father-snake's

Updated: May 17, 2025

The snake told Lita to wait outside while he went and apprized his parents and he told Lita that when he was asked to choose his reward he should name nothing but the ring which was on the father-snake's finger, for the ring had this property that if it were placed in a seer of milk and then asked to produce anything whatever, that thing would immediately appear.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas