| Longshim | Date: Tuesday, 21/04/2015, 9:07 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Long, long ago, before the great darkness came, there lived a man who kept wild dogs. He would go hunting with his dogs and he was able to kill and eat many deer. But as time went on, he got so old that he could no longer go into the jungle with his dogs, so he called them all to his side and brought them back to the house. There he cooked enough rice for each to have a share, but when he divided it up, he miscalculated the number and the youngest dog got none. Then the old man said, “My dogs, I am very old and can no longer go out hunting with you. But do not forget how I looked after you and cared for you. When you kill a deer, always leave a leg for me at the cross –roads.”
When the dogs had left, they quite forget what the old man has said to them. Now the youngest dog was angry with the old man because he did not get his share of rice, so when the other dogs asked him what the old man had said he replied, “The old man said that we kill a deer, we should leave dung for him at the cross roads.”That is why to this day wild dogs leave their dropping at the cross roads.How Man became a Catfish
A man went with a group of children to work in his fields. After working all morning, it was soon time for the mid day meal, and the children asked him to give them their rice.
But the owner of the field felt that it was not time yet, so he refused to give them any rice.
The children then said that they were going to have a bath, and they went off to the river. On the way they said, “We were not given rice in time, so we will become catfish”, and with those words they turned into catfish then and there, crying out “we are catfish! We are catfish!”
The owner of the field called out “come along now, I will give you rice”, but the children replied, “You would not give it to us before and now we have forgotten about man’s food and we are not coming”, and in the form of catfish, they swam away.
It is said that because the children were wearing dao holders when they were transformed into catfish, the fish have a band on their backs that resembles a dao holder. The Trickster (Apvüho) and the Tiger (Mhorü)It was a hot summer day, and a certain person called Apvüho was busy trying to trick a couple of boys who were fishing down by the pond. Apvüho was a man in his late 30s and he was never satisfied unless he tricked at least half the people of his village everyday and this is how he became known as “The Trickster”. His cleverness and his cunning ways were famous, not only in his village, but also in the neighbouring villages as well.While Apvüho was talking with the boys, Mhorü (Tiger), his rival came along. Mhorü was not at all glad to see him as he had been tricked by Apvuo just the day before. When Apvüho saw Mhorü, he became scared, knowing that he would be in great trouble as Mhorü was very strong. As he was standing there in a panic, he suddenly spotted a beehive on a tree, and he got an idea. Just as Mhorü was about to strike, Apvüho begged him to spare his life, telling him that he would let him play the sacred drum of the village. Mhorü was a simpleton and he easily fell for the trick and began asking eagerly for the drum, forgetting all about revenge. Apvüho pointed towards the beehive and told Mhorü that it was the sacred drum of the village and that he was in charge of guarding it. He also told Mhorü that he could only start playing once permission had been taken from the villagers. Apvüho then pretended to go to the village but he was actually planning his escape. Once he was a safe distance, he shouted back to say that the villagers had granted permission to play the drum. Mhorü gladly started beating the beehive and he was soon attacked by a swarm of bees. Apvüho laughed as he ran away from the village, and no one ever saw him again.
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