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About The Book : This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my “Ethnographic Notes in Southern India" (1906), It is stated that the confused chapter devoted omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery, etc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if worked up, would furnish material for a volume, is chapter has now been remodelled. The area dealt with (roughly, 182,000 square miles, with a population of 47,800,000). About The Author : Edgar Thurston CIE (1855 – 1935) was a superintendent at the Madras Government Museum who contributed to studies in the Zoology, Ethnology and botany of India and published works related to his work at the museum. Thurston was educated in medicine and lectured in anatomy at the Madras Medical College while also holding his position at the museum. His early works were on numismatics and geology and these were followed by researches in Anthropology and Ethnography. He succeeded Frederick S. Mullaly as the superintendent of ethnography for the Madras Presidency. The Title 'Omens and superstitions of southern India written/authored/edited by Edgar Thurston', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121264204 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 352 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-