The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 1A. Constable & Company, 1896 - 653 sider |
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Side 5
... rite be cor- rect , the Holi festival is intended as a means of propitiating sunshine . He is now , however , like Helios in the Homeric mythology , looked on as only a godling , not a god , and even as a hero who had once lived and ...
... rite be cor- rect , the Holi festival is intended as a means of propitiating sunshine . He is now , however , like Helios in the Homeric mythology , looked on as only a godling , not a god , and even as a hero who had once lived and ...
Side 11
... rite following child- birth is to bring the mother out and expose her to the rays of the sun . All through the range of popular belief and folk - lore appears the idea that girls may be impregnated by the sun . Hence they are not ...
... rite following child- birth is to bring the mother out and expose her to the rays of the sun . All through the range of popular belief and folk - lore appears the idea that girls may be impregnated by the sun . Hence they are not ...
Side 18
... rites , he was provided with an explanation of lunar eclipses ; some other fellow was bringing down the moon for his private ends . And at the present day in Greece the proper way to stop a lunar eclipse is to call out ' I see you ...
... rites , he was provided with an explanation of lunar eclipses ; some other fellow was bringing down the moon for his private ends . And at the present day in Greece the proper way to stop a lunar eclipse is to call out ' I see you ...
Side 19
... rites at the lighting of the Holî fire . It is needless 1 " Folk - lore , " ii . 228 . to say that similar rites prevail elsewhere , chiefly in C 2 THE GODLINGS OF NATURE . 19.
... rites at the lighting of the Holî fire . It is needless 1 " Folk - lore , " ii . 228 . to say that similar rites prevail elsewhere , chiefly in C 2 THE GODLINGS OF NATURE . 19.
Side 20
William Crooke. to say that similar rites prevail elsewhere , chiefly in Southern India.1 In connection with this rite of fire - walking they have another function in which a ladder is made of wooden sword- blades , up which the priest ...
William Crooke. to say that similar rites prevail elsewhere , chiefly in Southern India.1 In connection with this rite of fire - walking they have another function in which a ladder is made of wooden sword- blades , up which the priest ...
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Archæological Reports Baiga bathing believed Benares Bengal Bhairon Bhût Bihâr Bombay Gazetteer Brâhman buried called Campbell ceremony child cholera Churel custom Daksha dead death deity demon Descriptive Ethnology Devî disease District Drâvidian earth evil spirits fairies Faqîr folk-lore Folk-tales Ganges ghost goat goddess godling gods Golden Bough Gonds grain Hanumân head hill Himâlayan Hindu Hinduism holy honour INDIANENSIS Indra Katha Sarit Sâgara killed known Korwas Kumaun legend malignant marriage Mâtâ Mathura MDCCCXX Mirzapur Mirzapur District moon mother Muhammadan Musalmân Narmadâ Nepâl night North Indian Notes North-Western Provinces Northern India Notes and Queries offering Ojha Oudh Panjâb Notes Pîr priest primitive propitiated races rain Râja Râkshasa Rig Veda rite river round sacred sacrifice saint Satî scare Settlement Report shrine SIGILLUM Sîtalâ Siva stone supposed temple tomb tree tribes UNIVERSITATIS VERITAS village Vishnu wife woman women worship