The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India Volume II

The success of this book has been much beyond my expectations. That a considerable edition has been exhausted within a few months after publication proves that it meets a want. I have now practically re-written the book and have taken the opportunity of introducing a considerable amount of fresh information collected in the course of the Ethnographical Survey of the North-Western Provinces the results of which will be separately published. For the illustrations which now appear for the first time I am indebted to the photographic skill of Mr. J. O’Neal of the Thomason Engineering College Rurki. I could have wished that they could have been drawn from a wider area. But Hardwar and its shrines are very fairly representative of popular Hinduism in Northern India. Contents: 1. The Evil Eye and the Scaring of Ghosts 2. Tree and Serpent Worship 3. Totemism and Fetishism 4. Animal-worship 5. The Black Art 6. Some Rural Festivals and Ceremonies Index.