Chapters (49)
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GLOSSARY
- THE LUSHEI KUKI CLANS
- THE LUSHEI CLANS PART I
- CHAPTER I GENERAL
- CHAPTER II DOMESTIC LIFE
- CHAPTER III LAWS AND CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER IV RELIGION
- Translation of a Lushai’s account of the World beyond the Grave
- Translation of Lushai Account.
- Translation of a Lushai Account of the Sakei-Ai.
- CHAPTER V FOLK-LORE
- The Tale of Granddaddy Bear and the Monkey.
- The Bear’s Water Hole.
- The Tale of Him who Demanded His Sister’s Price.
- Chhawng-chili and the Rulpui.
- Translation of a Lushai Version of the Origin of Khawhring.
- CHAPTER VI LANGUAGE
- APPENDIX Families and Branches of the Lushei Clan.
- PART II THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER I CLANS INCLUDED IN THE TERM LUSHAI
- CHAPTER II CLANS WHICH, THOUGH NOT ABSORBED, HAVE BEEN MUCH INFLUENCED BY THE LUSHEIS
- CHAPTER III THE OLD KUKI CLANS
- Folklore.
- The Story of Fachirang and Rangchar.
- The Story of Kúngóri.
- Old Kuki Clans—Khawtlang and Khawchhak
- CHAPTER IV THE THADO CLAN
- Thado Folk Tales.
- How Benglama Tried to Climb to the Top of the Big “Bung” Tree.
- The Story of Ngamboma and Khuptingi.
- CHAPTER V THE LAKHER OR MARA CLAN
- Constitution of Society.
- CHAPTER VI LANGUAGE
- COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF THADO AND LUSHAI LANGUAGES, WITH NOTES ON THE OTHER CHIN LANGUAGES AND MANIPURI OR MEITHEI.
- INDEX
- WORKS ON ANTHROPOLOGY.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Catalog entries
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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