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- CONTENTS.
- FOLK-LORE OF NORTHERN INDIA.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.
- Gold and Silver Protectives.
- Copper and Brass Protectives.
- Coral and Marine Products Protectives.
- Precious Stones Protectives.
- Beads Protectives.
- Blood a Protective.
- Incense.
- Spittle.
- Salt.
- Salutation.
- The Separable Soul: Waving.
- Blacksmith, Respect for.
- Water.
- Grain.
- Urad.
- Barley.
- Sesamum.
- Sheaves.
- Milk.
- Colours.
- Grasses.
- Tattooing.
- Garlic.
- Glass.
- Gonds: Procedure in Cases of Fascination.
- Amulets.
- The Ring, Bracelet, and Knotted Cord.
- Face-covering.
- Omens.
- Numbers.
- Bodily Functions.
- Lucky and Unlucky Days.
- Facilitating Departure of and Barring the Ghost.
- The Funeral Feast.
- Mutilation a Sign of Mourning.
- Respect Paid to Hair.
- Food for the Dead.
- Articles left with the Corpse.
- The Fly as a Life Index.
- Recalling the Ghost.
- Ashes.
- Replacing Household Vessels.
- Funeral Rites in Effigy.
- Ghosts Lengthening Themselves.
- Kindly Ghosts.
- Tree Ghosts.
- The Brahmaparusha.
- The Jâk and Jâknî.
- Ghosts which Protect Cattle.
- Bugaboos.
- CHAPTER II.
- TREE AND SERPENT WORSHIP.
- The Karam Tree.
- The Fig Tree.
- The Sâl.
- The Shîsham.
- The Jand.
- The Aonla.
- The Mahua.
- The Cotton Tree.
- The Nîm.
- The Cocoanut.
- The Mimosa.
- The Plantain.
- The Pomegranate.
- The Tamarind.
- The Siras.
- The Mango.
- The Tulasî.
- The Palâsa.
- The Bel.
- The Bamboo.
- The Sandal.
- The Birch.
- Other Sacred Trees.
- Tree Marriages.
- Tree and Serpent Worship.
- Seshanâga.
- Snake Shrines.
- The Snake Gods.
- The Sinhas.
- Connection of Snakes with Ancestor-worship.
- Deified Snake Heroes.
- Snake Treasure Guardians.
- Powers of Snakes in Folk-lore.
- Modern Snake-worship.
- Cure of Snake-bite.
- The Snake in Folk-lore.
- Snakes and Euphemism.
- The Snake Jewel.
- The Rainbow and the Snake.
- The Household Snake.
- CHAPTER III.
- TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
- Origin of Totemism.
- Stocks Named from Animals, Plants, etc.
- Totem Names among the Drâvidians.
- The Panjâb Snake Tribe.
- Totemism in Proper Names.
- Descent from the Totem.
- Special Respect Paid to the Totem.
- The Devak.
- The Vâhanas and Avatâras.
- The Boar as a Totem.
- Fetishism Defined.
- Fetishism Illustrated in Afghânistân.
- The Lorik Legend.
- The Mirzapur Version.
- Jirâyâ Bhavânî.
- Village Fetish Stones.
- Human Sacrifice among the Indo-Aryans.
- Human Sacrifice in the Folk-tales.
- Human Sacrifice in Modern Times.
- Survivals of Human Sacrifice.
- Human Sacrifice and Buildings.
- Modifications of Human Sacrifice.
- Momiâî.
- The Dânapurwâla Sâhib.
- Fetish Stones.
- Fetishes among the Santâls.
- Fetish Stones which Cure Disease.
- Fetish Stones the Abode of Spirits.
- Family Fetishes.
- Tool Fetishes.
- Weapons and Implement Fetishes.
- The Corn-sieve.
- The Broom.
- The Rice-pounder.
- The Plough.
- Fire.
- Origin of Fire-worship.
- The Sacred Fire.
- The Fire-drill.
- The Muhammadan Sacred Fire.
- Volcanic Fire; Will-o’-the-Wisp.
