The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 2A. Constable & Company, 1896 |
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Side 12
... already noticed the use of iron as a charm against hail . In the same way a sword or knife is placed in the bed of the young mother . She is , at this crisis of her life , particularly 1 " Notes , " 34 . exposed to the influence of evil ...
... already noticed the use of iron as a charm against hail . In the same way a sword or knife is placed in the bed of the young mother . She is , at this crisis of her life , particularly 1 " Notes , " 34 . exposed to the influence of evil ...
Side 14
... already noticed the value of iron nails for the purpose of laying the ghost of the Churel , and such nails are in India very commonly driven into the door - post or into the legs of the bed , with the object of resisting evil spirits ...
... already noticed the value of iron nails for the purpose of laying the ghost of the Churel , and such nails are in India very commonly driven into the door - post or into the legs of the bed , with the object of resisting evil spirits ...
Side 19
... already met with the parturition bead , and in Kolhapur there is a much - valued Arabic stone which , when any woman is in labour , is washed and the water given to her to drink . In Scotland the amber bead cures inflamed eyes and ...
... already met with the parturition bead , and in Kolhapur there is a much - valued Arabic stone which , when any woman is in labour , is washed and the water given to her to drink . In Scotland the amber bead cures inflamed eyes and ...
Side 23
... already happened to one of the family , or was about to befall the person spilling it , and also to denote the rupture of friendship . " The custom of putting a plate of salt on a corpse with the object of driving off evil spirits is ...
... already happened to one of the family , or was about to befall the person spilling it , and also to denote the rupture of friendship . " The custom of putting a plate of salt on a corpse with the object of driving off evil spirits is ...
Side 25
... already referred to water as a protective against the influence of evil spirits . We see this principle in the rite of ceremonial bathing as a propitiation for sin . It also appears in the use of water which has been blown upon by a ...
... already referred to water as a protective against the influence of evil spirits . We see this principle in the rite of ceremonial bathing as a propitiation for sin . It also appears in the use of water which has been blown upon by a ...
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Side 19 - Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Side 325 - when the granaries are full of grain, and the people, to use their own expression, full of devilry. They have a strange notion that at this period, men and women are so over-charged with vicious propensities, that it is absolutely necessary for the safety of the person to let off steam by allowing for a time full vent to the passions.
Side 146 - A totem is a class of material objects which a savage regards with superstitious respect, believing that there exists between him and every member of the class an intimate and altogether special relation.
Side 284 - They have an astonishing acquaintance with the devilries of enchantment; insomuch that they make their idols to speak. They can also by their sorceries bring on changes of weather and produce darkness, and do a number of things so extraordinary that no one without seeing them would believe them. Indeed, this country is the very original source from which Idolatry has spread abroad.