The Folklore of China, and Its Affinities with That of the Aryan and Semitic Races

By Nicholas Belfield Dennys

Book Overview

1876. This work contains a series of articles which lend a better knowledge of Chinese popular beliefs. Contents: introductory; birth, marriage and death; days and seasons; portents or omens, auguries, lucky numbers and dreams; charms, spells, amulets and divinations; superstitions as to various subjects; ghosts, apparitions and supernatural beings; witchcraft and demonology; elves, fairies and brownies; serpents, dragons, fabulous animals and monsters; superstitions regarding the powers of nature; legends of locality, household tales, etc.; fables and proverbial lore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1171748825
• ISBN13: 9781171748823
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"