The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by William Crooke
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Contents
- The Evil Eye and the Scaring of Ghosts
- Gold and Silver Protectives
- Copper and Brass Protectives
- Coral and Marine Products Protectives
- Precious Stones Protectives
- Beads Protectives
- Blood a Protective
- Incense
- Spittle
- Salt
- Salutation
- The Separable Soul: Waving
- Blacksmith, Respect for
- Water
- Grain
- Urad
- Barley
- Sesamum
- Sheaves
- Milk
- Colours
- Grasses
- Tattooing
- Garlic
- Glass
- Gonds: Procedure in Cases of Fascination
- Amulets
- The Ring, Bracelet, and Knotted Cord
- Face-covering
- Omens
- Numbers
- Bodily Functions
- Lucky and Unlucky Days
- Facilitating Departure of and Barring the Ghost
- The Funeral Feast
- Mutilation a Sign of Mourning
- Respect Paid to Hair
- Food for the Dead
- Articles left with the Corpse
- The Fly as a Life Index
- Recalling the Ghost
- Ashes
- Replacing Household Vessels
- Funeral Rites in Effigy
- Ghosts Lengthening Themselves
- Kindly Ghosts
- Tree Ghosts
- The Brahmaparusha
- The Jâk and Jâknî
- Ghosts which Protect Cattle
- Bugaboos
- Tree and Serpent Worship
- The Karam Tree
- The Fig Tree
- The Sâl
- The Jand
- The Aonla
- The Mahua
- The Cotton Tree
- The Nîm
- The Cocoanut
- The Mimosa
- The Plantain
- The Pomegranate
- The Tamarind
- The Siras
- The Mango
- The Tulasî
- The Palâsa
- The Bel
- The Bamboo
- The Sandal
- The Birch
- Other Sacred Trees
- Tree Marriages
- Tree and Serpent Worship
- Seshanâga
- Snake Shrines
- The Snake Gods
- The Sinhas
- Connection of Snakes with Ancestor-worship
- Deified Snake Heroes
- Snake Treasure Guardians
- Powers of Snakes in Folk-lore
- Modern Snake-worship
- Cure of Snake-bite
- The Snake in Folk-lore
- Snakes and Euphemism
- The Snake Jewel
- The Rainbow and the Snake
- The Household Snake
- Totemism and Fetishism
- Origin of Totemism
- Stocks Named from Animals, Plants, etc.
- Totem Names among the Drâvidians
- The Panjâb Snake Tribe
- Totemism in Proper Names
- Descent from the Totem
- Special Respect Paid to the Totem
- The Devak
- The Vâhanas and Avatâras
- The Boar as a Totem
- Fetishism Defined
- Fetishism Illustrated in Afghânistân
- The Lorik Legend
- The Mirzapur Version
- Jirâyâ Bhavânî
- Village Fetish Stones
- Human Sacrifice among the Indo-Aryans
- Human Sacrifice in the Folk-tales
- Human Sacrifice in Modern Times
- Survivals of Human Sacrifice
- Human Sacrifice and Buildings
- Modifications of Human Sacrifice
- Momiâî
- The Dânapurwâla Sâhib
- Fetish Stones
- Fetishes among the Santâls
- Fetish Stones which Cure Disease
- Fetish Stones the Abode of Spirits
- Family Fetishes
- Tool Fetishes
- Weapons and Implement Fetishes
- The Corn-sieve
- The Broom
- The Rice-pounder
- The Plough
- Fire
- Origin of Fire-worship
- The Sacred Fire
- The Fire-drill
- The Muhammadan Sacred Fire
- Volcanic Fire; Will-o’-the-Wisp
- The Tomb Fetish
- Miscellaneous Fetishes
- Origin of Animal-worship
- Horse-worship
- Modern Horse-worship
- The Worship of the Ass
- The Lion
- The Tiger
- Tiger-worship among the Jungle Races
- Bâgh Deo, the Tiger Godling
- Magical Powers of Dead Tigers
- Tigers, Propitiation of
- Tiger-worship among the Gonds
- Men Metamorphosed into Tigers
- Dog-worship
- Dog-worship: Bhairon
- Dogs in Folk-lore: The Bethgelert Legend
- The Goat
- Goat and Totemism
- Cow and Bull Worship
- Respect for the Cow Modern
- Origin of Cow-worship
- Cow-worship: Its Later Development
- Re-birth through the Cow
- Respect Paid to the Cow
- Modern Cow-worship
- Feeling against Cow-killing
- Bull-worship among Banjâras
- Superstitions about Cattle
- The Buffalo
- The Antelope
- The Elephant
- The Cat
- The Rat and Mouse
- The Squirrel
- The Bear
- The Jackal
- The Hare
- Birds: The Crow
- The Hand of Glory
- The Fowl
- The Dove and Pigeon
- The Goose or Swan
- Sundry Sacred Birds
- The Hoopoe
- The Woodpecker
- The Peacock
- The Pheasant
- The Kite
- The Partridge
- The Parrot
- The Alligator
- Fish
- The Fish in Folk-lore
- The Eel
- The Tortoise
- The Frog
- Insects
- The Black Art
- The Witch
- Witchcraft: How Developed
- The Jigar Khor
- The Witch in Folk-lore
- Instruction in Witchcraft
- Witch Seasons
- Witches Taking the Form of Tigers
- Witches Extracting Substances from their Victims
- Witches and Cats
- Witch Ordeals
- Santâl Witch Ordeals
- Witch Tests, Bilâspur
- Witch Tests, Bastar
- Miscellaneous Tests: Eggs
- The Rowan Tree
- Witch-finding among Kols
- Marks of Witches
- Charms Recited Backward
- Witchcraft by Means of Hair, Nail Parings, etc.
- Witchcraft by Means of Images
- Witchcraft through the Footsteps
- Punishment of Witches
- Witchcraft Punishments among the Drâvidians
- Other Witchcraft Punishments
- Drawing Blood from a Witch
- Witch Haunts
- Nonâ Chamârin, the Witch
- Pûtanâ, the Witch Fiend
- The Witch of the Palwârs
- Some Rural Festivals and Ceremonies
- The Akhtîj
- Prohibition of Ploughing
- The Rakshabandhan and Jâyî Festivals
- The Diwâlî, or Feast of Lamps
- The Govardhan
- Cattle Festivals
- The Sleep of Vishnu
- Ceremonies to Avert Blight, etc.
- Scaring of Locusts
- Betel Planting
- Sugar-cane Sowing
- Cotton Planting
- The Last Sheaf
- First-fruits
- Ceremonies at Winnowing
- Measurement of Grain
- The Holî: Its Origin
- Propitiation of Sunshine
- The Holî Observances
- The Lighting of the Holî Fire
- The Throwing of the Powder
- The Holî in Mârwâr
- The Ashes of the Holî Fire
- The Basis of the Holî Rite
- Marriage of the Powers of Vegetation
- The Drâvidian Saturnalia
- The Desauli of the Hos
- Bibliography
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- Corrections