Bompas. Folklore of the Santal Parganas.

Today's free book is Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas (1909). You can find out more about this book in the Santal Folklore unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Available at: Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook, and the first part of the book is available as a free audiobook from LibriVox.

(Santal art by Sudipta Mallick)

Table of Contents

1. Bajun and Jhore
2. Anuwa and His Mother
3. Ledha and the Leopard
4. The Cruel Stepmother
5. Karmu and Dharmu
6. The Jealous Stepmother
7. The Pious Woman
8. The Wise Daughter-in-Law
9. The Oilman and His Sons
10. The Girl Who Found Helpers
11. How to Grow Rich
12. The Changed Calf
13. The Koeri and the Barber
14. The Prince Who Acquired Wisdom
15. The Monkey Boy
16. The Miser's Servant
17. Kuwar and the Raja's Daughter
18. The Laughing Fish
19. How the Cowherd Found a Bride
20. Kara and Guja
21. The Magic Cow
22. Lita and His Animals
23. The Boy Who Found His Father
24. The Oilman's Bullock
25. How Sabai Grass Grew
26. The Merchant's Son and the Raja's Daughter
27. The Flycatcher's Egg
28. The Wife Who Would Not Be Beaten
29. Sahde Goala
30. The Raja's Son and the Merchant's Son
31. The Poor Widow
32. The Monkey and the Girl
33. Ramai and the Animals
34. The Magic Bedstead
35. The Ghormuhas
36. The Boy Who Learnt Magic
37. The Charitable Jogi
38. Chote and Mote
39. The Daydreamer
40. The Extortionate Sentry
41. The Broken Friendship
42. A Story Told By a Hindoo
43. The Raibar and the Leopard
44. The Ungrateful Snake
45. The Tiger's Bride
46. The Killing of the Tiger
47. The Dream
48. The King of the Bhuyans
49. The Foolish Sons
50. Kora and His Sister
51. A Story on Caste
52. Tipi and Tepa
53. The Child With the Ears of the Ox
54. The Child Who Knew His Father
55. Jogeshwar's Marriage
56. The Strong Man
57. The Raja's Advice
58. The Four Jogis
59. The Charitable Raja
60. A Variant.—The Wandering Raja
61. The Two Wives
62. Spanling and His Uncles
63. The Silent Wife
64. The Dumb Shepherd
65. The Good Daughter-in-Law
66. The Raja's Dream
67. The Mongoose Boy
68. The Stolen Treasure
69. Dukhu and His Bonga Wife
70. The Monkey Husband
71. Lakhan and the Wild Buffaloes
72. The Boy with the Stag
73. The Seven Brothers and the Bonga Girl
74. The Tiger's Foster Child
75. The Caterpillar Boy
76. The Monkey Nursemaid
77. The Wife Who Could Not Keep a Secret
78. Sit and Lakhan
79. The Raja Who went to Heaven
80. Seven Tricks and Single Trick
81. Fuljhari Raja
82. The Corpse of the Raja's Son
83. The Sham Child
84. The Sons of the Kherohuri Raja
85. The Dog Bride
86. Wealth or Wisdom
87. A Goala and the Cow
88. The Telltale Wife
89. The Bridegroom Who Spoke in Riddles
90. The Lazy Man
91. Another Lazy Man
92. The Widow's Son
93. The Boy Who Was Changed Into a Dog
94. Birluri and Birbanta
95. The Killing of the Rakhas
96. The Children of the Vultures
97. The Ferryman
98. Catching a Thief
99. The Grasping Raja
100. The Prince Who Would Not Marry
101. The Prince Who Found Two Wives
102. The Unfaithful Wife
103. The Industrious Bride
104. The Boy and His Fate
105. The Messengers of Death
106. The Speaking Crab
107. The Leopard Outwitted
108. The Wind and the Sun
109. The Coldest Season
110. The Jackal and the Crow
111. The Tiger Cub and the Calf
112. The Jackal and the Chickens
113. The Jackal Punished
114. The Tigers and the Cat
115. The Elephants and the Ants
116. A Fox and His Wife
117. The Jackal and the Crocodiles
118. The Bullfrog and the Crab
119. The Hyena Outwitted
120. The Crow and the Egret
121. The Jackal and the Hare
122. The Brave Jackal
123. The Jackal and the Leopards
124. The Fool and His Dinner
125. The Stingy Daughter
126. The Backwards and Forwards Dance
127. The Deaf Family
128. The Father-in-Law's Visit
129. Ramai and Somai
130. The Two Brothers
131. The Three Fools
132. The Cure For Laziness
133. The Brahmin's Powers
134. Ram's Wife
135. Palo
136. The Women's Sacrifice
137. The Thief's Son
138. The Divorce
139. The Father and the Father-in-Law
140. The Reproof
141. Enigmas
142. The Too Particular Wife
143. The Paharia Socialists
144. How A Tiger Was Killed
145. The Goala's Daughter
146. The Brahmin's Clothes
147. The Winning of the Bride
148. Marriage With Bongas
149. The Bonga Headman
150. Lakhan and the Bonga
151. The House Bonga
152. The Sarsagun-Maiden
153. The Schoolboy and the Bonga
154. The Bonga's Cave
155. The Bonga's Victim
156. Baijal and the Bonga
157. Ramai and the Bonga
158. The Boundary Bonga
159. The Bonga Exorcised
160. The Beginning of Things
161. Chando and His Wife
162. The Sikhar Raja
163. The Origin of Tobacco
164. The Transmigration of Souls
165. The Next World
166. After Death
167. Hares and Men
168. A Legend
169. Pregnant Women
170. The Influence of the Moon
171. Illegitimate Children
172. The Dead
173. A Hunting Custom
174. Witchcraft
175. Of Dains and Ojhas
176. Initiation Into Witchcraft
177. Witch Craft
178. Witch Stories
179. Witch Stories
180. Witch Stories
181. The Two Witches
182. The Sister-in-Law Who Was a Witch
183. Ramjit Bonga
184. The Herd Boy and the Witches
185. The Man-Tiger
186. The River Snake.
187. The Sons of the Tigress.
188. The Tiger's Marriage.
189. The Jackal and His Neighbours.
190. The Jackal and the Tigers.
191. The Wild Buffaloes.
192. The Grateful Cow.
193. The Belbati Princess.
194. The Bread Tree.
195. The Origin of _Sabai_ Grass
196. The Faithless Sister.
197. The Cruel Sisters-in-Law.
198. The False Rani.
199. The Jackal and the Kite.
200. The Sons of the Raban Raja.
201. The Potter's Son.
202. The Wonderful Cowherd.
203. The Strong Prince.
204. The Prince Who Became King of the Jackals.
205. The Mongoose Boy.
206. The Prince and the Tigress.
207. The Cunning Potter.