Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
Edgar Thurston
Ratgeber / Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung
Beschreibung
This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. Edgar Thurston CIE (1855-1935) was a superintendent at the Madras Government Museum who contributed to studies in the zoology, ethnology and botany of India and published works related to his work at the museum. Thurston was educated in medicine and lectured in anatomy at the Madras Medical College while also holding his position at the museum. His early works were on numismatics and geology and this was followed later by his researches in anthropology and ethnography.
Kundenbewertungen
Travancore traditions, Indian ethnology, Psychical life, Ethnographic studies, Anthropological research, Cultural superstitions, Native beliefs, South Indian folklore, Botany of Southern India, Madras Presidency