Title: Sinhalese Folklore Notes, Ceylon
Author: Arthur A. Perera
Release date: April 1, 2016 [eBook #51621]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024
Language: English
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The Sinhalese beliefs, customs and stories in the present collection were contributed by the writer to the Indian Antiquary fourteen years ago in a series of articles under the title of “Glimpses of Sinhalese Social Life”; they are now offered, amplified and rearranged, to the student of folklore in Ceylon, as a basis for further research. The writer has adopted the scheme of classification in the Folklore Society’s Hand Book of Folklore.
ARTHUR A. PERERA.
Belief and Practice.
| Chapter. | PAGES | |||||||
| 1. | The Earth and the Sky | 1 | ||||||
| 2. | The Vegetable World | 4 | ||||||
| 3. | The Animal World | 6 | ||||||
| 4. | Human Beings | 11 | ||||||
| 5. | Things made by man | 13 | ||||||
| 6. | The Soul and another Life | 14 | ||||||
| 7. | Superhuman Beings | 15 | ||||||
| 8. | Omens and Divination | 21 | ||||||
| 9. | The Magic Art | 23 | ||||||
| 10. | Disease and Leech-craft | 25 | ||||||
Customs.
| 11. | Social and Political Institutions | 26 | ||||||
| 12. | Rites of Individual Life | 32 | ||||||
| 13. | Occupations and Industries | 36 | ||||||
| 14. | Festivals | 40 | ||||||
| 15. | Games, Sports and Pastimes | 43 | ||||||
Stories, Songs and Sayings.
| 16. | Stories | 47 | ||||||
| 17. | Songs and Ballads | 51 | ||||||
| 18. | Proverbs, Riddles and Local Sayings | 54 | ||||||
Appendix.
Glossary of Sinhalese Folk terms from the Service Tenure Register (1872).