The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 1A. Constable & Company, 1896 - 653 sider |
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Side 14
... woman who sits there working her spinning - wheel . The moon has one special function in connection with disease . One of his titles is Oshadhipati or " lord of the medicinal plants . " Hence comes the idea that roots and simples , and ...
... woman who sits there working her spinning - wheel . The moon has one special function in connection with disease . One of his titles is Oshadhipati or " lord of the medicinal plants . " Hence comes the idea that roots and simples , and ...
Side 22
... woman will do no work during an eclipse , as otherwise she believes that her child would be deformed , and the deformity is supposed to bear some relation to the work which is being done by her at the time . Thus , if she were to sew ...
... woman will do no work during an eclipse , as otherwise she believes that her child would be deformed , and the deformity is supposed to bear some relation to the work which is being done by her at the time . Thus , if she were to sew ...
Side 25
... woman after her delivery is to bring her out at night and let her look at the stars , while her husband stands over her with a bludgeon to guard her from the assaults of demons . One interesting survival of the old mythology is that in ...
... woman after her delivery is to bring her out at night and let her look at the stars , while her husband stands over her with a bludgeon to guard her from the assaults of demons . One interesting survival of the old mythology is that in ...
Side 32
... woman is allowed to touch the flesh . The Ghasiyas also believe in Dhartî Mâtâ . She is their village goddess , and is presented with a ram or a goat or cakes . The offering is made by the Baiga , for whom the materials are provided by ...
... woman is allowed to touch the flesh . The Ghasiyas also believe in Dhartî Mâtâ . She is their village goddess , and is presented with a ram or a goat or cakes . The offering is made by the Baiga , for whom the materials are provided by ...
Side 44
... woman at Arles is carried off by a creature called a Drac and made to act as nurse to the demon's child . ' In Scotland water- holes are known as " the cups of the fairies . " of the fairies . " And there is the Trinity well in Ireland ...
... woman at Arles is carried off by a creature called a Drac and made to act as nurse to the demon's child . ' In Scotland water- holes are known as " the cups of the fairies . " of the fairies . " And there is the Trinity well in Ireland ...
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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