The place Hihiri Pipiri, geographically is uncertain.
The first human couple grew up in “Hihiri Pipiri,» the original birth place of the Santals. From those eggs two humans were bom-one male child and another female child. When the birds needed place to live, ‘Thakur jiu’ formed the earth and whole creation along with all the necessities. The birds made a nest in a clump of thatching grass. He used to keep the birds on his hands and talk and play with them. “17 He named the birds-Has and Hasil (meaning goose and gander). The birds were imparted”breath or soul Oife) by the ‘Thakur jiu’ from the inner part of His bosom. The myth further asserts, “Then Thakur jiu created physical formation of male and female birds instead of human formation out of damp clay. Thakur Baba (God the Father) did not give up His plan of creating humankind.
‘Thakur jiu’ became awfully grieved by this. When He was ready to impart souls or breathe (life) into them, the “Sin Sadom” (The day horse of the Sun in the form of horse) came down from above and trampled them to pieces. ‘Thakur jiu’ (God) made two human couples of earth. First of all ‘Thakur jiu’ (Supreme God) created fishes, tortoises, crocodiles, earthworms, sun, moon and all kinds of living creatures of the water and finally human beings.18 In the beginning there was only water and underneath it soil. This story of origin of Mankind finds some similarities with the biblical view of creation of Adam and Eve (Gen. The Santal sacred story of the origin of humanity combines the Principles of creation and evolution, for according to it humankind are ultimately derived from two images, which were modelled in human form out of damp clay, but afterwards accidentally transformed into birds***, from whose eggs the first Man and woman of flesh and blood were hatched. The Santals have an interesting myth on the creation of mankind by Thakur Jiu (Supreme God).
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