INDEX

Adoption into new clan, [250]

Aithiageni, [178]

Ambui, [178]

Ancestral spirits, [27], [50]

Anjiru, [173], [177], [184], [231], [248]

Ankole, [20]

Anzuzu, [174]

Asi, [121], [167], [186]

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

——, Ukamba, [101], [102]

Buxton, Lord, [298]

Cæsar on the Druids, [228]

Carriers, loss of, in war, [287]

Celibacy, [42]

Chania, [34], [93], [269]

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]

Giriama, [276], [278]

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]

Ithanga, [167], [168]

Ithonga wa Kaithuma, [88]

Itwika ceremony, [92]–96

Iveti Hills, [33], [198]

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]

Karuri’s, [38], [93], [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]

Kichura, [36], [37]

Kidd, Dudley, [293]

Kihara, [231]

Kikamba, [76], [198]

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]

Kilui Lake, [262], [263]

Kimani wa Nyaga, [167]

Kinanjui, [38], [94], [106]

King’s African Rifles, [289]

Kin͠gnoli custom, [237]

Kirawa, [34]

Kiriri, [179]

Kithege, [189], [190] [[311]]

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]

Lorigi, [87], [88]

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]

Magicians, [184], [186]

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]

Mbagathi River, [38], [69]

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]

Mumoni, [201], [239], [246]

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]

Osborne, G. H., [5], [198]

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]

Ridgeway, Sir W., [3], [176]

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.

Siekitundumu, [257], [258]

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]

Thika River, [34], [69], [93]

Thompson, R. C., [6], [29]

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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