabuing Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE STORY OF KARUMEONA The leopard-cat and the night-jar were f...
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'The Orphans' - myth notes heramepai Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 THE ORPHANS There were once eight brothers whose parents had died, and havin...
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'How the Tiger was Fooled' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 HOW THE TIGER WAS FOOLED The tortoise went to the marten's jhum. They wor...
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'How the Tiger was Fooled' (another version) - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 HOW THE TIGER WAS FOOLED (another version) The tortoise...
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'Haiguing' - myth notes Dimansareng Mowu/ of Khonoma Niem Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 HAIGUING There was once in the village of Niem a man ca...
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'Asa' - myth notes Pupibangra Kamaileng Herantsaipeo Araipeo Munsarung Asanpeo Tsiuperai Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 ASA Pupibangra was a spi...
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'Asa' - myth notes Namutan Araipeo Tsieperai Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 III Namutan's father was Araipeo. They agreed to try to see which wa...
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'Asa' - myth notes Munsarung Asanpeo Asanpui Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 II Kamaileng's sons were Munsarung and Asanpeo. Munsarung lived alon...
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'Asa' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Namutan set off for the Goat-People's village. They were great magicians, and all along the ro...
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'Asa' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Another day he went to a different village where lived an old man and woman and their daughter...
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'Asa' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 The two lived with the girl's parents for some time and then the parents died and the young co...
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'Asa' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Then the king saw how Namutan had got the better of him,and sent to challenge him to a cock-fi...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Namutan heramingba herameva Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 ASA AND MUNSARUNG When the Kachari king was dead, Na...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 One day Munsarung went off to the fields, and Asa said to him: "Whatever you do,...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 One day there was nothing to eat in the house, so Asa said: "I'll go to the jung...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 After about a month they once more found that they had nothing to eat, so Asa fi...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 There was so much meat from the monkeys that they could not eat it all, so Asa s...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 There was a very old woman whom Asa and Munsarung looked after; and when she was...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Asa built a big house by the main path between Nrambanglo and Hasanhajik, and ca...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Asa made a handsome basket whose only opening was concealed and at the bottom; a...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 They sold the gold and lived on the proceeds, and when it was all finished and t...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 One day Asa went to buy a knife and when he was coming back with it, and tiger s...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes sevu Tsebretse Tsiuperai Kamadile Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 After this Asa called himself Tsebretse. There...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Katsingpeo Trruwong Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Then he became Asa again, and changing himself into a fly, w...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth notes Katsa Aasanpeo Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2 Then Tsiuperai went away, and Katsingpeo and Asa divided the priz...
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'Asa and Munsarung' - myth 'Asa and Trruwong' - myth notes Namkiabuing/ of Impoi Sangchikamba/ of Asalu 20.9.1944 Graham Bower/ Ursula 1940-1944 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge box II file 2...
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