Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-fifty-046
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50-046
- Author or attribution
- Edgar Thurston
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1912
- Source / repository
- gutenberg.org
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — November 2026; Historical and literary sources; Historical Accounts and Colonial Records
Description and curator notes
Records southern ritual traditions, including Bhadrakali floor paintings, Tiyattu or Theeyattu performance and the Darika narrative. Printed pages 114–115 are a useful starting point. This is colonial ethnography, with terminology and judgments characteristic of its period.
Curator source KALI-50-046. Historical and literary sources. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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46 Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
Edgar Thurston • 1912
Historical ethnographic book • English
London: T. Fisher Unwin
Records southern ritual traditions, including Bhadrakali floor paintings, Tiyattu or Theeyattu performance and the Darika narrative. Printed pages 114–115 are a useful starting point. This is colonial ethnography, with terminology and judgments characteristic of its period.
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Citation
Edgar Thurston. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India. gutenberg.org. 1912. Historical ethnographic book • English
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