INDEX
Adoption into new clan, [250]
Aithiageni, [178]
Ambui, [178]
Anjiru, [173], [177], [184], [231], [248]
Ankole, [20]
Anzuzu, [174]
Assyrian beliefs, [27], [29], [30]
Atui, [174]
Ba-Hima or Ba-Huma tribe, [20]
Bead, oath of the sacred, [241]
Beech, Mr, [125]
Bee-keeping, [251]
Birth, superstitions regarding, [154]
Blessing by medicine man, [137]
Blessing and purification in Kikuyu, [134]
Blood brotherhood, [249]
Brutzer, Rev., [24]
Bull, dedication of, [140]
Bull roarer, [37]
Burial ceremonies, Kikuyu, [98]–101
Buxton, Lord, [298]
Cæsar on the Druids, [228]
Carriers, loss of, in war, [287]
Celibacy, [42]
Charms, [194]
Chera, [177]
Chyulu Mountains, [263]
Circumcision ceremonial, [77] et seq.
Compensation for murder, loss of, [230] et seq.
Councils, working of, [209] et seq.
Councils, working of, among Kamba, [219]
Crops, planting of, [75], [140]
Curse, the dying, [145]
Dances, Kikuyu, [266] et seq.
Death ceremonial, [97] et seq.
Desertion from employer, causes of, [283]
Dogilani Masai, [93]
Dorobo, [101], [121], [146], [167], [186], [244], [253]
Druids, functions of, [228]
Du Cros, Miss, [5]
Dundas, Hon. C., [5], [29], [62], [88], [128], [132], [142], [155], [179], [186], [207], [237], [255], [257]
Dundas, Hon. K., [88], [89], [225]
Eclipses, [259]
Eithaga, [165], [173], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183]
Elders, curse for disobedience of, [226]
——, duty of, [221]
——, partial immunity of from thahu, [127]
—— of the shrine, [225]
Elgeyo, [21]
El-Konono, [167]
Emberre, [246]
Enjabini, [253]
Eombi, [174]
Exorcism of dying curse, [151]
Evil eye, [177]
Famine, 1900, [38]
Fertility ceremony, [76]
Fig tree, sacred, [52]
Fire, extinction of in a hut, [133]
——, legend regarding origin of, [264]
——, making of, [68]
Firstfruits of harvest, [74] [[310]]
Flogging in G.E.A., [290]
Food ceremonial, Kikuyu, [259]
Food, Kamba, [259]
Forest, protection of by magic, [183]
Fort Hall, [271]
Frazer, Sir J. G., [3], [32], [152]
Freer, Goodrich, [258]
Freretown, [291]
Gachii wa Kihara, [231], [233], [246]
Gachiko, [167]
Gai, [201]
Galla, [245]
Generations or ages, [88]
Gouldsbury, Captain Cullen, [303]
Gregory, Professor J. W., [175]
Haddon, Professor, [3]
Harvest ceremonial, [74], [75]
Hebrew concept of Jahveh, [22]
High places, Canaanite, [66]
Hoffman, Rev., [26]
Hollis, A. C., [93], [178], [179], [253]
Hunter’s magic, [193]
Hyrax in sacrificial ceremonial, [60], [61]
Initiation of elders, [213]
Iron, place of origin of manufacture, [175]
Ithonga wa Kaithuma, [88]
Itwika ceremony, [92]–96
Jewish ceremonial, [67]
Johnston, Sir Harry, [20]
Judicial procedure in old days, [215]
Juguna wa Kihara, [231], [233]
Juma bin Hamis, [5]
Kaboyi wa Kimoino, [198]
Kalaki’s, [93]
Kamba, [6], [7], [19], [21], [23], [24], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [33], [47], [53], [58], [60], [61], [62], [65], [68], [79], [101], [102], [119], [128], [129], [134], [138], [140], [152], [157], [158], [159], [174], [181], [192], [193], [195], [196], [201], [202], [211], [212], [219], [220], [222], [223], [224], [227], [229], [239], [240], [241], [245], [246], [251], [255], [258], [259], [262], [271], [276], [278], [279]
Kamiri, [88], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [244]
Kamiti River, [143]
Kapotei Masai, [93]
Karanja’s, [253]
Karanja wa Hiti, [88]
Karira’s, [179]
Kathengi, [39]
Katonyo wa Munene, [88], [90], [92]
Kavirondo, [3], [29], [70], [145], [276], [277]
Kenya Colony, [105], [132], [144], [155], [269], [290], [291]
Kenya Mount, [63], [90], [167]
Kibwezi, [33], [34], [68], [75], [262], [263]
Kichii, [34]
Kidd, Dudley, [293]
Kihara, [231]
Kikira, [95]
Kikuyu, [5], [7], [19], [21], [22], [24], [27], [28], [30], [31], [34], [36], [38], [40], [47], [49], [50], [52], [60], [62], [69], [71], [73], [75], [77], [78], [79], [80], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [92], [93], [95], [97], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [110], [112], [113], [117], [118], [119], [120], [121], [122], [124], [125], [126], [127], [128], [132], [133], [137], [142], [144], [145], [149], [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [157], [158], [159], [165], [167], [170], [172], [173], [174], [177], [179], [182], [183], [186], [187], [188], [194], [195], [196], [197], [203], [207], [209], [212], [213], [217], [224], [226], [227], [228], [229], [230], [231], [233], [236], [237], [241], [242], [243], [244], [245], [246], [247], [250], [251], [253], [259], [260], [261], [264], [266], [269], [270], [272], [274], [277], [279], [283]
Kimani wa Nyaga, [167]
King’s African Rifles, [289]
Kin͠gnoli custom, [237]
Kirawa, [34]
Kiriri, [179]
Kithito of Ukamba, [239]
Kitui, [29], [30], [35], [53], [60], [62], [66], [76], [79], [101], [102], [138], [140], [158], [159], [174], [179], [192], [193], [194], [195], [196], [203], [219], [220], [225], [237], [248], [249], [252], [255], [256], [258], [259], [271]
Knots as magic, [195]
Kyambu, [144], [155], [187], [267], [271]
Labour, native, [295], [296], [297]
Lako, [21]
Legends, [262] et seq.
