Author: Crooke, W.
Title: Popular Religion and Folk-Lore in Northern India, Vol. I & II
Description: Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1896. New Edition, orig.cloth. 23x14cm, (300)+(361)pp, TWO VOLUMES. Some small tears & chips to spine extremities. Binding corners bumped. Name inked on flylea. 14pp photoplates. Rubbed. Spines faded. Good. ¶ A small tear to the rear interior hinge of Vol. 1. Name inked on flyleaf. Corner margin of one plate creased. One page bears some pencilled marginal notes. Contents: [Vol. 1]: The Godlings of Nature; The Heroic & Village Godlings; The Godlings of Disease; The Worship of the Sainted Dead; Worship of the Malevolent Dead; [Vol. 2] The Evil Eye & the Scaring of Ghosts; Tree & Serpent Worship; Totemism & Fetishism; Animal-Worship; The Black Art; Some Rural Festivals & Ceremonies.

Keywords: History of Religion, Northern India, Folklore, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology, Myth Mythology, Popular Folk Belief, Hindu Hinduism