Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
TO MY FRIEND J. N. Cushing, D. D., F. R. A. S. _Principal of the American Baptist College, Rangoon, and Senior Shan Missionary, the greatest authority upon Shan literature, and the translator of the Bible into that language, this little book is dedicated by_ THE AUTHOR
Now it happened that the universal lord, Sa Kyah, who rules over all spirits and men looked earthward and saw the new kingdom that was established; he became jealous and determi...
2. Part 2Gon Han Me was very proud of his title, as many other vain people have been proud of titles they never earned, but it came near costing him his life, and this was the way it led...
3. Part 3"I am very sorry," said the king of the monkeys, "that you have killed that special monkey. He was very clever and brave. He was also one of my chief _amats_, and his friends wi...
4. Part 4The king was frightened half to death when he awoke next morning, and found that he had been sleeping all night under the tree of that special _hpea_; but Ai, or Sau Boo as the...
5. Part 5The next day as she was walking through the jungle feeding her cows, she heard sweet music. It sounded like twelve organs all playing at the same time, and yet in harmony, each...
1. Part 1TO MY FRIEND J. N. Cushing, D. D., F. R. A. S. _Principal of the American Baptist College, Rangoon, and Senior Shan Missionary, the greatest authority upon Shan literature, and...
7. Part 7"Then," said the king, "behold! this is a lucky day," and he drew forth from under his jacket a horoscope, which showed that this was a lucky day upon which a man who had been b...