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LoC No.: 17016017
Title: Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions
Contents: Buddhism, its origin and ceremonies -- Magianism: the Parsees -- Jewish superstitions -- Brahmanism -- Hindu mythology, and the Vishnu Purana -- In China: Confucianism, Taouism, and Buddhism -- Among the Malays, the Slamatan Bromok, the Dyaks, the Papuan tribes, the Ahetas -- The savage races of Asia: the Samojedes; the Mongols; the Ostiaks; in Tibet -- Some African superstitions -- The Zulu witch-finders -- Zabianism and serpent-worship -- Polynesian superstitions -- The Fiji islanders -- The religion of the Maories -- The North American Indians -- Among the Eskimos -- A mediæval superstition: the flagellants -- Scottish superstitions: Halloween -- Second sight; divination; universality of certain superstitions; fairies in Scotland.
Credits: E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //archive.org)
Author: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
EBook No.: 41566
Published: Dec 5, 2012
Downloads: 125
Language: English
Subject: Folklore
Subject: Superstition
Subject: Religions
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 17016017
Title: Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions
Contents: Buddhism, its origin and ceremonies -- Magianism: the Parsees -- Jewish superstitions -- Brahmanism -- Hindu mythology, and the Vishnu Purana -- In China: Confucianism, Taouism, and Buddhism -- Among the Malays, the Slamatan Bromok, the Dyaks, the Papuan tribes, the Ahetas -- The savage races of Asia: the Samojedes; the Mongols; the Ostiaks; in Tibet -- Some African superstitions -- The Zulu witch-finders -- Zabianism and serpent-worship -- Polynesian superstitions -- The Fiji islanders -- The religion of the Maories -- The North American Indians -- Among the Eskimos -- A mediæval superstition: the flagellants -- Scottish superstitions: Halloween -- Second sight; divination; universality of certain superstitions; fairies in Scotland.
Credits: E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //archive.org)
Author: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
EBook No.: 41566
Published: Dec 5, 2012
Downloads: 125
Language: English
Subject: Folklore
Subject: Superstition
Subject: Religions
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.