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Original Front Cover.
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FOLKLORE NOTES
VOL. II KONKAN
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Original Title Page.
FOLK LORE NOTES.
Vol.II—KONKAN.
COMPILED FROM MATERIALS COLLECTED BY
the late A. M. T. JACKSON, indian civilservice.
R. E. ENTHOVEN, c.i.e., i.c.s.
BRITISH INDIA PRESS, MAZGAON BOMBAY.
1915
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REPRINTED FROM THE “INDIANANTIQUARY”
BY B. MILLER, SUPERINTENDENT, BRITISH INDIA PRESS,BOMBAY [i]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Nature Powers.       PAGE.
Worship of minor localdeities. Sun-worship. The Swastika. Circumambulation roundimages and other sacred objects. Moon-worship. Days of specialimportance. Eclipses. Worship of planets and stars. The milky way. Therainbow. Worship of the earth. Thunder and lightning. Earthquakes.Worship of sacred rivers, springs and pools. Water spirits and goblins.Ceremonies at digging of wells. Well water as a cure for disease.Sacred Lakes. Palaces under the water. Sacred mountains. Deities whocontrol the weather. Methods of causing or averting rain and ofchecking storms. Vratas or religious vows practised only bywomen. Rites in which women are excluded. Rites in which the worshippermust be nude. Superstitions in connection with aerolites and meteors       1
CHAPTER II.
The Heroic Godlings.
Village deities. Local deities. Installation ofdeities in new settlements. Ghostly godlings. Deities responsible forcrops and cattle        21
CHAPTER III.
Disease Deities.
Causes of epidemic diseases and the remediesadopted to stop them. Cattle diseases. Remedies practised by thevillage people in connection with them. The methods for the exorcism ofdisease. Methods of expelling evil spirits from the body. The                        
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