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Show Burmese Story of Man's Orlnln. A myth current among the llur-moso llur-moso says that houvenly bolngs emtio down from the skies to the onrth, nnd there nto Thulesan, n particular kind of rich rice, which gradually mudo thorn gross of habit, so Hint thoy woro unnblo to mnko tholr way bnck to tho hlghor houvens ttgiiln and hnd to become be-come men nnd women. . Tho Chins have a story of tlio Tower of ISnuol to account for tho various clans that Inhabit tho range of hills looking down on tho liny of Ilongnl, nnd traditions of a deluge aro found everywhere. Tho ICnchlns tell n story of the pas. sngo ovor n bridge, to tho afterlife, nnd there are mnny tnoro of tho kind that suggest these folk.injths como down from n lonz-cono past. |