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The Religious Life of India the Village Gods of South India

1921

I am still of opinion that the totemistic theory: of the origin of the sacrifices to the grEma-devatis or village14 THE VILLAGE GODS OF SOUTH INDIA goddesses as distinct from the offerings made to the spirits of ancestors or other deities is on the whole 1;. [...] Professor Elmore conjectures from these stories that the sacrifices symbolize the dire punisment and disgrace of a conquered enemy." The cuting off of the head the putting the foreleg in the Mouth the smearing of the nose with fat and the putting of a lighted lamp' upon the forehead are in this theory intended to express " air supreme humiliation of a feared despised and defeated ene [...] Finally the cart is dragged to the boundary of the village lands and thrown into the territory of the adjacent village in order to transfer to it the angry spirit of Ikamamma. [...] The people at the shrine gave the name of the fish as something like ullai ; but the translator of the district and sessions court of South Arcot told me that the fish on which Mir chi and Madurai-Viran are seated is the ullan fish which is a sea-fish that runs up the river in flood-times when the bar is open.. [...] At the same time they are supposed to priltect.tanks and when the flood rises to a dangerous point it is said that one of the Kannigais in the shape of a little child runs through the village knocking at the doors and calling up the villagers to come and protect the blind.
philosophy religion
Pages
194
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144120
Segment Pages Author Actions
Editorial Preface
1-10 Henry Whitehead view
Introduction
11-15 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter I. Leading Features of the Religion
16-22 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter II. Names Characters and Functiosns of the Villaw Gods
23-ii Henry Whitehead view
Chapter II. The Cult Shrines Symboles Ministrants Festivals
35-47 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter IV. Modes of Worship in the Telugu Country
48-iv Henry Whitehead view
Chapter V. Modes of Worship in the Canarese Country
71-viii Henry Whitehead view
Chapter VI. Modes of Worship in the Tamil Country
89-111 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter VII. Folklore of the Village Gods of South India
112-138 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter VIII. Probable Origin of the Worship of Village Gods
139-151 Henry Whitehead view
Chapter IX. Social Moral and Religious Influence of the System
152-158 Henry Whitehead view
Appendices
159-164 Henry Whitehead view
Glossary of Indian Terms
165-166 Henry Whitehead view
Index
167-175 Henry Whitehead view
Backmatter
i-i Henry Whitehead view

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