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Overview
A king shelters his daughter in a house on a single pillar after a prediction that a tiger will kill her. When a hunter brings in a dead tiger, she descends, pulls out a whisker and mocks the powerless carcass. The story says poison from the whisker enters her blood and kills her, leading the king to order the whiskers of killed tigers burned. No resurrection or active revenge by the dead animal occurs. The poison and the claimed origin of a custom are narrative assertions, not verified tiger anatomy or advice for handling animal remains.
Origins & earliest records
Historical Laos country within Siam, as identified by the collection
Records & interpretation
Complete relevant narrative and Willis G. Craig’s introduction directly read.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India
II.3, How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess, pp. 32–33
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Katherine Neville Fleeson, Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India (Fleming H. Revell, 1899)
II.3, How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess. II.3, How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess, pp. 32–33
Entire relevant tale and notes read. Narrative claims kept distinct from factual natural history; no unrecorded physical traits, resolution or individual narrator supplied. Original paraphrase of1899 witness.
References
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- Historical folktale collectionFleeson1899, II.3, How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess, pp. 32–33Research access: 2026-10-05
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