BOOKS AMEYA

Thailungi, a Mizo folk tale

Thailungi | A Folk Tale from Mizoram

Thailungi enjoyed sitting under the loom while her mother spent hours weaving clothes. One day, when she was sitting under the loom as usual, a street vendor passed by her house. He was loudly selling little iron balls. Wanting to buy one of those balls for Thailungi’s brother, her mother called the vendor over. Thailungi’s Read more…

The Tiger Man a folk tale from Mizoram

The Tiger Man | A Folk Tale from Mizoram

A man once hurt his thumb while splitting bamboo strips. A girl named Kungawrhi emerged from the cut. She was so tiny that she would have just one grain of millet as her meal. She eventually grew up into a beautiful woman with several suitors. Finally, a tiger man married her. An old woman who Read more…

the abandoned sons a folk tale from Mizoram

The Abandoned Sons | A Folk Tale from Mizoram

Once upon a time, there lived a man with his two sons. After the demise of his wife, he married another woman. However, his second wife wasn’t very fond of his sons. She always asked him whom he loved more – she or his sons. More often than not, the man avoided replying to this Read more…

Ngaiteii made the ultimate sacrifice to protect her village

Ngaiteii and her Supreme Sacrifice: A Folk Tale from Mizoram

Long time ago, there lived a girl named Ngaiteii on the outskirts of Mizoram. She was loved by everyone in the village. She had lost her father at a very young age and thus lived with her grandmother. Back then, her father had mysteriously disappeared near the riverbank. Since that day, many villagers had often Read more…