Tale-1:
Once a saint was in a cave near a water fall in a hill. While he was engrossed in his meditation, ants climbed over him and made an ant-hill. A wood cutter cut it thinking it a trunk of a tree. Blood started to flow from the saint’s waist which he collected in an utensil. A boy and a girl were born out of that blood. Then the children of these communities were called Urjan (born from plant). Gradually this word become extinct and was pronounced as Oraon
Tale-2
During the origin of Rama the Monkeys were the ancestors of the Oraon community. When Rama went to northern India and died, the people of this community, were moved at his death, lamented “Oh Ram” and it thus turned into “Oraon”
Tale-3
It is postulated that Oraons are known as the sons of Ravana, as Ravana had one lakh grandsons. This word was first recognized as “Raon” and later with the altered alphabet came to be known as Oraon and then gradually become Uraon.
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Tale-1
They mentioned directly about Balmiki, the monk. Because, on him, in meditation, ants climbed over and made ant-hill. While Lord Rama was defeated in war against his sons, Lab and Kush. They said in grief “Oh Ram”. Gradually the word was pronounced as Oraon.
Although they (both the Oraons and monkeys) were reverent of Rama, however, the Oraons consider themselves as different from the monkeys.
In the case of the urban Oraons, in my study, the story changes considerably compared to tale no-3. Here narrator improvised the story that: “Mahisasur” was a descendant of Ravana, and his offsprings were Oraon. Rama was their lord so they joined Rama through Bivison, once Bivison decided to join Rama. |
1.Balmiki, Lab and Kush words are improvised in addition by the narrator.
The narrators manifest that the Oraons were more developed than monkeys.
To stick purity to their identity and acceptability to the mainstream they insist upon their allegiance to Lord Rama add the Bivison related facts to their original story line.
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