Folklore of Wells
Being a Study of Water-Worship in East and West
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FOLKLORE OF WELLS
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I. FOLKLORE OF BOMBAY WELLS.
CHAPTER I. SANCTITY OF WATER.
CHAPTER II. WATER SAINTS.
CHAPTER III. PENALTY FOR DEFILEMENT.
CHAPTER IV. QUAINT PARSI BELIEFS.
PART II. WATER-WORSHIP IN EAST AND WEST.
CHAPTER V. THE MOST WIDE-SPREAD PHASE OF ANIMISM.
CHAPTER VI. CHRISTIAN TOLERANCE OF THE CULT OF WATER.
CHAPTER VII. HOLY WELLS AND TANKS.
CHAPTER VIII. HEALING WATERS.
CHAPTER IX. PROCREATIVE POWERS OF WATER SPIRITS.
CHAPTER X. WISHING AND CURSING WELLS.
CHAPTER XI. MALEFICENT WATER-GOBLINS.
CHAPTER XII. RIVER WRAITHS.
CHAPTER XIII. WHO WERE THE WATER DEMONS?
CHAPTER XIV. ANALYSIS OF THE BRITISH CULTS.
PART III. VARIED RITUALS AND OFFERINGS.
CHAPTER XV. WATER-DIVINING AND WELL-OPENING CEREMONIES.
CHAPTER XVI. DECORATIONS AND OFFERINGS.
CHAPTER XVII. RAG WELLS AND PIN WELLS.
CHAPTER XVIII. A MISUNDERSTOOD INDIAN CUSTOM.
CHAPTER XIX. ANIMAL DEITIES OF WATER.
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