The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 2A. Constable & Company, 1896 |
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Side 15
... tigers ' claws and similar protectives , are largely used as amulets . These metals are particularly effective in the form of ornaments , many of which are images of the gods , or have some mystic significance , or are made in imitation ...
... tigers ' claws and similar protectives , are largely used as amulets . These metals are particularly effective in the form of ornaments , many of which are images of the gods , or have some mystic significance , or are made in imitation ...
Side 35
... tiger and antelope , by many kinds of ascetics , and in the old ritual the wife with her husband sat on the hide of a bull to promote the fertility of their union . GARLIC . 2 Garlic , again , from its pungency , is valued in the same ...
... tiger and antelope , by many kinds of ascetics , and in the old ritual the wife with her husband sat on the hide of a bull to promote the fertility of their union . GARLIC . 2 Garlic , again , from its pungency , is valued in the same ...
Side 38
... tiger , which represent in themselves the innate strength and bravery of the animal , are greatly esteemed for this purpose , and the sportsman , when he shoots a tiger , has to count over the claws carefully to the coolies in charge of ...
... tiger , which represent in themselves the innate strength and bravery of the animal , are greatly esteemed for this purpose , and the sportsman , when he shoots a tiger , has to count over the claws carefully to the coolies in charge of ...
Side 41
... tiger's claw , two claws of the large horned owl turned in opposite direc- tions , and encased in metal , a stone known as the Athrâhâ kâ mankâ , because it has the property of turning eight colours according to the light in which it is ...
... tiger's claw , two claws of the large horned owl turned in opposite direc- tions , and encased in metal , a stone known as the Athrâhâ kâ mankâ , because it has the property of turning eight colours according to the light in which it is ...
Side 78
... tiger godling , one of their most dreaded deities . In the Konkan , according to Mr. Camp- bell , ' the medium or Bhagat who becomes possessed is called Jhâd , or " tree , " apparently because he is a favourite dwelling - place for ...
... tiger godling , one of their most dreaded deities . In the Konkan , according to Mr. Camp- bell , ' the medium or Bhagat who becomes possessed is called Jhâd , or " tree , " apparently because he is a favourite dwelling - place for ...
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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.