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The Legend of Mehoviu and Morusa (Angami-Naga Folktale)


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Morusa was a native of Kidima*1 village. He was handsome and wealthy. Above all, he was a great warrior*2. Such qualities made him popular not only in his village, but he was known by young and old even in the neighboring villages. He was unmarried. However, there was no girl in his village who could measure up to his expectations of a wife of a great warrior like Morusa. So his female relatives began to gather news of young eligible, nubile girls in the neighboring villages and learn that there’s an exceptional girl called Mehouviu in another village.
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Kevizonuo Kuolie
Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima, India

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Morusa was a native of Kidima*1 village. He was handsome and wealthy. Above all, he was a great warrior*2. Such qualities made him popular not only in his village, but he was known by young and old even in the neighboring villages. He was unmarried. However, there was no girl in his village who could measure up to his expectations of a wife of a great warrior like Morusa. So his female relatives began to gather news of young eligible, nubile girls in the neighboring villages and learn that there’s an exceptional girl called Mehouviu in another village.