Title: The story of a man who had demons as his disciples

Language: Yimkhiung

Description:

Once there lived a certain man in Sangphur village located in Tuensang. He did not have children and his wife had passed away few years after their marriage. The people in the village thought he was a peculiar man. He lived alone and did not interact much with the people but he could heal people from their sickness. He would just murmur some words and the person would be healed. He would always go to the fields very late to work and would always return home after sunset. One day a man was returning to fields as he had forgotten something in the field. On his way he spotted the peculiar man walking home and he was shocked to see that the man’s feet had turned into hands and his head into the head of a goat or buffalo. The man got very scared and quickly returned home from another road. He narrated the incident to the village elders and the villagers but they were very scared to talk to the peculiar man about the incident and was unable to drive him out of the village. After the incident the villagers got to know that he had demonic disciples and demonic powers. The villagers unable to do anything, they let him stay in the village till he died and even after his death no one in the village touched his things or his house since they believed that his demon disciples would come into their houses.

Format & Duration: Audio: 2 mins, 8secs
Date of Recording: 8/13/2024
Date of Upload: 30 September 2024
Performer: Khumla Yimchunger
Creator: Sorila Y Yimchunger
Publisher: Tetso College, Dimapur
Note: The peculiar man’s name in the story is Kechingbah.

Cite this work

Sorila Y Yimchunger    . 2024.  The story of a man who had demons as his disciples .(https://neiipa.in/audio/the-story-of-a-man-who-had-demons-as-his-disciples/) NEIIPA,Tetso College. Accessed: (16-Oct-2024)