Book

The folk-tales of the Garos

University of Gauhati, Department of Publications • (4) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 11, 392

By: Rongmuthu, Dewansingh Shangma.

Abstract
This collection of Garo folk tales consists of orally transmitted fables, mythology, traditional accounts, and other forms of oral literature. Rongmuthu, a Garo and not a trained anthropologist, recorded them as told by the informants. The tales reflect a considerable amount of data in the sphere of religious beliefs and ideas about nature and man. The author's footnotes contain valuable information.
Subjects
Topography and geology
Literary texts
Mythology
Spirits and gods
Ethnogeography
Ethnozoology
culture
Garo
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; Sigrid Khera ; 1970-1971
Field Date
ca. 1959
Coverage Date
ca. 1959
Coverage Place
Meghalaya State, India
Notes
compiled by Dewan Sing Rongmuthu ; with a foreword by B. K. Barua
LCCN
74294688
LCSH
Garo (Indic people)