The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India (Vol. 1&2). William Crooke
THE HEROIC AND VILLAGE GODLINGS.
Worship of the Local Godlings.
Identification of the Local Godling.
The Worship of the Great Mothers.
Mother-worship in Upper India.
Worship of Dântan Deo and Lalitâ.
Worship of Dûlha Deo, the Bridegroom Godling.
The Demoniacal Theory of Disease.
Sîtalâ, the Goddess of Small-pox.
Connection of Sîtalâ with Human Sacrifice.
Journey forbidden during an Epidemic of Small-pox.
Observances during Small-pox Epidemics.
Hardaul Lâla, the Cholera Godling.
Exorcism of the Cholera Demon.
THE WORSHIP OF THE SAINTED DEAD.
Among the Aryans and Drâvidians.
Ancestors Re-born in Children.
Degradation of Ancestor-worship.