Fables and Folk Tales of Nagaland By G. K. Ghosh

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Folk tales are the father of literature This is true irrespective of geographical region. But these tales give vivid picture of various aspects of society and may help in planning process too. Unfortunately many of folk tales were not preserved hence were lost. Here attempt has been made to preserve folk tales of various tribes of Nagaland. In all 188 folk tales are compiled here. Though many others were not recorded, it may be considered as a humble attempt. These folk tales not only give pleasure to many, irrespective of age, but also be a material for research scientists, social scientists and planners. The book is written by two authors who spent a number of years in North Eastern India.

Fables and folk-tales are perhaps the beginning creative literature amongst any group of human beings. They were created by many of our unknown ancestors out of their imaginations, experience or may be many other factors. These stories were so beautiful that they keep both young and old alike dipped upto their neck. Those master creations were told and retold orally before recorded but seldom their creators were named. These stories not only give us moral teachings but also entertain us.

Nagaland, a land of Valient Nagas is a land of sixteen recognised tribes. Like many other groups of Homo Sapiens Nagas also had their fables and folk-tales created by their talented ancestors. But unlike others they could not record them in absence of their script. Same were recorded in English by British Civil Servants like Hutton, Mills etc., Indian anthropologists and educated Nagas while many of them were lost or getting lost due to effect of modernisation, Christianity and erosion of traditional habits and culture. In this book a humble attempt is made to collect them from various sources and compiled at one place with the hope that they will be source of joy for children, old and adult.