Author(s)

P. Vijisha^*, E. K. Govinda Varma Raja

School of Folklore Studies, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.

The strengthening of mental power will help the patients to overcome their unrest. Mental unrest of an individual is the product of the folk which he/she belongs. The folk itself have found out the remedy for it as traditional rituals. The traditional practitioners have developed certain tools and technologies with the help of indigenous knowledge. It was examined with the case studies practised in north Kerala.

Magical Rituals, Traditional Practice, Indigenous Knowledge

Vijisha, P. and Raja, E. (2015) Elements of Magical Rituals: A Traditional Practice of North Kerala. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 282-287. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.311034.