Buddhist and Confucian beliefs differ on souls’ knowledge of their afterlife resting places.
Paper Streamers placed on graves. Old Chinese Customs.
Tag: Superstition
China. Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead.
In Ngan-hwei, paper-houses are burnt to convey necessities to the deceased, a persistent ancient custom.
Variegated dress known as that of the “hundred families”.
In China, a tradition involves creating a child’s dress from begged cloth pieces to invoke blessings and protection, known as “Peh-kia-i.”
THE VAMPIRE AND ST MICHAEL
THE VAMPIRE AND ST MICHAEL. COSSACK FAIRY TALES.
ICONS. THE VLADIMIR MADONNA.
Note on the Vladimir Madonna, Vladimirskaya.- Note on the St Alexis Icon. By Robert Steele, Leonard Wharton.
Tibet. Mo divination with bones, also called Sho-mo.
Mo is a form of foresight (also known as divination) that is part of Tibetan culture and religion.
The Magic word Abracadabra as magical power.
Abracadabra. A charm. It is regarded as the word that in most languages has the same pronunciation.
Evenk Shaman. A Tungusian Priest, in the Vicinity of the Argun.
THE Evenks (Formerly Tungusian) are pagans of the sect of the Shamans.
A Female Shaman, or Sorceress of Krasnojarsk.
Magician, Shamane, Devineresse, Krasnojarsk, Siberia, Russia,