Champavati
Sign in to saveChampavati (Assamese: চম্পাৱতী; Champawati, Campāvatī or Champabati) is an Assamese folk tale. It was first collected in the compilation of Assamese folklore titled Burhi Aair Sadhu, by poet Lakshminath Bezbaroa. According to Assamese scholars, the story is known in Assam and among Assamese people.
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- Summary
- Bezbaroa's variant
- Goswami's variant
- Chandra Barua's variant
- Taruni Devi's variant
- Analysis
- Tale type
- Motifs
- Variants
- Distribution
- India
- The Snake and the Farmer's Daughter
- The Snake Prince (India)
- Humility rewarded and Pride punished
- Tale of the Python (Odisha)
- Tale of the Python (Mahipala)
- The Python
- A Tale of a Snake
- Bunyi-Bunye (The Two Sisters)
- Jereng, The Orphan
- The Python Man
- The Snake-Husband (Sherdukpen)
- Gunavati Kanya
- Termite Husband
- Other tales
- Sri Lanka
- The Ash-Pumpkin Fruit Prince
- Bangladesh
- Snake Human
- America
- Africa
- See also
- References
- External links
Champavati (Assamese: চম্পাৱতী; Champawati, Campāvatī or Champabati) is an Assamese folk tale. It was first collected in the compilation of Assamese folklore titled Burhi Aair Sadhu, by poet Lakshminath Bezbaroa. According to Assamese scholars, the story is known in Assam and among Assamese people.
The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, wherein a heroine marries a husband in animal form who reveals he is man underneath. In this case, the heroine marries a husband in animal shape that becomes human, while another girl marries a real animal and dies. Variants of the narrative are located in India and Southeast Asia, with few registered in the Brazilian and Arab/Middle Eastern folktale catalogues.