Limoru, [38]
Lumbwa, [21]
Lunar changes, [259]
Machakos, [33], [174], [192], [198], [220], [239], [255], [271]
Magic against burglars, [192]
—— for hunters, [193]
—— for sterility, [196]
——, Kikuyu, [184]
—— for use in war, [116], [196]
—— for rain, [192]
Mahomedanism, [292], [293], [294]
Maina, [88], [89], [92], [94], [187], [212]
Mambura ceremonies, [83]
Mania, infectious, among the Kamba, [255] et seq.
Marraro, Chief, [195]
Masai, [21], [38], [59], [77], [78], [80], [83], [85], [86], [87], [93], [99], [100], [105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [112], [113], [117], [121], [123], [124], [149], [167], [170], [173], [178], [181], [186], [221], [233], [244], [245], [246], [276]
Mathari, [80]
Mathendú’s, [239]
Mbatha, [157]
Medicine for snake bite, [203]
Mimi wa Ruchu, [93]
Mission work, [291]
Mkone wa Ndawa, [179]
Monge wa Muli, [258]
Mukuria wa Mucheru, [88]
Muli, [258]
Muma oath, [243]
Mumia, [71]
Murder, laws relating to, [230]
Mwaitume, [233]
Mwangi, [88], [89], [92], [94], [187], [212]
Mwanziu, [179]
Mweithaga, [173], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183]
Nandarua Mountain, [179]
Nandi, [21]
Names among Kikuyu, [260]
Ngenda Mission, [156]
Ngong Mt., [186]
Njau wa Kabocha, [40], [184], [185], [186]
Nyanza, [3]
Nzoia River, [71]
Oaths, ceremonial, [239] et seq.
Oggiek, [21]
Old Testament, [23], [30], [43], [45], [46], [55], [60], [61], [64], [73], [141], [142], [179], [190], [221]
Old women, fear of, [195]
Oracle, a Kikuyu, [36]
Orders of council, enforcement of, [223]
Peace ceremonial, [247]
Prayers for crops, [140]
Pregnant animals, slaughter of, [258]
Purification and blessing, [134]
Purification sacrifice of goat, [139]
Purification sacrifice for a village, [138]
Purko Masai, [93]
Rain magic, [192]
Regeneration, Ukamba, [159]
Rika of the A-Kikuyu, [89], [90], [91], [266]
Robinson, Phil, “Indian Garden,” [65]
Routledge, Mr, [48], [93], [168], [269], [271], [272]
Ruaraka, [34]
Ruiru River, [132]
Saba Saba River, [179]
Sabæans, [20]
Sacred places, [58]
—— and sacrifices, [61]
Sacred stones, [69]
Sacrifice, [40] et seq.
——, private, [48]
—— to ancestral spirits, [50]
—— at sacred tree, [52]
—— for rain, [60]
——, purification, [138], [139] [[312]]
Sanctuary, [47]
Savei of Elgon, [21]
Scapegoat, [34]
Scholefield, S. W. J., [5]
Seligman, Dr, [20]
Semitic beliefs, [21], [22], [28], [34], [61], [237]
Seventh day, ill-luck of, [125]
Shrine, village, [69] et seq.
Smith, Professor Robertson, [6], [20], [66], [73], [165], [237]
Smiths and their magic, Kikuyu, [168]–173
——, Ukamba, [174]–5
Snake bites, inoculation against, [198]
——, medicine, [203]
Spirit worship, miscellaneous, [34]
Sterility, magical remedies for, [196]
Swahili, [145], [186], [286], [294]
Taboo or tabu, [23]
Tabu, effects of breaking a, [134]
Tana Valley, [132]
Tanganyika, [290]
Thabu or curse in Ukamba, [127]
Thahu, list of in Kikuyu, [106]–126
—— or the curse, [103] et seq.
—— and thahu, [142]
Thaka or Tharaka, [132], [239]
Thembigwa, [34]
Tharaka tribe, the curse amongst, [132]
Thigiri, [80]
Ting͠nanga, [93]
Tree spirits, [31]
Twins, birth of, [155]
Uganda, [20], [278], [279], [291]
Ukamba, [3], [5], [22], [30], [33], [39], [56], [58], [60], [74], [75], [76], [82], [127], [128], [134], [142], [145], [152], [153], [165], [174], [179], [192], [194], [198], [223], [225], [227], [228], [230], [234], [237], [239], [248], [249], [255], [276], [279]
Ulu, [76], [101], [157], [158], [159], [160], [196], [225], [252]
Unyoro, [20]
Waita wa Mathendu, [198]
Wanga, [71]
Wangnendu, [37]
War and peace, [244]
War medicine, [196]
Women, superstitions regarding, [154] et seq.
——, taboos on, and prohibitions, [160], [161]
——, old, fears of, [195]
—— as a factor in the tribe, [274] et seq.
Yezidis of Mesopotamia, [28]
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