Folklore: A Tale of the food giving Maidebi
Compilation: Kishore Subba, (Limbu)
There was no motor road access in the village many years ago. at that time. Carrying a salt load on the head in the bamboo basket (Dhakar) had to walk a week-long foothills trail to fetch salt from the weekly market on Saturday in Jhapa.
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| A Random Pic of the Group of the Potters Photo Source: Social Media |
The villagers used to walk from the village to the foothills trail through the villages of Chisapani, Rangepani, Londekhola, and Garuwa Soktane, then reach Sanischare, where they bought salt at the weekly market on Saturday. They return from the market with a load of salt.
The forest around Sukhani was vast. There was no village around there. And the porters have to stay in the forest. On the river Maikhola, there was a shrine to the goddess Maidebi under the big tree. The tired and hungry potters used to worship the goddess Maidebi and ask for the food arrangement. Because there were no other options for food arrangement in the dense jungle.The potters used to enjoy eating food provided by the Maidebi, and they happily spent the night in the jungle thanking the Maidebi. It was necessary to eat the food extracted by Maidevi, wash the dishes, and keep it.
Once upon a time, a traveller spent his nights in the forest in the same way. Then he worshipped Maidebi and ate the food Maidebi had given him.And the next morning, he decided to take that utensil too. He took walks with all the utensils, fearing that no one would see him in this dense forest.
After that, the Maidebi of Maikhola stopped giving food to travellers.
(Source: Muna Begha, Ilam, Nepal)
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