Portrait of a very famous "tiger man" (Image number K.045, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
This is Tsoknungtemshi, the most famous "medicine man" in the Ao country, whose animal soul companion was a leopard. It is said that in 1917 a man went to consult him and slept in his house, waking up to find Tsoknungtemshi speaking in a strange tongue to a leopard which was sitting beside...
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Portrait of a very famous "tiger man" (Image number K.045, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[1918-1926], ©1926.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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This is Tsoknungtemshi, the most famous "medicine man" in the Ao country, whose animal soul companion was a leopard. It is said that in 1917 a man went to consult him and slept in his house, waking up to find Tsoknungtemshi speaking in a strange tongue to a leopard which was sitting beside him and licking his arm. People who disbelieved his powers were told by Tsoknungtemshi that they would meet a leopard at a certain spot, and invariably did so. There are many similar stories of "tiger men" among the Nagas. |
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| Language: | English |
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[1918-1926], ©1926.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Image: © 1926, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India -- Nagaland -- Mokokchung District -- Ungr. |