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What if hills could judge, rivers could speak, and the forest held powers you ignored at your peril?
In Folk-Tales of the Khasis, Mrs. Rafy gathers traditional stories from the Khasi people of Meghalaya in northeast India. These separate short tales lead into a world of hills, rivers, forests and animals, where the landscape takes an active part in events. They ask how the world comes to look as it does, and how people ought to live.
The collection brings together tales of living nature, animal quarrels and spirits that share the land. Cunning, greed, patience and pride take shape through creatures and their encounters. Unseen powers of water and forest demand care within these stories. Behind each tale lies a community's memory, carried by speech and shared through its history and values.
What you’ll discover
- A landscape with a voice Meet hills, rivers, trees and animals that act, speak and judge.
- Quarrels that reveal character Find human faults and virtues reflected in the disputes of animals.
- The unseen close at hand Explore tales where spirits share familiar places and ignoring them carries consequences.
- Questions about the world Discover stories that explain the shapes and features of the natural world.
- Memory carried through stories Encounter Khasi history and values through tales passed from person to person.
Who will love it
For readers who love folklore, myth and oral tradition, and anyone curious about the hill peoples of northeast India, their animal tales, nature stories and unseen spirits.
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- Nature is alive and has a say
- Animals teach through their quarrels
- Spirits and the unseen share the land
- Stories carry the memory of a people
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Khasi-Volksmärchen
by Mrs. Rafy · 1920
In the Khasi hills, animals quarrel and spirits share the land in tales that carry a community's memory.
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Folk-Tales of the Khasis is a collection of traditional stories from the Khasi people, who live in the hills of Meghalaya in northeast India. It was put together by Mrs. Rafy and published in English in 1920, at a time when many hill traditions were passed on only by speech.
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Nature is alive and has a say
In these tales the landscape is never just a backdrop. Hills, rivers, trees and animals act, speak and judge, and they often explain why the world looks the way it does.
This is a common way of telling stories in oral traditions. A rock, a peak or a stream can carry a story about who made it and why. Listeners who know the place hear the tale each time they see it.
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What is Folk-Tales of the Khasis about?
It is a collection of traditional stories from the Khasi people of Meghalaya in northeast India. The tales deal with nature, animals, spirits and the values of the community, and were first passed on by word of mouth.
Who are the Khasis?
The Khasis are an indigenous people who live mainly in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, in northeast India. They have their own language, customs and a long tradition of oral storytelling.
Who wrote Folk-Tales of the Khasis?
The book was collected and published by Mrs. Rafy in English in 1920. The tales themselves come from Khasi oral tradition and belong to the community rather than to one author.
The author
Mrs. Rafy
Folklore collector
Mrs. Rafy is the name under which this collection of Khasi folk tales was published in English in 1920. She is known for gathering and retelling traditional stories from the Khasi people of northeast India for readers outside the region.
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