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A chapter of Santal folklore

Indian and Central-Asian miscellaniesOsloPublished In 1940 • Pages: 41-119

By: Bodding, P. O. (Paul Olaf).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work provides a sample of Santal folk-tales taken from the oral literature of the people and prepared for the author in written form (in Santali), by Sagram Murmu, one of Bodding's principal informants. The English translation, as presented here, is literal in content and is provided with a number of brief explanatory notes dealing with a wide range of ethnographic topics. The Santali text with its English translation are presented on alternate pages of the study.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literature
Literary texts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Santal
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
South Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Missionary
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1996
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1890-1933
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Santal Parganas District, Bihar, India
NotesAdditional notes
By P. O. Bodding
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Santal (South Asian people)