Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Week 5 Reading Diary: Santal Folklore



Reading Diary
Santal Folklore:
·       Ledha and the Leopard: The boy, Ledha, helped the leopard by pulling off the lizard that bit him. In return, the leopard did not eat Ledha for his gratitude for helping him out, but he asked the boy to tell no one or he would eat him. The boy ended up telling his sister about what had happened, in which the leopard overheard the conversation. The leopard took from his room to the jungle to eat him, but the boy had the wits to get his self out of the predicament by using the “lizard” to scare off the leopard to secure safety. He was lost, but found a herd of buffaloes to take care of. During that time, he sent a lock of his hair down stream to be found, so someone could locate him. The princess found him through the use of a crow taking his flute. Ledha and the princess returned to the buffalo, finding them ill, in which Ledha helped restore them and the jungle.
·       The Killing of the Tiger: The tiger in this story had a history of eating the travelers on a certain road. The Raja deemed this road unsafe, and he wanted someone to take care of this tiger, so the people could travel on this road without harm. The Raja put up a reward for half of his kingdom. He asked his finest soldiers to kill the tiger; they all declined. The Raja put the reward into the public for anyone to accept. One man was brave enough to take on the challenge of killing this tiger. He made sure the offer was on the table before he made any move. The man did not take much with him besides three pictures of tigers, a looking glass, and his hatchet. The man hid in a tree till the tiger came, and when the tiger came he jumped down to the tree. The tiger wanted to eat him, while the man wanted to kill him. The man made a compromise with the tiger by take bits of his ears, tongue, and claws with him claim his reward. But the man knew that the pain would cause the tiger to die anyways. 

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