The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2)
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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.
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