TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stocks,C.De Beauvoir
TI  - Folk-lore and customs of the Lap-chas of Sikhim
SN  - 812061559X
U1  - 398.20954167 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Asian Educational Services
KW  - Lepcha (South Asian people)
KW  - Sikkim (India)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Originally published: Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1925; "[From the] Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, new series, v. 21, no. 4 (1925)."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Sikhim, a brief note on the geography and history of
2. The Lap-cha or Rong folk, their ethnical type and language
3. A summary of both tours in Sikhim ,
I. Folk-lore:
1. Mythology and reUgion of the Lap-cha as reflected in their
tales
2. An analysis of their folk-tales
3. Tales:
A. Creation myths
B. Zoological myths
O. Heroic tales
D. Varia
II. Lap-cha customs: (a) family life; (6) birth; (c) marriage;
(d) death and burial; (e) miscellaneous observances
ER  -