Tagged: WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

September 8, 2017

HOW THE HARE DECEIVED THE TIGER (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

AT the beginning of the world a hare, tiger, ox, buffalo, and horse became friends and lived together. One day the tiger was out hunting when, it being in the middle of the hot season, the...

September 7, 2017

STORY OF THE PRINCESS NANG KAM UNG (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

THERE was once a king who reigned over one of the largest States in the hill and water country. For a long time there had been war between him and the sau hpa of the neighboring State, but...

September 6, 2017

THE TWO CHINAMEN (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

AGES ago, when this world was new, having been created but a short while, two Chinese boys left their native country and started out on their travels to discover things new and strange. After wandering for...

September 5, 2017

HOW BOH HAN ME GOT HIS TITLE (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

BOH Han Me was one of the greatest generals who ever lived in the hill and water country. Just what his original name was nobody knows now, but this story tells how he gained his title....

September 3, 2017

A LAUNG KHIT (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

ONCE upon a time there was a woman who lived in the State of Lai Hka. She was a very pious woman and always gave the best rice and puc to the priests as they walked, rice chattie in hand,...