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First observation: of all the things she could
offer someone for assistance, like money for example, why would she offer her
daughter for marriage
·
A tiger appeared and pretty much asked for confirmation
that she would really give her daughter
o
Animals can understand human speech in this
story
·
The tiger and daughter were married two or three
days later
o
This time the daughter is portrayed as unhappy
and cries often
·
After arriving at their new home (a cave), the
tiger leaves to collect his friends for a large feast, and the girl stays
behind to cook said big feast
o
The cunning girl catches a random cat and hangs
it over the fire so that the blood drips and makes a sizzling sound over the
pan on the fire
·
The girl runs home and climbs a tree and sings a
song
·
The tiger returns to the cave with his friends
and mistakenly thinks that the girl is still cooking
o
He goes to check on her and discovers that she
isn’t actually there
·
All of his friends beat him up because they are
angry that they didn’t get a feast
o
They didn’t bother to console their friend
Sumatran Tiger. Source: Bernard Spragg.
Bibliography: This story is called "The Tiger's Bride" and can be found here. Story source: Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas (1909).
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