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Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit. [citation needed] Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of the population identifying themselves as Hindus, there is no single, unified, and all-pervading concept of identity present in it. Various heterogeneous ...
The following is a list of folktales of the state of Chhattisgarh first published by author Theophil H. Twente in 1938: [1] The Frog and the Lizard [2] The Two Who Were Brothers Indeed [3] How the Gond Saved His Field of Gram [4] Bhimsen and Fever [5] The King Who Learned From a Cock [6] The Wicked Mother-In-Law [7] How a Wedding Song Saved ...
Holds a prominent position in death rites; it shows the path to the dead. Ajaikapala - A boy, whom was begotten by the grace of Shankara. He had one foot of a man and the other of a goat. He overcame death as a child and is known as 'Mrityunjya'. Daksha - His head was replaced by a goat's after a beheading.
Meitei folklore (Manipuri folklore), Meitei literature ( Manipuri literature ) The ancient legend of Khamba and Thoibi ( Meitei : Khamba Thoibi ) is a classic , [ 1 ] as well as one of the epic cycles of incarnations of Meitei mythology and folklore , that is originated from Ancient Moirang kingdom [ a ] of Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur ...
Folk-Tales of Bengal is a collection of folk tales and fairy tales of Bengal written by Lal Behari Dey. [1] The book was published in 1883. The illustrations by Warwick Goble were added in 1912. [2] All these stories were passed from generation to generation for centuries.
The Dhola Maru story is deeply rooted in folklore and oral traditions. [3] The story related work is available in prose and poetry as well as in mixed form also. 'Dhola Maru ri chaupai' a book composed by Jain monk Kushallabh in 1617, in which he writes that the story is old one. Some manuscripts of 1473 also describe the story.
Folktales are called "funga wari" ("phunga wari"), literally meaning "stories of kitchen furnace or stove" in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In early times, in the Meitei households, children must have gathered around the kitchen fire, listening to the stories narrated by the elders. [ 1 ]
Sammohinee Ghosh of Mid-day, a Mumbai daily, states that "Kushalappa’s writing strikes the reader through its detailed and in-depth research." [3]Shweta Sharan of the Mint, a New Delhi-based publication under HT Media, states, "Keen to retell and document fables and myths from India, Nitin Kushalappa MP has collected 15 fantastic folk tales from South India in his latest book, 'Dakshin ...