The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 2A. Constable & Company, 1896 |
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... present day it forms an important part of the popular belief . But the investigation of its principles is far from easy . It is very closely connected with a number of kindred ideas on the subject of diabolical influence , and few ...
... present day it forms an important part of the popular belief . But the investigation of its principles is far from easy . It is very closely connected with a number of kindred ideas on the subject of diabolical influence , and few ...
Side 30
... present to class marks of this kind in the general category of devices to repel evil spirits . Among purely sectarial marks we have the forehead mark of the Saivas , composed of three curved lines like a half - moon , to which is added ...
... present to class marks of this kind in the general category of devices to repel evil spirits . Among purely sectarial marks we have the forehead mark of the Saivas , composed of three curved lines like a half - moon , to which is added ...
Side 32
... present among low - caste women the process of tattoo- ing is regarded as a species of initiation , and usually marks the attainment of puberty . It thus corresponds with the rite of ear - piercing among males . To the east of the North ...
... present among low - caste women the process of tattoo- ing is regarded as a species of initiation , and usually marks the attainment of puberty . It thus corresponds with the rite of ear - piercing among males . To the east of the North ...
Side 48
... lucky . His face should be always looked at first , but on meeting a Brâhman , the glance should start from his feet . 1 Growse , 146 . The Thags , like all criminal tribes of the present 48 FOLK - LORE OF NORTHERN INDIA .
... lucky . His face should be always looked at first , but on meeting a Brâhman , the glance should start from his feet . 1 Growse , 146 . The Thags , like all criminal tribes of the present 48 FOLK - LORE OF NORTHERN INDIA .
Side 49
William Crooke. The Thags , like all criminal tribes of the present day , were great believers in what Dr. Tylor calls Angang or meeting omens . ' With them , if a wolf crossed the path from right to left it was considered a bad omen ...
William Crooke. The Thags , like all criminal tribes of the present day , were great believers in what Dr. Tylor calls Angang or meeting omens . ' With them , if a wolf crossed the path from right to left it was considered a bad omen ...
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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.