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Overview
An abused wife cleans a bull’s dirty shelter during her journey into the forest, and the animal blesses her. On her return it gives her the two shell ornaments twined around its horns. Worn at her wrists and shaken, they can supply whatever ornaments she wishes. Day calls the animal a Brahmani bull; he does not identify this particular speaking donor as Nandi or give it additional limbs.
Origins & earliest records
Bengali oral storytelling translated by Lal Behari Day
Records & interpretation
Complete relevant tale, attached notes,1883 preface and1912 edition credits directly read.
Selected bibliography
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Folk-Tales of Bengal
XXII, The Bald Wife, pp.269–274; first edition1883, illustrationsWarwickGoble
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Lal Behari Day, Folk-Tales of Bengal (Macmillan,1912; first edition1883)
XXII. XXII, The Bald Wife, pp.269–274
Complete tale and footnotes read, pluspreface andeditionhistory. Bengali oral informants described collectively, individual teller of this tale not identified. Original paraphrase; no source-image verification claimed.
References
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- Historical translated oral narrative and collector notesLal Behari Day, Folk-Tales of Bengal (1912), XXII, The Bald Wife, pp.269–274Research access: 2026-10-05
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