Legends of the Lepchas : folk tales from Sikkim /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Yishey D.
Imprint:Chennai : Tranquebar Press, c2010.
Description:viii, 137 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8370273
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Varying Form of Title:Lepchas
ISBN:9789380283791 (pbk.)
9380283792 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Children of the snowy peaks
  • The death of Lasso Mung Puno
  • The crown of music
  • The marriage of Tarbong Nom and Narip Nom
  • How the Lepchas got grain
  • The stairway to heaven
  • The race between Teesta and Rangeet
  • The Sun and the Moon
  • How the cat began to live with man
  • The bird with the golden beak
  • The Orphan boy and the river Nymph
  • The cave of the occult fairies
  • How Jhyo Rathey and Aandhi Phoda got separated
  • A tale of two trees
  • The hare and the old couple
  • The abominable snowman
  • Khye Bumsa, the wandering prince
  • The lake that shifted
  • How humans were saved from demons
  • The mystical vase
  • Lapcha Dem, the rock fairy
  • Namsamay and his magic drum.