Holidays Around the World, 6th Ed.
Holidays Around the World, 6th Ed.

Author: James Chambers

Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 4510

ISBN-13: 0780816587

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A comprehensive reference guide that covers over 3,500 observances. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes.

Folklore of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonials
Folklore of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonials

Author: B. A. Gupte

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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This work originated after the opinions of various scholars were strung together. J. Bryants system of analysis of ancient mythology tells us that the first ray of religion appeared with the devotion to the unaccountable phenomena of Nature and the Deity, which they originally worshiped, was the sun. The Hindu Ratha-saptami, Sankrant and Kapila-Shasthi are the examples.The early religions of the Hindus, like other religions have a close intimacy with the time and seasons and most of the Hindu festivals seem to have a close intimacy with the time and seasons and most of the Hindu festivals seem to have been based on changes of the season and others on natural phenomena. Ganesh and Gauri represent the death and resurrection of the season so do Vatsavitri, Diwali and Holi. The worship of the symbols of creative power, represented by Lord Shiva and Parvati are more modern as Shiva, Parvati, Nandi, the bull of Shiva, the Lion of Parvati and even Ganesh of the shavite are taken from the signs of zodiac.Story after story has been inserted to increase the number of fasts and feasts and advice is given everywhere to support them.

Folklore
Folklore

Author: Joseph Jacobs

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 708

ISBN-13:

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Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.

Tamil Temple Myths
Tamil Temple Myths

Author: David Dean Shulman

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 1400856922

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South India is a land of many temples and shrines, each of which has preserved a local tradition of myth, folklore, and ritual. As one of the first Western scholars to explore this tradition in detail, David Shulman brings together the stories associated with these sacred sites and places them in the context of the greater Hindu religious tradition. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.