Traditional story about the Seven Sons

Traditional story about the Seven Sons

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Description

The Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil. A man is killed by a tiger, and as his six sons go to avenge him, he kills them too one by one. The mother is pregnant with a seventh son, who is able to foretell events while still in the womb. After the child learns how his father died, he goes to confront the tiger and his wife. He avoids the tiger's attempt to kill him, takes back his father's head from the tiger's possession, and vanquishes the tiger.

Physical Description

1 recording (8 min., 26 sec.)

Creation Information

Khullar, Rengpu Rex 2009.

Context

This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: Lamkang Language Resource and was provided by the UNT College of Information to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 13 times. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

Collector

Khullar, Rengpu Rex

Speaker

Sankhil, Angtoi

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Titles

Main Title: Traditional story about the Seven Sons
Series Title: Rengpu Rex Khullar Collection

Description

The Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil. A man is killed by a tiger, and as his six sons go to avenge him, he kills them too one by one. The mother is pregnant with a seventh son, who is able to foretell events while still in the womb. After the child learns how his father died, he goes to confront the tiger and his wife. He avoids the tiger's attempt to kill him, takes back his father's head from the tiger's possession, and vanquishes the tiger.

Physical Description

1 recording (8 min., 26 sec.)

Subjects

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this recording in the Digital Library or other systems.

Accession or Local Control No: lmk20090826tn_0359_rcd_ska
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1390976

Relationships

Transcription: Traditional story about the Seven Sons, ark:/67531/metadc1518593
Analytical discussion of The Story of Seven Sons, ark:/67531/metadc1391003
ark:/67531/metadc1248333

Collections

This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.

Lamkang Language Resource

Annotated texts with accompanying sound files and aligned transcriptions for study of the Lamkang language spoken in India and Myanmar.

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

Related Items

Transcription: Traditional story about the Seven Sons (Text)

Transcription of a retelling of Chaa paa tkhiiu ki paomin (the Story of Seven Sons), as told by Angtoi Sankhil. A man is killed by a tiger, and as his six sons go to avenge him, he kills them too one by one. The mother is pregnant with a seventh son, who is able to foretell events while still in the womb. After the child learns how his father died, he goes to confront the tiger and his wife. He avoids the tiger's attempt to kill him, takes back his father's head from the tiger's possession, and vanquishes the tiger.

Relationship to this item: (Has Transcription)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Seven Sons, ark:/67531/metadc1518593

Analytical discussion of The Story of Seven Sons (Sound)

Translation discussion of the Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil recorded by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam.

Relationship to this item: (Is Referenced By)

Analytical discussion of The Story of Seven Sons, ark:/67531/metadc1391003