The Ancestral Voices

About this book

This remarkable collection of folk tales and myths by an author who is both a born storyteller and a meticulous researcher marks an important intervention in how we approach indigenous narratives. Drawing from the oral traditions of his hitherto often marginalised tribe, RunshitoLims reclaims the right to self-representation - offering insider perspectives that restore texture and depth to stories long flattened by external retellings. His attentive curation of multiple versions and dialects demonstrates not only scholarly rigour but also deep cultural care. These tales are rendered with the sensitivity of someone who is aware that myth’s function transcends mere fiction and is instead an active medium of collective memory and moral imagination. Through his retellings, an entire lifeworld comes alive before us - its cadences, quirks, cosmologies, and contradictions - revealing that unity and diversity are not opposing principles, but intertwined realities. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand both his people and the larger narrative landscape of the Nagas. ~Dr. Theyiesinuo Keditsu