Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
by Edgar Thurston
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thurston, Edgar, 1855-1935
- Credits
- Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
- Subject
- Dravidians -- Folklore
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 35690
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35690
- Release Date
- March 26, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Preface
- 3.Contents
- 4.List of Illustrations
- 5.Omens
- 6.Animal Superstitions — 1. Mammals — 2. Birds — 3. Reptiles and Batrachians. — 4. Fishes — 5. Invertebrates
- 7.The Evil Eye
- 8.Snake Worship
- 9.Vows, Votive and other Offerings
- 10.Charms
- 11.Human Sacrifice
- 12.Magic and Human Life
- 13.Magic and Magicians
- 14.Divination and Fortune-Telling
- 15.Some Agricultural Ceremonies
- 16.Rain-Making Ceremonies
- 17.Index
- 18.Colophon — Availability — Revision History — External References — Corrections
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