The folk-lore of China
- Subtitle
- and its affinities with that of the Aryan and Semitic races
N. B. (Nicholas Belfield) Dennys
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1. Front matter2. THE FOLK-LORE OF CHINA,3. PREFACE.4. CONTENTS.5. I.—INTRODUCTORY.6. II.—BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH.7. III.—DAYS AND SEASONS.8. IV.—PORTENTS OR OMENS, AUGURIES, LUCKY NUMBERS AND DREAMS.9. V.—CHARMS, SPELLS, AMULETS AND DIVINATIONS.10. VI.—SUPERSTITIONS AS TO VARIOUS SUBJECTS.11. VII.—GHOSTS, APPARITIONS, AND SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.12. VIII.—WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY.13. IX.—ELVES, FAIRIES, AND BROWNIES.14. X.—SERPENTS, DRAGONS, FABULOUS ANIMALS AND MONSTERS.15. XI.—SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING THE POWERS OF NATURE.16. XII.—LEGENDS OF LOCALITY, HOUSEHOLD TALES, &c.17. XIII.—FABLES AND PROVERBIAL LORE.18. INDEX.