- The Tomb Fetish.
- Miscellaneous Fetishes.
- CHAPTER IV.
- ANIMAL-WORSHIP.
- Origin of Animal-worship.
- Horse-worship.
- Modern Horse-worship.
- The Worship of the Ass.
- The Lion.
- The Tiger.
- Tiger-worship among the Jungle Races.
- Bâgh Deo, the Tiger Godling.
- Magical Powers of Dead Tigers.
- Tigers, Propitiation of.
- Tiger-worship among the Gonds.
- Men Metamorphosed into Tigers.
- Dog-worship.
- Dog-worship: Bhairon.
- Dogs in Folk-lore: The Bethgelert Legend.
- The Goat.
- Goat and Totemism.
- Cow and Bull Worship.
- Respect for the Cow Modern.
- Origin of Cow-worship.
- Cow-worship: Its Later Development.
- Re-birth through the Cow.
- Respect Paid to the Cow.
- Modern Cow-worship.
- Feeling against Cow-killing.
- Bull-worship among Banjâras.
- Superstitions about Cattle.
- The Buffalo.
- The Antelope.
- The Elephant.
- The Cat.
- The Rat and Mouse.
- The Squirrel.
- The Bear.
- The Jackal.
- The Hare.
- Birds: The Crow.
- The Hand of Glory.
- The Fowl.
- The Dove and Pigeon.
- The Goose or Swan.
- Sundry Sacred Birds.
- The Hoopoe.
- The Woodpecker.
- The Peacock.
- The Pheasant.
- The Kite.
- The Partridge.
- The Parrot.
- The Alligator.
- Fish.
- The Fish in Folk-lore.
- The Eel.
- The Tortoise.
- The Frog.
- Insects.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE BLACK ART.
- The Witch.
- Witchcraft: How Developed.
- The Jigar Khor.
- The Witch in Folk-lore.
- Instruction in Witchcraft.
- Witch Seasons.
- Witches Taking the Form of Tigers.
- Witches Extracting Substances from their Victims.
- Witches and Cats.
- Witch Ordeals.
- Santâl Witch Ordeals.
- Witch Tests, Bilâspur.
- Witch Tests, Bastar.
- Miscellaneous Tests: Eggs.
- The Rowan Tree.
- Witch-finding among Kols.
- Marks of Witches.
- Charms Recited Backward.
- Witchcraft by Means of Hair, Nail Parings, etc.
- Witchcraft by Means of Images.
- Witchcraft through the Footsteps.
- Punishment of Witches.
- Witchcraft Punishments among the Drâvidians.
- Other Witchcraft Punishments.
- Drawing Blood from a Witch.
- Witch Haunts.
- Nonâ Chamârin, the Witch.
- Pûtanâ, the Witch Fiend.
- The Witch of the Palwârs.
- CHAPTER VI.
- SOME RURAL FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES.
- The Akhtîj.
- Prohibition of Ploughing.
- The Rakshabandhan and Jâyî Festivals.
- The Diwâlî, or Feast of Lamps.
- The Govardhan.
- Cattle Festivals.
- The Sleep of Vishnu.
- Ceremonies to Avert Blight, etc.
- Scaring of Locusts.
- Betel Planting.
- Sugar-cane Sowing.
- Cotton Planting.
- The Last Sheaf.
- First-fruits.
- Ceremonies at Winnowing.
- Measurement of Grain.
- The Holî: Its Origin.
- Propitiation of Sunshine.
- The Holî Observances.
- The Lighting of the Holî Fire.
- The Throwing of the Powder.
- The Holî in Mârwâr.
- The Ashes of the Holî Fire.
- The Basis of the Holî Rite.
- Marriage of the Powers of Vegetation.
- The Drâvidian Saturnalia.
- The Desauli of the Hos.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- INDEX.
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- H.
- I.
- J.
- K.
- L.
- M.
- N.
- O.
- P.
- Q.
- R.
- S.
- T.
- U.
- V.
- W.
- Y.
- Z.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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