Note 38 — INTRODUCTION

Among other points worth notice are the fact that lycanthropy practised by the Semas and other tribes to the north of the Angami country is never resorted to by Angamis, though they know of the existence in the belief and even believe in the common origin of the tiger and man.38 Similarly the Khasis seem to have heard the theory from the Garos, but do not claim ever to practise it themselves.