The Todas

About this eBook

Author

Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922

Original Publication

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Toda (Indic people)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71828

Release Date

October 8, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TODAS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PHONETIC SYSTEM — Map.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION — Methods
7. 7.THE TODA PEOPLE — The Village and the House — The Daily Life of the Todas — Sketch of Social Organisation
8. 8.DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES — The Dairy Organisation — The Dairy — The Toda Buffalo — Dairy Procedure — The Care of the Ordinary Buffaloes
9. 9.THE VILLAGE DAIRY — The Tarvali — The Kudrpali — The Wursuli — The Daily Life of the Wursol — The Kugvali of Taradr — The Dairy of Kanòdrs — The Teivali Dairy
10. 10.THE TI DAIRY — The Contents of the poh — The Daily Life at the Ti — The Palol — The Kaltmokh — The Mòrol — New Dairy Vessels — The Five Ti — The Nòdrs Ti — The Kars Ti — The Pan Ti — The Kwòdrdoni Ti — The Nidrsi Ti
11. 11.BUFFALO MIGRATIONS — Migrations of the Village Buffaloes — Migration of the Ti Buffaloes
12. 12.ORDINATION CEREMONIES — The Palikartmokh — The Wursol — The Kugvalikartmokh of Taradr and the Pohkartpol of Kanòdrs — The Kaltmokh — The Ordination of the Palol — The Tesherst Ceremony — The Niroditi Ceremony
13. 13.SPECIAL DAIRY CEREMONIES — The Pepkaricha Ceremony — The Irpalvusthi Ceremony — Giving Salt To Buffaloes — The Ponup Ceremony
14. 14.THE TODA GODS — Pithi — Ön — Teikirzi — Teipakh, or Tirshti — Anto — Kulinkars — Nòtirzi — Korateu or Kuzkarv — Puzi and Kurindo — Kwoten, Teikuteidi, and Elnâkhum — Kwoto or Meilitars — Other Gods
15. 15.PRAYER — The Village Prayer — Prayer of Kuudr — Prayer of Kiudr — Prayer of Kwirg — The Prayer of the Kanòdrs Dairy — The ti Prayer — The Anto Prayer — The Prayer of Makars
16. 16.THE DAIRY RITUAL — Comparison of the Procedure of Different Dairies — The Sanctity of Milk — Special Dairy Customs — Purity and Impurity — Women and the Dairy — History of the Dairy
17. 17.DIVINATION AND MAGIC — Divination — Sorcery — The Evil Eye — Various Magical Remedies — Omens
18. 18.SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS — The Erkumptthpimi Ceremony — The Sacrifice at the Ti — The Erkumptthpimi Prayer of Kuudr — The Kars Prayer — The Teutütusthchi Ceremony — Offerings — Irnörtiti to the Ti — Irnörtiti, Tuninörtiti and Pilinörtiti — The Irnörtiti Ceremony — Tuninörtiti — Pilinörtiti
19. 19.BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES — The Pursütpimi Ceremony — Childbirth — Seclusion after Childbirth — Uncovering the Child’s Face — Naming the Child — The Tersamptpimi Ceremony — The Ear-piercing Ceremony
20. 20.FUNERAL CEREMONIES — The Puzhutpimi Ceremony — The Tiveri tûr Ceremony — The Slaughter of the Buffaloes. — The Cloth-giving Ceremony — The Cremation — Some Special Funeral Ceremonies — The Interval between the two Funerals
21. 21.FUNERAL CEREMONIES — continued — The Marvainolkedr — The Koòtiti Ceremony — The Azaramkedr — Funeral Laments — Purification Ceremonies — The Funerals of Children — Funeral Contributions — Amnòdr — Origin of Funeral Customs
22. 22.SACRED DAYS AND NUMBERS — The Madnol and Palinol — The arpatznol. — Sacred Numbers
23. 23.SACRED PLACES AND OBJECTS — Hills and Other Places. — Rivers — Villages — The Dairy — The Threshold — Bells — Relics — The Buffalo and its Milk — Other Animals — Trees and Plants — The Sun, Light, and Fire — Stones
24. 24.THE TODA RELIGION — The Gods — Influence of other Religious Systems — Magic and Religion
25. 25.GENEALOGIES AND POPULATION — The Value of the Genealogical Record — The Trustworthiness of the Genealogies — Buffalo Pedigrees — The Toda Population — Proportion of the Sexes — Twins — The Determination of Age
26. 26.KINSHIP — Kinship Taboos — Kinship Salutations — The Duties of Kin
27. 27.MARRIAGE — The Regulation of Marriage — Kinship and Marriage — The Marriage of Matchuni — Polyandry — Polygyny — Exchange of Brother and Sister — The Custom of ‘ Terersthi ’ — Divorce — The Mokhthoditi Institution — Sexual Morality — The History of Pinpurz Kutan
28. 28.SOCIAL ORGANISATION — The Clan — The Kudr — The Pòlm — Laws of Descent — Adoption — Government — Crime — Suicide — The Monegar — Headmen — Property — Debt and Servitude — The Position of Women
29. 29.ARTS AND AMUSEMENTS — Clothing — Methods of Wearing the Hair — Skin-marks — Ornaments — Food — Fire-making — The House — Implements and Utensils — The Pounder, Sieve, and Broom — Weapons — Measures and Numerals — Money — The Calendar — The Week — Astronomical Ideas — The Sun — The Moon — Planets — Constellations and Stars — Games — Riddles — Poetry and Music
30. 30.LANGUAGE — Phonetics — Sacred Language — Secret Language
31. 31.PERSONAL NAMES — Change of Name — Taboos on Names
32. 32.RELATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBES — Todas and Badagas — Todas and Kotas — Todas and Kurumbas — Todas and Irulas
33. 33.THE CLANS OF THE TODAS — The Tarthar Clans — Nòdrs — Kars — Pan — Taradr — Keradr — Kanòdrs — Kwòdrdoni — Päm — Nidrsi — Melgars — Kidmad and Karsh — The Teivali Clans — Kuudr — Piedr — Kusharf — Keadr — Pedrkars — Kulhem
34. 34.TEIVALIOL AND TARTHAROL
35. 35.THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE TODAS
36. 36.APPENDIX I
37. 37.BIBLIOGRAPHY
38. 38.List of Toda Villages (not including ti mad )
39. 39.APPENDIX IV
40. 40.GLOSSARY
41. 41.INDEX — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y
42. 42.GENEALOGICAL TABLES.
43. 43.Table of Contents
44. 44.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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