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To dismiss Mizo Puitling Thawnthu as simple folk tales is to misunderstand the pedagogy of the Mizo Zawlbûk . These stories were the constitution of the tribe.
One distinct feature of Mizo folktales is the blurred line between human, animal, and spirit. There is no "magic" in the Western sense; there is Ramhuai —the spirit of the place.