Campbell gives a very similar story from Bombay, in which a man-eating tiger was supposed to be a witch in…
- Date of account
- Second edition published 1896
- Source
- The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2)
- Reference
- The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2) · selected passage 147
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
Campbell gives a very similar story from Bombay, in which a man-eating tiger was supposed to be a witch in disguise
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyMr. Campbell gives a very similar story from Bombay, in which a man-eating tiger was supposed to be a witch in disguise. [727] All these stories very closely resemble the European were-wolf and similar legends. [728] In Mirzapur they tell a tale of one of the Drâvidian Bhuiyârs, whose wife went recently on the Pura Mamuâr Hill, when an evil spirit in the form of a tiger attacked and killed her. This was after her death ascertained to be the case by the inquiries of the village Baiga, who now does an annual ceremony and sacrifice near the place. For such witch tigers the favourite remedy is to knock out their teeth to prevent their doing any more mischief and becoming the Indian equivalent of the Loupgarou.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis material belongs to a folklore tradition. Story type, collector, community, transmission and literary editing matter when comparing it with other sources.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice compares motifs and reported features without assuming that a traditional being is a biological species or that similar stories document one external cause.
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