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Updated: May 19, 2025

So after eating half the rice he said that he was satisfied and when she found that Dukhu would eat no more she took what was left; then he was satisfied that she really loved him and they began to talk of getting married, and he told her that there would be no difficulty about it, as his elder brother Lukhu was already married.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas

LXIX. Dukhu and His Bonga Wife. Once upon a time there was a man named Bhagrit who had two sons named Lukhu and Dukhu; and Lukhu used to work in the fields, while Dukhu herded the buffaloes. In summer Dukhu used to take his buffaloes to drink and rest at a pool in the bed of a dry river. Now in the pool lived a bonga girl and she fell in love with Dukhu.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas