The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 1 |
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Side 3
To his cult has, in modern times, been added the erotic cycle of myths which
centre round Krishna and Rādhā and Rukmini. The successive Avatāras or
incarnations mark the progressive development of the cultus which has absorbed
in ...
To his cult has, in modern times, been added the erotic cycle of myths which
centre round Krishna and Rādhā and Rukmini. The successive Avatāras or
incarnations mark the progressive development of the cultus which has absorbed
in ...
Side 7
He then used to get hold of both ears , and turning himself quickly round , used to
strike the lower ends of his ears with his fists . " He ordered his band to play at
midnight , and used to be weighed against gold at his solar anniversary .
VILLAGE ...
He then used to get hold of both ears , and turning himself quickly round , used to
strike the lower ends of his ears with his fists . " He ordered his band to play at
midnight , and used to be weighed against gold at his solar anniversary .
VILLAGE ...
Side 9
... have adopted as their mythical ancestor Priyayrata , who being dissatisfied that
only half the earth was at one time illuminated by the rays of the sun , followed
him seven times round the earth in his flaming car , resolved to turn night into day
...
... have adopted as their mythical ancestor Priyayrata , who being dissatisfied that
only half the earth was at one time illuminated by the rays of the sun , followed
him seven times round the earth in his flaming car , resolved to turn night into day
...
Side 10
It is needless to say that the custom of walking round any sacred object in the
course of the sun prevails widely. Thus in Ireland, when in a graveyard, it is
customary to walk as much as possible “with the sun,” with the right hand towards
the ...
It is needless to say that the custom of walking round any sacred object in the
course of the sun prevails widely. Thus in Ireland, when in a graveyard, it is
customary to walk as much as possible “with the sun,” with the right hand towards
the ...
Side 11
When a Highlander goes to bathe or to drink water out of a consecrated spring ,
he must always approach by going round the place from east to west on the
south side , in imitation of the daily motion of the sun . " We follow the same rule
when ...
When a Highlander goes to bathe or to drink water out of a consecrated spring ,
he must always approach by going round the place from east to west on the
south side , in imitation of the daily motion of the sun . " We follow the same rule
when ...
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Side 19 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide : in cities, mutinies ; in countries, discord ; in palaces, treason ; and the bond cracked 'twixt son and father.
Side 105 - ... soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which once untangled much misfortune bodes...
Side 166 - THE passing bell was anciently rung for two purposes ; one, to bespeak the prayers of all good Christians for a soul just departing; the other, to drive away the evil spirits who stood at the bed's foot and about the house, ready to seize their prey, or at least to molest and terrify the soul in its passage...
Side 12 - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry," under " February" gave the following advice— " Sow peason and beans, in the wane of the moon, Who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soon, That they with the planet may rest and arise, And flourish, with bearing most plentiful! wise.
Side 66 - God.6 [They always go in a state of dirt and uncleanness, devoid of respect for themselves, or for those who see them, unwashed, unkempt, and sordidly attired.] These people also have a custom which I must tell you. If a man is condemned to death and executed by the lawful authority, they take his body and cook and eat it. But if any one die a natural death then they will not eat the...
Side 12 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismayed away. LORENZO. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage. JESSICA. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson.
Side 148 - The whole universe is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the Mantras; the Mantras to the Brahmans; therefore the Brahmans are our gods V Often these Mantra-sastrls are mere fortune-tellers.
Side 170 - The people think that one man is thus singled out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village. In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred slaves, of whom many were inspired and prophesied. When one of these men exhibited more than usual symptoms of inspiration...
Side 178 - Racshases rend in pieces an obla' tion which has no such preservative. 205. ' Let an offering to the gods be made at the ' beginning and end of the srdddha : it must not begin ' and end with an offering to ancestors ; for he, who ' begins and ends it with an oblation to the Pitris, ' quickly perishes with his progeny.
Side 165 - ... noise they intended to make might not excite any alarm, and bring down upon them the visit of the soldiery. It was, however, subsequently determined, that the animal should be a goat ; and he was driven before the crowd accordingly. I have on several occasions been requested to allow of such noisy poojahs in cases of epidemics ; and the confidence the people feel in their efficacy has no doubt a good effect.