Melusine
Martyrological notice
Melusine, vi 172, vii 39, 63, viii 77, ix, 193: ' Les pieds ou les genoux a rebours,' and Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, p. 234 n. So in Northern India, the churel, a kind of bhut or ghost, has his feet turned backwards, see Crooke, Popular Religion, pp. 149, 169, and Grierson, Bihar Peasant Life, p. 408, s.v. Kichin : see too Indian Antiquary for August, 1881, p. 229 n.
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (1905)
Melusine, vi 172, vii 39, 63, viii 77, ix, 193: ' Les pieds ou les genoux a rebours,' and Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, p. 234 n. So in Northern India, the churel, a kind of bhut or ghost, has his feet turned backwards, see Crooke, Popular Religion, pp. 149, 169, and Grierson, Bihar Peasant Life, p. 408, s.v. Kichin : see too Indian Antiquary for August, 1881, p. 229 n.