INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Skeat, Walter William
Dead, graves of the sainted, 62, 64–70, 163, 405; malignant spirits of the, 103, 325, 327–329; disposal of the, 397–408
Deer, theory about the origin of the, 170, 171; hunting, 171–179; charms connected with, 171, 174–179
Deities, 85–93, 545, 546
Demons, 93–106; see also Birth-spirits, Genii, Ghosts, Spectre Huntsman, Spirits
Dew, origin of, 4
Dewa (deities), 88 (note)
Divination, used by the tiger, 159, 160; to ascertain a child’s horoscope, 333; for medical purposes, 409–414; various forms of, 535–561; thieves discovered by, 537–542; with magic squares, 555–558; with aspect-compasses, 558–561
Diving, ordeal by, 542–544
Divining rod, 542
Dogs, hunting, 181, 182; lucky, 182; unlucky, 183; wild, 183
Dragon, mythical, surrounding the world, 6; dragons, the cause of floods and eclipses, 10–12; associated with mountains, 13, 14; the cause of landslips, 14; as aspect-compasses, 146, 561
Dreams, omens from, 142, 144, 305, 562, 563; legend illustrating the importance attached to, 563–566
Dress, description of an old-time raja’s, 29–32; taboos connected with, 33, 34; of dancing girls, 460, 461, 464; of actors, 517–521
Dugong, ideas about the, 307, 308
Durian, ideas and ceremonies connected with the, 197–199
Eagle-wood, ideas about, 206–212
Ear-boring ceremony, 45, 46, 359
Earth, creation of the, 1–5; navel of the, 3; theories of the shape and position of the, 5, 6; legend about the heart of the, 19–21
Earthquakes, cause of, 5
Earth-spirit, propitiating the, 230–233, 506, 507
Eclipses, cause of, 11–13; precautions taken by pregnant women during, 350–352
Eel, origin of the, 308
Elephant, tusks, the royal right to, 35; superstitious dread of the, 149–151; towns, 151–153; princess, 152, 153; ghost or sacred, 153; other ideas about the, 153, 154; hunting the, 155, 156
Evil eye, 534
Evil influences, see Badi, Spirits
Fairies, good, 105, 106
Fasting, places for, 71; rules of, 81, 82
Feasts, 42, 74
Fighting cocks, different kinds of, 479, 480
Fights, buffalo, 468–474; cock, 475–483
Figures, mystic, used in divination, 555–561
Finger, reason of length of middle, 20; staining with henna, 375–377, 388, 389, 392
Fire, production of, 317, 318; charms, 318; lustration by, 319, 342, 343
Firmament, ideas about the, 5
First-fruits, ceremonial treatment of, 225, 226, 235–249
Fish, ideas about the origin of, 187, 306–309; powers of transformation of, 191, 192, 310; ceremonies connected with catching, 310–317; taboos connected with, 314, 315; charms, 315–317
Fishermen, superstitious ideas of, 192
Five times, system of the, 545–547
Five moments, system of the, 547, 548
Floods, cause of, 10