Omens and
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共 37 题- OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA
- By
- EDGAR THURSTON, C.I.E.
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA
- OMENS
- II
- ANIMAL SUPERSTITIONS
- 1. Mammals
- 2. Birds
- 3. Reptiles and Batrachians.
- 4. Fishes
- 5. Invertebrates
- III
- THE EVIL EYE
- IV
- SNAKE WORSHIP
- VOWS, VOTIVE AND OTHER OFFERINGS
- On this subject, Knox writes as follows [207]:--
- VI
- CHARMS
- VII
- HUMAN SACRIFICE
- VIII
- MAGIC AND HUMAN LIFE
- IX
- MAGIC AND MAGICIANS
- From Malabar, a correspondent writes as follows:--
- The following variant of the above rite has been described [315]:--
- DIVINATION AND FORTUNE-TELLING
- XI
- SOME AGRICULTURAL CEREMONIES
- XII
- RAIN-MAKING CEREMONIES
- NOTES