INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SINHALESE FOLKLORE NOTES.
CHAPTER I.
THE EARTH AND THE SKY.
CHAPTER II.
THE VEGETABLE WORLD.
CHAPTER III.
THE ANIMAL WORLD.
CHAPTER IV.
HUMAN BEINGS.
CHAPTER V.
THINGS MADE BY MAN.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SOUL AND ANOTHER LIFE.
CHAPTER VII.
SUPERHUMAN BEINGS.
CHAPTER VIII.
OMENS AND DIVINATION.
CHAPTER IX.
THE MAGIC ART.
CHAPTER X.
DISEASE AND LEECHCRAFT.
CHAPTER XI.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER XII.
RITES OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
CHAPTER XIII.
OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES.
CHAPTER XIV.
FESTIVALS.
CHAPTER XV.
GAMES, SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
CHAPTER XVI.
STORIES.
CHAPTER XVII.
SONGS AND BALLADS .
CHAPTER XVIII.
PROVERBS, RIDDLES AND LOCAL SAYINGS.
APPENDIX.
GLOSSARY OF SINHALESE FOLK TERMS APPEARING IN THE SERVICE TENURE REGISTER (1872.)
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