The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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Page 82
... supposed to be magicians and credited with the possession of the power to make corpses dance . Japanese seamen are afraid of the O - bake , the honorable ghosts of the persons who are drowned in the Cats are therefore kept on every ...
... supposed to be magicians and credited with the possession of the power to make corpses dance . Japanese seamen are afraid of the O - bake , the honorable ghosts of the persons who are drowned in the Cats are therefore kept on every ...
Page 84
... Speaking * Op . cit . , Vol . I. , p . 298 . + Sladen's The Japs at Home , p . 184 . Hearn's Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan , Vol . II . , p . 598 . of the supposed power of certain trees to cure toothache 84 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW .
... Speaking * Op . cit . , Vol . I. , p . 298 . + Sladen's The Japs at Home , p . 184 . Hearn's Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan , Vol . II . , p . 598 . of the supposed power of certain trees to cure toothache 84 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW .
Page 85
of the supposed power of certain trees to cure toothache , I may mention a curious superstition about the yanagi , or willow tree . Sufferers from toothache sometimes stick needles into the tree , believing that the pain caused to the ...
of the supposed power of certain trees to cure toothache , I may mention a curious superstition about the yanagi , or willow tree . Sufferers from toothache sometimes stick needles into the tree , believing that the pain caused to the ...
Page 86
... supposed to have the property of curing toothache . * A tree Japanese Dream - lore . - Like every other nation on the surface of the globe , the Japanese entertain various beliefs about dreams and have diverse methods for inter- preting ...
... supposed to have the property of curing toothache . * A tree Japanese Dream - lore . - Like every other nation on the surface of the globe , the Japanese entertain various beliefs about dreams and have diverse methods for inter- preting ...
Page 88
... supposed to leave the body and go out to play . If anybody is awakened all of a sudden and violently , it is believed that he would die , because his soul , being absent from the body , cannot return to it after he is awakened . The ...
... supposed to leave the body and go out to play . If anybody is awakened all of a sudden and violently , it is believed that he would die , because his soul , being absent from the body , cannot return to it after he is awakened . The ...
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