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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat — A. M. T. Jackson

Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat

A. M. T. Jackson

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  • Book language: English
  • 322 pages

A collection of folklore notes from Gujarat, gathered around 1900 through questionnaires sent to schoolmasters and published in 1914. Compiled from materials collected by A. M. T. Jackson and prepared for print by R. E. Enthoven. It offers a window into the customs, beliefs and stories of rural communities in western India.

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FOLKLORE NOTES.
VOL. I GUJARAT.
Original Title Page.
FOLK LORE NOTES.
Vol. I-GUJARAT.

COMPILED FROM MATERIALS COLLECTED

BY

the late A. M. T. JACKSON, indian civil service.

R. E. ENTHOVEN, c.i.e., i.c.s.

BRITISH INDIA PRESS, MAZGAON

BOMBAY.

1914

INTRODUCTION.

The circumstances attending the murder of Mr. A. M. T. Jackson in Nasik in

December 1909 led to the raising of a small subscription among his friends, to

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Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION.
  2. QUESTIONS ON FOLKLORE.
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. THE FOLKLORE OF GUJARAT NATURE POWERS CHAPTER I
  5. CHAPTER II. HEROIC GODLINGS
  6. CHAPTER III. DISEASE DEITIES.
  7. CHAPTER IV. WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS AND SAINTS.
  8. CHAPTER V. WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.
  10. CHAPTER VII. TREE AND SERPENT WORSHIP.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
  12. CHAPTER IX. ANIMAL WORSHIP.
  13. CHAPTER X. WITCHCRAFT.
  14. CHAPTER XI. GENERAL.
  15. Colophon
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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