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Definition of Fire walking
1. Noun. The ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Walking
Literary usage of Fire walking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"FIRE-WALKING IN SOUTHERN INDIA. (Vol. xii., p. 446.) In the recently issued
Bulletin (vol. iv., No. 1, 1901, p. 55) of the Madras Government Museum, ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1901)
"FIRE-WALKING IN INDIA. In the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (Vol.
... Mr. Beauchamp notes the curious fact that in Lndia fire-walking "is ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Fire-walking was usually associated with the spring festivals and was ...
For fire-walking as observed in the Madras presidency sec Indian Antiquary, vii. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1904)
"... CMG, gave an illustrated lecture on "The Fijians and their Fire-walking. ...
FIRE-WALKING. THE Author explained that the object of his Paper was to ..."