Thibetans' "Praying Wheel."

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7903, 1 August 1904, Page 4

Thibetans' "Praying Wheel."

Io the Yellow God, the Black God, the White God, and 'the Green God.—Please kindly take us -all up with you, and do not leave us unprotected, but destroy' our enemies." _Such a prayer is to be found on a libetan praying- wheel, said Mr A. E. Wright at a meeting of the Folklore Society, held in Allbbmapje-st. London, W., last month.

The Tibetan is a martyr to folklore, ; conceiving,, as he does, his spirituqj life to 'be a stri^o-gile. against demons wMch are just a as hard to> conquer as the passes and deserts of his country. A novel feature of this prayer wheel which the Tibetan spends much of his time in turning is that if :turnod the wrong way everytMnjw :before is undone. ■■••■■ . ui 1"?^;■-■ mo!lith- : news .: was received tHat the .British expeditipin in Tibet 'had heard the natives imitating cries, of animals, thinking by 'this means they would be able to disI pel our troops. No.. Soubt, said Mr I vvraght, the cries were aivincaai%taon by the superstitious ' tibfetaiis i borne of the articles used by, the libetans m- their devotions are very ga-uesome. A human thigh: bonq covered with human slcm is i used ■■as/a horn "for exorcising demons and to draw the souf from hell. ; A double drum made-from two halves of. a-skull; the sldi covering being that of a human ibeiilgi,^ IJlaced on the altar of certain fiend defies m;the Tibetan religion. -