From the folklore of the Parenga
Bhima Raja had a tank made. There was no water in it, though it was very deep, and Bhima Raja was greatly disappointed. Megh Raja had seven daughters of whom the youngest was Jalkamni. One day the girls went to bathe. They found a banyan tree on the bank and put their clothes under it. The youngest girl went down naked into the dry tank. As she went it filled with water. The girls bathed and came out and dressed, but as they were dressing the bank broke and the water flowed out. When Bhima Raja saw the mud and the broken bank next day, he wondered what had happened. He mended the bank and again the girls came and broke it. This went on day after day for a long time.
One day Bhima Raja hid in the tree. When the seven sisters went to bathe, he realized what was happening, and thought, “”If I sacrifice this youngest girl, the water will always remain.” Next day when the seven sisters came, Jalkamni was the last to take off her clothes. She threw them into the branches of the tree, but they fell to the ground and Bhima Raja stole them and hid them. Then when the girls came to dress and Jalkamni was searching for her clothes, Bhima Raja caught her. The others ran away.
But when Bhima Raja was going to sacrifice her, he was so enchanted with her beauty that he took her home instead. He wanted to marry her but she refused, for she feared that from the marriage there would be no profit to the world. To avoid Bhima Raja, she began to flirt with one of the men in the palace and Bhima Raja was very angry and decided to kill her. She said, “Don’t kill me here: take me to the tank and kill and bury me there.” Bhima Raja accordingly made a pit in the tank and cut the girl’s throat above it. Her blood turned into water and her bones into frogs. Since then Jalkamni has lived in the world and rain has fallen.
Source:
Chapter 15, Tribal Myths of Orissa, Verrier Elwin, 1954
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