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The Negrito Deities

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The Negrito Deities

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The Negrito Deities book

The Negrito Deities

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The Negrito Deities book

ByIvor H. N. Evans
BookThe Negritos of Malaya

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1937
Imprint Routledge
Pages 12
eBook ISBN 9780429060977

ABSTRACT

The legend of the Negritos’ hair getting burnt during a fight between two species of monkeys is curious. One old woman of the Chong Negritos said that her mother had told her that the Negritos had come originally from Langka when it was burnt. An interesting point seems to arise, therefore, as to whether a part of the Ramayana story has not been adopted by the Negritos. The people who lived there were like Negritos, but when they went up to heaven their houses became the mountain. The highest, inhabited by the greater personages of Negrito mythology, is filled with fruit trees that bear fruit all the year round. Bonsu looks after fruits and flowers. His fruits fall from, and his flowers also, and become fruits and flowers upon the earth. He arranges the fruit on a mat. Teng also looks after fruits and flowers.

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