Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Origin of Devi Pendragoden





There are seven brothers and one sister living in a village. Because of only sister of them they married his sister to a person who lived at their house. They live together and cultivated the same field and land. They live like a happy family. After some day brothers are thought that if their brother-in-law lives with them then in future he most be demand to their cultivating land. So they think to sacrifice to earthen deity because she must gives to excess grains. One day they goes to cultivation land with their brother-in-law and cut his head from body for the land deity and buried to him. They came back to home and told their sister that they don’t know about the husband of their sister. Sister goes to forest with many type of weapons, bamboo pot etc. abut can’t find her husband and cry below a tree. At that time he is in monthly period of ladies. After some time a tiger become and eat to sister. Therefore she become a soul or Duma. After that she eat to all who came under that tree. At that time Jhiku, a goat farmer become the food of that Soul. After that who die through the Soul of sister all become deity and sister is known as Penderagoden. Jhitku is Jhitku and husband of sister is Gharjia Duma. All other deity are- Kotgoden, Dolimeli, Saoren, kalaren, Lakren, etc.

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