Sinhalese Folklore Notes, Ceylon
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Chapters (48)
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- SINHALESE FOLKLORE NOTES. CHAPTER I. THE EARTH AND THE SKY.
- CHAPTER II. THE VEGETABLE WORLD.
- CHAPTER III. THE ANIMAL WORLD.
- CHAPTER IV. HUMAN BEINGS.
- CHAPTER V. THINGS MADE BY MAN.
- CHAPTER VI. THE SOUL AND ANOTHER LIFE.
- CHAPTER VII. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS.
- CHAPTER VIII. OMENS AND DIVINATION.
- CHAPTER IX. THE MAGIC ART.
- CHAPTER X. DISEASE AND LEECHCRAFT.
- CHAPTER XI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER XII. RITES OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
- CHAPTER XIII. OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES.
- CHAPTER XIV. FESTIVALS.
- CHAPTER XV. GAMES, SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
- CHAPTER XVI. STORIES.
- CHAPTER XVII. SONGS AND BALLADS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. PROVERBS, RIDDLES AND LOCAL SAYINGS.
- APPENDIX. GLOSSARY OF SINHALESE FOLK TERMS APPEARING IN THE SERVICE TENURE REGISTER (1872.)
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- T
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- W
- Y
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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