Legends of the Lepchas : folk tales from Sikkim /
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| Author / Creator: | Yishey D. |
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| 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 |
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.