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Index.
Bantu : {see also Amazulu ; Ba- Ronga ; Barotse ; Bavili ; Bechuanas ; Benga ; Duala ; Herero ; Kafirs ; Kamba ; Konde ; Mashukulumbwe ; Mpon- gwe ; Nyanja ; and Swahili) ; leopard sacred animal, 239
Baobab-tree : bags &c. made from fibres, Gallas, 324
Baperi, Basuto clan, 445
Baptism : beliefs giving rise to, 259- 60; Buddhist, 263 ; fasting anciently preceded, 394 ; Germany, ancient, 262-3, 265; Jews, 264; Maoris, 263-4; Mexico, ancient, 261-2 ; Mongolia, 263 ; Rome, ancient, 264 ; Tibet, 263 ; unbaptized buried after sun- down, Crathie, 85 ; unbaptized child becomes river god, Russia, 273, brings bad luck, Bohemia &c., 261, future of, Ireland, 278, stolen, Olden- burg, 275 ; used in witchcraft, 261 ; at wells, England, 253-4, 258 ; Yoruba, 263 ; Yucatan, 262
Barbadoes : mysteriously disturbed grave vault, 379-86, 388-90
Barcoo river, see Kurnandaburi tribe ; and Yantruwunta tribe
Bardsey : as Hades, 140
Bareta tribe, 323
Barley bannock, at riding of Lang- holm Marches, 336
Bametby : origin of name, 353
Barnwell : children dipped in seven wells, 255
Ba-Ronga : word yila, 238
Barotse : staff of chief Santuru, 239 ; worship Nyambi, 239
Barrenness, see Birth customs and beliefs
Barrier Range : tribal organisation, 184
Barton, W. R. C. : Burial of Ampu- tated Limbs, 82-3
Basques: folktale, 193
Basutoland : Bapedi or Baperi, a Basuto clan, 445 ; bathing rite, 264 ; man- kind from morass, 269 ; mourning customs, 406 ; string game, 327-8
Bathing : baths haunted by evil spirits, Palestine, 58-62 ; ceremonial, of child, Goths &c. , 264-5, Upper Egypt, 261 ; cures barrenness, Pales- tine, 55, 271 ; fertilizes mothers, India «!v:c., 271-2; formul3e used in, Palestine, 61-2 ; as mourning cus- tom, B. Columbia, 398 ; on pil- grimages, India, 393
Battas : bathing, ritual, 264 Battlements, see Fortifications Bavaria : {see also Pfalz ; and Regens- burg) ; pixies bring changelings,
Bavili : bathing rite, 264 : " cate- gories," 235-7, 442 ; folktale, 239 ; Maloango, paramount chief, 235
Bear : in animal cycle, China, 119
Beast fables, 12, 16-7, 20
Beating : with broom stops growth, Shropshire, 359 ; " farm devil," Sierra Leone Protectorate, 426-7 ; during sacrifice to Isis, Egypt, 393 ; scapegoat, Rome, 434 ; with willow rod stops growth, Herefordshire, 359
Beaune : statuette of Dis Pater, 136-7
Bechuanas : mourning customs, 406
Beirut : St. George killed dragon, 61
Belgium : folktale, 193 ; no trace of God-mallet, 137
Beli as king of Hades, 140
Bell : cult of. Gonds, 104-5, Todas, 104 ; sacred, Hindus, 105
Bellary : agricultural superstitions,
331-5 Belper : well to cure diseases, 256-7 Bemba : folktale, 240 Ben Edar : in folktale, 27 Benga : deity Nyambi, 239 Bengal Presidency, see Agra ; Jes-
sore ; and Tipperahs Benin : ematon staff, 239 ; folktale, 239 Berries, see Fruit and vegetables in
folklore Besan : bloodstains at shrine, 59 ;
oaths at local shrine, 69 Besford : charm to prevent casting of
calves, 437 Besisi tribe : harvest carnival, 455 Bethlehem : in legend of Joseph, 75 Betrothal customs and beliefs, see
Courting customs and beliefs Bhadrapada, month of, see September Bharhut, carvings at, 13 Bhilsa, see Sanchi Bibliography of folklore, 8 Bini tribe, see Benin Birds in folklore : {see also Crane ;
Crow ; Cuckoo ; Dove ; Fowls ;
Goose ; Lapwing ; Magpie ; Parrot ;
Pigeon ; Raven ; Stork ; Swallow ;
Woodpecker; aw(/Wren); contain
souls of unborn, Malay tribes, 455 ;
eating green bird causes hydro- phobia, Greek islands, 329
