This story about a mother crab and her children is retold often from generation to generation among the Lotha people. A family of crabs lived on the riverbed, soaking in the sun on a day when the sun was at its sunniest of moods. These crustaceans may have seemed the quietest but were known to …
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Illustration: Amrapali Das Source: Folktales of India, Collected by K.Jacob, edited by P.C. Roy Chowdhury
Illustration: Amrapali Das Source: Tribal folktales from Orissa, Academy of Tribal Languages & Cultures, Bhubaneshwar
Source: Greatest Folktales of Bihar by Nalin Verma published by Rupa India Illustration: Amrapali Das
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