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Contents: Preface. 1. Sivaji as epic hero/James W. Laine. 2. Mumbaichi Lavni: The first Marathi poem on industrial civilisation/Dilip Chitre. 3. Types of river goddesses in Maharashtra/Anne Feldhaus. 4. The impact of Christianity on the Mahars of Ahmadnagar district/Traude Pillai-Vetschera. 5. The folklore of pride: three components of contemporary Dalit belief/Eleanor Zelliot. 6. The living past: the first farmers of Maharashtra and their successors/M.K. Dhavalikar. 7. Gopalpur-kala: some aspects of the history of the sacred places south of Pandharpur/Erik Reenberg Sand. 8. The folk festival (jatra) in the religious traditions of Maharashtra: the case of Khandoba/Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer. 9. Folk culture, folk religion, and oral tradition in Maharashtrian culture/P.B. Mande. 10. Some aspects of folk religion in the Konkan and Desh regions of Maharashtra/M.N. Deshpande. 11. On relations amongst bhuts, gods and men: aspects of folk religion and law in pre-British Maharashtra/N.K. Wagle. 12. Some multi-purpose aspects of Indian folklore/Durga Bhagvat. 13. Folk perception and saints' perception/R.C. Dhere. Indices: 1. General index. Index of Indic words.