The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters

caption:

attitude towards tigers

medium:

notes

person:

Chalruse Sangtam

ethnicgroup:

Sangtam Sangtam <Northern Ao

location:

Thungare

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	5:49

text:

If a man kills a tiger there is danger that the tiger's soul may strike him with sickness. If this happens, a chicken is offered in a basket on a stake and a basket effigy of a tiger with cotton wool and cloth is suspended by a string from a branch. This expels the tiger and the man recovers.

text:

Chalruse Sangtam.

text:

Thungare. A recent one - the man had killed a tiger 20 years but it was only this year that the symptoms of tiger possession appeared - did the puja 2 days ago and is already a little better.

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