Lexicographical Neighbors of Bhuts
Literary usage of Bhuts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the Countries Adjoining the Mountain by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1842)
"... of the Hanu Pass—Magnificent View—Descent of the Mountain—The bhuts ...
of the bhuts—Incense-dishes—Mode of Salaam-ing—The Hanu Stream—A Consultation—A ..."
2. The Gardeners' Dictionary: Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables by George W. Johnson (1877)
"bhuts coif nut. VERA'TRUM. (From veré, truly, and ater, black; colour of the roots.
.... bhuts ..."
3. Festivals & Folklore of Gilgit by Ghulam Muhammad (1905)
"With the household bhuts and with the sept bhuts the pahan or priest has nothing
to do. ... and through them of the village bhuts. ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"The fact was that the bhuts, unseen by him, ate it as soon as it was cooked.
At this his alarm increased, and he began to think ..."
5. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1917)
"Other evil beings are the ghosts of the dead, the bhuts, in so far as they ...
The bhuts are particularly feared by women and children, and at the time of ..."
6. Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling: Illustrated by Numerous Incantations by Charles Godfrey Leland (1891)
"Scraping together a few rupees, he went to the village gooroo and promised that
worthy a reward if he would only exorcise the bhuts and get them to " make ..."
7. ... Indian [mythology] by Arthur Berriedale Keith, Albert Joseph Carnoy (1917)
"Other evil beings are the ghosts of the dead, the bhuts, in so far as they ...
The bhuts are particularly feared by women and children, and at the time of ..."
8. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"... not for the sake of gods are gods dear, but for the ego's sake are gods dear;
not for the sake of bhuts (spirits) are ..."
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