Folklore of Gujarat

Contents: 1. Nature powers. 2. The Heroic Godlings. 3. Disease deities. 4. The worship of ancestors and saints. 5. The worship of the malevolent dead. 6. The evil eye and the scaring of ghosts. 7. Tree and Serpent worship. 8. Totemism and Fetishism. 9. Animal worship. 10. Witchcraft. 11. General.

"The great epic like Ramayana and Mahabharata are known to each and every scholars and readers in India but regional folk epics remains largely unexplored. However in Western India especially in Gujarat numerous epics are existed. Gujarat is accumulated with various culture, complex traditions and rituals etc.

The book contains essays on many aspects of folklore exhibits the variety and important Gujarat folk rituals and attitudes." (jacket)