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food taboos in Shiong, were-tigers and land of the dead |
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Then the brother of the Shiong Ang, Wangshok, came to the bungalow. I could work with him for some time. (notebook 4 p. 69 following). The food prohibitions of Shiong are similar to those of Wakching but women have no prejudice against pork. All men and women can eat the victim of a tiger with the exception of those in the Ang clan. That is because in their dreams the Angs are tigers like the hiba. Whether they all are real were-tigers I could not determine, but I doubt it. Wangshok also sees the land of the dead in his dreams. He talked of many Ghawangs which are brown like Naga. |
