Folklore of Wells
by Rustom Pestonji Masani
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About this eBook
- Author
- Masani, Rustom Pestonji, 1876-1966
- Title
- Folklore of Wells: Being a Study of Water-Worship in East and West
- Credits
- Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Water -- Religious aspects
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61813
- Release Date
- April 12, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FOLKLORE OF WELLS
- 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION.
- 5.PART I. FOLKLORE OF BOMBAY WELLS. — CHAPTER I. SANCTITY OF WATER. — CHAPTER II. WATER SAINTS. — CHAPTER III. PENALTY FOR DEFILEMENT. — CHAPTER IV. QUAINT PARSI BELIEFS.
- 6.PART II. WATER-WORSHIP IN EAST AND WEST. — CHAPTER V. THE MOST WIDE-SPREAD PHASE OF ANIMISM. — CHAPTER VI. CHRISTIAN TOLERANCE OF THE CULT OF WATER. — CHAPTER VII. HOLY WELLS AND TANKS. — CHAPTER VIII. HEALING WATERS. — CHAPTER IX. PROCREATIVE POWERS OF WATER SPIRITS. — CHAPTER X. WISHING AND CURSING WELLS. — CHAPTER XI. MALEFICENT WATER-GOBLINS. — CHAPTER XII. RIVER WRAITHS. — CHAPTER XIII. WHO WERE THE WATER DEMONS? — CHAPTER XIV. ANALYSIS OF THE BRITISH CULTS.
- 7.PART III. VARIED RITUALS AND OFFERINGS. — CHAPTER XV. WATER-DIVINING AND WELL-OPENING CEREMONIES. — CHAPTER XVI. DECORATIONS AND OFFERINGS. — CHAPTER XVII. RAG WELLS AND PIN WELLS. — CHAPTER XVIII. A MISUNDERSTOOD INDIAN CUSTOM. — CHAPTER XIX. ANIMAL DEITIES OF WATER.
- 8.FOOTNOTES
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