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Curiosities of Superstition by Davenport Adams

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CONTENTS.

I. Buddhism, its Origin and Ceremonies

II. Magianism: the Parsees

III. Jewish Superstitions

IV. Brahmanism

V. Hindu Mythology, and the Vishnu Purana

VI. In China: Confucianism, Taouism, and Buddhism

VII.

Among the Malays, the Slamatan Bromok, the Dyaks, the Papuan Tribes, the

Ahetas

VIII. The Savage Races of Asia: the Samojedes; the Mongols; the Ostiaks; in Tibet

IX. Some African Superstitions

X. The Zulu Witch-finders

XI. Zabianism and Serpent-Worship

XII. Polynesian Superstitions

XIII. The Fiji Islanders

XIV. The Religion of the Maories

XV. The North American Indians

XVI. Among the Eskimos

XVII. A Mediæval Superstition: the Flagellants

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