FOLKLORE OF WELLS [Illustration: Floating of lamps during the Kartik Bath.] FOLKLORE OF WELLS BEING A STUDY OF WATER-WORSHIP IN EAST AND WEST BY R. P. MASANI, M.A. BOMBAY: D. B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & Co. 1918 Printed by B. Miller, Superintendent, British India Press, Bombay. Published by D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction Pages xvii to xxvi. PART I. FOLKLORE OF BOMBAY WELLS. CHAPTER I. _SANCTITY OF WATER._ Origin of fevers—Wrath of Shiva—Story of Ekānterio, the malaria fiend—Closing of wells—Protests based on religious sentiments and supernatural beliefs—Scriptural injunctions for the use of well water—Opinions of Parsi scholars—Some Hindu beliefs and usages—Ceremoni…
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