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or head of the Rue, a Neapolitan talisman—Tying together the garmen ts of
man and wife is common to different lands—Moc,ui and Arab marriajje customs
— Rue, its significance in England— Witchcraft in India and in the British Isles
The white witch doctors of the South of England— Herefordshire cure for
whooping-cough— Good Friday bread—Divination in India to discover a thief
It was practised by the ancient Greeks, and in Herefordshire down to recent
times—Dressing up a boy as a girl that it may be passed over by the evil spirits,
an Indian custom, which is not unknown in Ital)'— A singular German
superstition . . . . . . . 138-170
CHAPTER XI
THE WILD HUNTSMAN OF NORTHERN EUROPE AND HIS POSSIBLE ASIATIC
ORIGIN
General Sir Alexr. Cunningham's views regarding Buddha and Woden—Mons.
Holmboe's work on Buddhism in Norway— His conjectures on this subject
Missionary Bishops in Europe—Odin and his wife Freyja— Striking resemblance
of the houses in Norway to some of those in the Himalayas . . 171-177
CHAPTER Xn
ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER CUSTOMS
Great similarity between the domestic architecture of Kashmir, of some of the
Himalayan valleys, of Switzerland, and of Norway—Religious architecture
The Muhammedan Mosques of India and certain churches in the South of France
—Hindu grove temples, and their counterparts in Norway—Some old wooden
churches in Norway resemble Chinese Pagodas—Tavernier's
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description of a
Hindi! temple at Benares which was destroyed by the Moghul Emperor
Aurangzeb—The ceremonies he witnessed there— Religious worship in India
Incense 17S-192
CHAPTER Xni
SPAIN, OR FURTHER EUROPE
Many Spanish customs are very Eastern in character—Musarabic Ritual at Toledo
Church bells silent in Holy Week— Similar custom at Naples, and in France
also—Excitement in the island nf Corfu when the bells begin to ring again, and
in the island of Cuba also—The substitute adopted in Spanish churches when the
bells are silent is similar to the apparatus used in Hindi! temples at the most
solemn part of their worship—The Persian method of warming an apartment is
common in Spain—The Kangri of Kashmir and the Scaldino of Florence— Spanish
customs of mourning for the dead—Sculptures in the cloisters of the Cathedral
at Tarragona contain much Indian symbolism— Conclusion . . 193-212
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