Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas (1909)
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| Tiger drinking water: kids.nationalgeographic |
- Woman who cut grass, was unable to pull the bundle above her head
- Was willing to give her daughter for marriage to anyone who helped her
- Tiger came to her rescue and put the load of grass above his head
- Tiger married woman's daughter, and the daughter was upset and wept
- Tiger demanded a feast for wife to make to impress all his friends
- She killed a cat and laid it over the fire so that blood dripped to make a sizzling noise
- She ran off and went to her mothers while the tiger was off to his friends
- Tiger was impatient and went in to find his wife
- No wife to be found, Tiger told his friends
- Friends beat up the Tiger
Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas (1909)
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| George Curzon posing with bengal tiger: Wikimedia |
- Raja was willing to give half his kingdom to someone who would go and kill the Tiger
- Poor Shikari man was willing to kill the tiger
- The Raja was sure that the man would be killed
- All the Shikari took was a looking glass, 3 photos of the tiger, and a hatchet
- Tiger and Shikari man talk, Tiger wants to eat the man
- Man explains he has killed 3-4 other Tigers like himself
- Tiger made the roads unsafe by eating the travellers
- Tiger begged for his life
- Asked tiger for his parts if he spared his life
- And so the Tiger let him cut off one claw from one foot, tip of an ear, and tip of the tongue
- Man went back to Raja and gave him his reward for killing the tiger
- The tiger's tongue later died
Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas (1909)
- Raja and wife had no children
- Had another wife, and she bore 2 children
- Older Rani bore a son, younger Rani was concerned
- Convinced the Raja to send the older Rani away
- Raja dreamed he saw a golden leopard and a golden snake and a golden monkey dancing together
- Needed to know the meaning of this dream
- The elder Rani's son could interpret the dream, so he went off to find him
- Dream meant that the 3 golden animals represented the sons, and if one of them could ginf a golden leopard, snake, and monkey and make the 3 dance, then he was the right heir
- Younger sons saw the dream as useless
- But the older Rani told son to go to the jungle to find Gosain
- Went as saw 3 Gosain's and each put 3, 2, 1 grains of rice into a pot un order to create a feast
- Each Gosain said they were not sure how to find the animals but had an idea by seeing each Gosain
- Create shield that would cut leaves into 2 when instantly touched
- Go off to snakes, put shield in door, chop snakes, find daughter, and she would point him into the right direction of the golden animals
- Fell in love with the snake, they lived together
- The 2 of them lived in a bamboo house, and he was not to go west or south of the house
- But he did and saw the golden dancing leopard, and instantly turned into one himself
- Went to each direction he wasn't allowed to go and turned into a golden snake and monkey, his lady snake rescued him and turned him back each time
- They went off together back to Raja, and if he promised to stay with the snake, then she would present the golden animals
- Raja left and went back to his first wife
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