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"Margaret Stutley is the author, with her husband, of A Dictionary of Hinduism, an indispensable reference work based on many years of research. In the present volume she draws on her study of religious cults and folklore to provide an introduction to the ancient magic and folklore of India. But the main source is the Atharvaveda, compiled about 1400 B.C. and containing much earlier lore, some of it originating in Sumeria, Babylonia, Iran and ancient Egypt." "The book demonstrates that there are many parallels between Indian and European folklore, since both Europeans and the north-western Indian peoples are of Caucasian origin. The wearing of lucky charms, talismans and amulets is common to both, as well as the belief in lucky and unlucky days, birds and animals, the fear of curses and of the evil eye - still common in Africa, the Mediterranean countries and the East. Another common element is the fear of demonic possession, which has increased so much in the West that in 1972 the Bishop of Exeter set up a commission to devise the ritual for the exorcizing of evil spirits from people and haunted places."--BOOK JACKET.

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Author

Margaret Stutley, 1917-

Publisher

Great Eastern Book Co

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9780877737124

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Psychology