The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India (Vol. 1&2). William Crooke

Yawning.

       Sneezing.

       The Hands and Feet.

       The Ears.

       Varieties of Bhûts.

       The Pret.

       The Pisâcha.

       The Râkshasa.

       Power of Lengthening Themselves.

       Night Spirits.

       Râkshasas as Builders.

       Modern Râkshasas.

       Brâhman Ghosts.

       The Deo.

       The Bîr.

       The Dâno.

       The Daitya.

       The Headless Horseman.

       The Ghostly Army.

       Masân.

       Tola.

       Airi.

       Hill Demons.

       Birth Fiends.

       The Parî and Jinn.

       The Ghoul.

       The Baghaut.

       The Churel.

       Eating Food in Spirit Land.

       Modes of Repelling the Churel.

       Counting.

       The Couvade.

       Various Birth Ceremonies.

       Places Infested by Bhûts: Burial Places.

       Deserts.

       Owls and Bats.

       Ghosts and Burial Grounds.

       Mutilation.

       Ghosts of Old Ruins.

       Mine and Cave Spirits.

       Cave Deities.

       Bhûts Treasure Guardians.

       Fairy Gifts.

       Underground Treasure.

       Ghosts of Roads.

       Ghosts of Empty Houses.

       Ghosts of Flowers.

       The Hearth.

       Ghosts of Filthy Places.

       The House Roof.

      FOLK-LORE OF NORTHERN INDIA.

       Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I.

       Table of Contents

      THE GODLINGS OF NATURE.

       Table of Contents

      Ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἐτεύξ’ ἐν δ’ οὐρανὸν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν

      ἠέλιόν τ’ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν,

      ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ’ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται

      Πληϊάδασ θ’ Ὑάδας τε, τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος

      Ἄρκτον θ’, ἣν καὶ ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν,

      ἣτ αὐτοῦ στρέφαται καί τ’ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει,