Identifier: folktalesofkhasi00rafy (find matches)
Title: Folk-tales of the Khasis
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Rafy, K. U
Subjects: Khasi (Indic people) Folklore -- India
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co., Limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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n erratic and insignificant being whohaunted the forest of Lait-rngew to the north of Cherra.The khans hitherto had never recognised him asworthy of homage, but they went to offer him sacrificesthen, according to the divinations. U Suidnoh volun-teered to rescue them, but affirmed that the Snakecould never be overcome without the sanction of aBlei, and inasmuch as the Bleis of the Cherra Himahad already refused their aid, he urged them to go andsacrifice to U Lei Shillong—the god of the Shillongmountain—and to invoke his aid and win his favour.So mankind offered sacrifices to U Lei Shillong, andreceived his sanction to wage war against U Thlen. U Suidnoh, equipped in all his strength, went forthto Pomdoloi and ordered the Khasis to bring to himmany fat pigs and goats. These he killed and carriedregularly to feed the Thlen in the cave, and this wastiie manner in which he made his offering. He boreda large hole in a rock roofing the cave, so that the U THLEN, THE SNAKIvYAMIM l!K fi3
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FOLK TALKS OF THE KIIASIS xn might I- passed dowD without being seen byl Thlen, and bo he would doI discover that they werenot human bodies. He assumed the voice and manneroi a Thlen worshipper and called out : My uncle. I have brought my tribute, open your mouth that I mayfeed you. 0 Thlen i> described as being slothful andsleepy, never rousing himself except to seek food. When he heard the call from above he would shake himself and expand to a great size, and open wide his jaws, into which the meat offering was thrust. In thisway mankind had respite for a time, and the huntingof men ceased. It was evident, however, that they must resort tosome other measures, for it was impossible to continueto keep up the supply of fat animals. The Khasisbegan to grumble at the extravagant proceedings otD Suidnoh, but he always replied to their complaintswith the words, Koit, koit signifying that all was well.After a time he told them to hire the services of UEtamhah, the giant, to assist him in

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