Superstition as the Ban of Existence in Son of Thundercloud

Name of Author : Merwin Smile A S

Abstract: Superstition refers to any belief or practise which is explained by supernatural casuality and is in contradiction to modern science. Some beliefs and practices which are considered to be superstitious is not the same to others. In India, superstition is considered as a widespread social problem. Superstitions that belong to a cultural tradition are enormous in their variety. A few specific folk traditions, such as belief in the evil eye or in the efficacy of amulets have been found in most periods of history and in most parts of the world. Some of the beliefs may be limited to any one of the countries, villages or religions. The persons who use the term superstition imply that they have certain knowledge or superior evidence for their philosophical and religious convictions. With this mentality of the persons superstitions may be classified roughly as religious, cultural and personal. In the novel, Son of Thundercloud, Easterine Kire use the superstitous aspect as a normal phenomena. Easterine Kire is a poet and author who currently lives in Northern Norway. The majority of her writings are based on her homeland. Her motivation to write is summed up in one of her interviews: I fet we needed to create written Naga literature. We have so much oral narratives but with oral dying out, its all going to be lost. Apart from writing she also performs Jazz poetry with her bad Jazzpoesi. Easterine Kire was born on March 1959 in Angami Naga family in Nagaland, India. She did her schooling in kohima. She did her undergraduate study in Shillong followed by a course in journalism in Delhi. She has a Ph.D in English literature from Savitribai Phule Pune University. In 2011, Easterine Kire was awarded the governors medal for excellence in Naga literature. Easterine Kire has evoked the complex universe through poetry, childrens fiction and novels in Naga society as it moves from the nineteenth century into the twenty first century. This paper attempts to highlight the superstitious belief in the Naga society and its role in making the people lose their life indeed of living it.

Keywords : Superstition, Myth, Faith and Famine

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