nilkanth

Updated: June 23, 2025

But when the jackal had got them safely into his house he killed and ate them all; all except one nilkanth bird which he decided to keep for his breakfast the next day, so he tied the nilkanth bird, on to his tail and went away from that part of the country.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas

But the nilkanth bird pecked and pecked at the jackal's tail until it not only pecked itself loose but hurt the tail so much that it became festered and swollen. As the jackal went along with his swollen tail he met a potter going to market with earthern pots for sale.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas