Local fetishism found in Aryan countries eventually found its way into certain primitive Parsi rituals
This extract from Sir Rustom Masani’s book Folklore of Wells: Being a Study of Water Worship in East and West (1918) shared with Parsiana by scholar Dr Simin Patel deals with quaint Parsi beliefs regarding deities residing in wells.
Close to Nowroji Wadia’s house was a well, a habitat of spirits. The owner of the house, a Parsi lady, was asked to cover the well. In view of the sad experience of the fate of the owner of the neighboring house she was reluctant to do anything that might offend the spirits, but the Malaria Department was insistent. She therefore first......