Say to the Sun, "Don't Rise," and to the Moon, "Don't Set" : Two Oral Narratives from the Countryside of Maharashtra

This volume presents two examples of ovi, a genre typical of the oral literature of the Dhangar shepherds of the Marathi-language region of India. The extensive introduction discusses the literary art of the ovis and the cosmology, geography, society, administrative structures, economy, and values of their performers' world.