Folklore of the Santal Parganas

by Cecil Henry Bompas

Excerpt from Folklore of the Santal Parganas

The Santals are a Munda tribe, a branch of that aboriginal element which probably entered India from the North East. At the present day they inhabit the Eastern outskirts of the Chutia Nagpore plateau.

Originally hunters and dwellers in the jungle they are still but indifferent agriculturists. Like the Mundas and Hos and other representatives of the race, they are jovial in character, fond of their rice beer, and ready to take a joke.

Genres: Mythology

537 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1909

Reviews

[Timothy Ferguson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection
The quality of the Librivox recording is a bit variable, but the pieces are so short that even if you strike a bad one (and there are only two which were bad enough to mention) that they are gone in a couple of minutes.

The structrue of the stories isn't as rounded as say, in the Brothers Grimm. Or perhaps, to listeners from that culture, they are? All in all, though, very interesting if you are into folklore.

[Dávid Ursiny · Rating 2 out of 5]

really quite silly and boring stories, though collection as a whole may have some folkloristic value

[Prabir]

Great reading!