An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern IndiaAsian Educational Services, 1994 - 420 pages |
Contents
The Godings of Nature | 1 |
The Heroic and Village Godlings | 49 |
CHAPTER III | 78 |
The Worship of the Sainted Dead | 112 |
CHAPTER V | 145 |
The Evil Eye and the Scaring of Ghosts | 185 |
CHAPTER VII | 230 |
Tree and Serpent Worship | 237 |
Totemism and Fetishism | 278 |
CHAPTER IX | 315 |
The Black | 347 |
CHAPTER X | 369 |
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