![]() ![]() XIX Immortality aud reappeaiauce, ideas apparently common to the whole human race, are widely spread attributes of Indian holy men, the title of Saint Apparent Zahir Pir being by no means limited to the mixed Hindu-Musalman canonised warrior Guru Gugga, and in these pages we have a case in which the opposing saintly personages, Hindu and Musalman, on both sides of a sectarian struggle kill each other and all become living, i.īakki eats up the butter of ten buffaloes. Metamorphosis is a belief that has struck its roots deeply into the minds of the Indian folk, and hence we find it constantly occurring in the hagiological legends. In their struggleswith the human or heroic races their methods, though necessarily differing from those of the males of their class, are in each case of the same nature. The axle binds the shaft and the spokes bind the axle The axle-tree lies on the ground fastened by strong chains Wheel works with wheel as a king with his courtiers The whole machine creaks as a beggar among husbandmen The pitchers clink as they come up full of pure water. Besides charms against snake-bite there are mentioned some as existing against sorcerers, i. The importance of these to the people is further emphasised by the fact that when charms are mentioned it is in every case but one for the prevention or cure of snake-bite, perhaps the greatest dread of all of the Indian peasant, a situation in which he probably feels more helpless and more inclined to invoke supernatural aid than in any other. ![]()
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