Page:Folk-lore - A Quarterly Review. Volume 24, 1913.djvu/493

Rh eyes and challenging the rain. "Therefore, O! Rain, fall, and increase the waters." Next, a number of animals, and, lastly, a number of birds, are mentioned, which are said to be defying the rain in the same way, and it is therefore invited to descend.

I have now given an account of the religion of the Manipuri of the present day. You will observe that I have carefully abstained from applying a name to the worship of the Umanglais and other local cults. Mr. Hodson has called the Manipuris animists. I leave the question in your hands.

Author:John Shakespear