THE MYTHS OF ORIGIN OF THE ADI TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

The Adi Tribe is one of the major tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. Adi tribe does not have written history, as like other tribes of Tani group of Arunachal Pradesh. They speak Tibeto-Burmese language. They have their own oral literature in the midst of tradition and myths. They possess a rich oral history in the form of legends, myths, folklores and folktales that has been transmitted from generation to generations. The Adi has a keen sense of history and many of them are able to recite interminable genealogies tracing their race back to the beginning of the world. Consequently, all these traditional oral sources could be profitably used as sources to re-construct the early history of origin of the tribes. Thus, the present work is a humble attempt to authenticate the origin of Adi tribe.