B.
Bâba Kapûr, a saint, I. 219.
Babûl, sacred tree, II. [114].
Bachelor ghosts, I. 261.
Bachgoti Râjput sept, objection to potatoes, II. [158].
Bachla Devî, worship of, II. [176].
Bad smells offensive to Bhûts, II. [21].
Badarinâth, shrine at, I. 127.
Badiya tribe, tree worship, II. [91].
Badwâr rite, the, II. [322].
Bagaha, worship of, I. 267.
Bagâlya, a whirlwind sprite, I. 81.
Bâgarwâla, a title of Gûga, I. 211.
Bâgdi tribe, respect for the Sâl tree, II. [100].
Bâgh Bhût, the tiger ghost, II. [213].
Bâgh Deo, the tiger godling, II. [213].
Bâgh Jâtra, the tiger festival, II. [212].
Baghel Râjput sept, respect for the tiger, II. [211].
Bâgheswar, worship of, I. 256; II. [78], [213].
Baghsu Nâg, worship of, II. [126].
Baghwâh festival, the, II. [321].
Bahâ-ud-dîn Zikariya, a Pîr, I. 203, 208.
Bahâwal Haqq, the saint, I. 228.
Baheliya tribe, worship of Vâlmîki, I. 195.
Bahlâno, a Pîr, I. 205.
Baiga, a devil priest, I. 95, 147, 152, 157;
proceedings as a ghost-finder, I. 103, 152.
Bairâm, a saint, I. 221.
Bais Râjput sept, snake descent, II. [124], [152].
Baiswâr tribe, sword worship, II. [185].
Baitâl, a Bhût, I. 243.
Bâjgi tribe, totemism, II. [152].
Bajrâvat tribe, tiger origin, II. [211].
Bakhtiyâr tribe, totemism, II. [150].
Bâlajî, worship of, II. [235].
Bâlakhilya, the, I. 244.
Bâla tribe, sun worship among, I. 9.
Bâla Pîr, a saint, I. 220.
Balarâma, legend of, I. 37.
Baldness, a protection against the Evil-Eye, II. [36].
Bali, a Daitya, I. 252.
Bamboos, respect for, II. [112].
Bandarpûnchh hill, the, I. 87.
Bandê, a Pîr, I. 205.
Bangara, a godling of fever, I. 136.
Bangara Bâî, worship of, II. [182].
Banhi, worship of, II. [181].
Bani Isrâel tribe, broom worship, II. [191];
birth rites, I. 277;
burial rites, I. 30.
Banjâra tribe, bull worship, II. [235];
corpse removal, II. [56];
barring the ghost, II. [56];
continence, tests of, II. [105];
use of horns, II. [225];
worship of Mitthu Bhûkhiya, I. 197.
Bânpa Nâg, worship of, II. [125].
Bansapti Mâî, the jungle Mother, I. 62, 115.
Banshee, the, I. 256.
Bânsphor tribe, respect for trees, II. [103].
Banya, influencing rain, I. 78.
Banyan tree, the, II. [98].
Bara Deo, worship of, I. 61; II. [103].
Bârahduâri, worship of, I. 105.
Baranta, well of, I. 52.
Barbarossa, I. 283.
Barbers, saint of, I. 204.
Bareheaded person influencing rain, I. 78
Bargaballi tribe, totemism, II. [154].
Barhâwan, the, II. [311].
Barley, a sacred grain, I. 152, 227; II. [27].
Barra rite, the, II. [321].
Barrenness, cures for, I. 50, 68, 69, 87, 100, 160, 225; II. [190];
caused by wandering spirits, II. [86].
Barring the ghost, II. [56].
Barun, a weather godling, I. 2.
Barwâr tribe, worship of the Pîr, I. 206.
Basant Shâh, a saint, I. 59.
Basanti, the sister of Sîtalâ, I. 128.
Basket, a fetish, II. [113], [189];
upturned, II. [309].
Basor tribe, barring the ghost, II. [58].
Bâsuk Nâg, the snake god, II. [131].
Bat, the, I. 279;
bone of, II. [45].
Bathing, ceremonial, II. [25];
a cure for disease, I. 39;
at eclipses, I. 22;
in the Ganges, I. 37
Battlefield ghosts, I. 259.
Battuk Bhairon, a godling, I. 109.
Baudhân, worship of, II. [81].
Bauri tribe, respect for the dog, II. [222];
for the Sâl tree, II. [101].
Bâwariya tribe, goat sacrifice, I. 263;
totemism, II. [154];
tree marriage, II. [119].
Bayard, II. [205].
Bâzâr prices fixed by Khwâja Khizr, I. 48.
Bead, a protective, I. 115; II. [19].
Bean, sacred, II. [27].
Bear, the, II. [242].
Beasts, unclean, II. [158].
Beauty regained by bathing, I. 59.
Bed, flying, II. [206].
Bel and the Dragon, II. [73].
Bel tree, sacred, II. [86], [112];
marriage with, II. [117].
Bela, worship of, I. 199.
Bell, rung to scare Bhûts, I. 78;
use of, I. 167;
worship of, I. 168.
Beohâr Bâba, worship of, I. 255.
Berâi, a cholera Mother, I. 113.
Beriya tribe, use of the broom, II. [191].
Bero, a title of the sun, I. 9.
Betel planting, II. [303];
nuts scrambled for, I. 50.
Bethgelert, legend of, II. [130], [221].
Bhâdon, new moon of, I. 16.
Bhadra Kâlî, a sister of Sîtalâ, I. 129
Bhâgîratha, a saint, I. 35.
Bhagwân, a title of the sun, I. 9.
Bhâilla, worship of, I. 8.
Bhainsâsura, a demon, I. 44.
Bhainsâsuri Devî, worship of, I. 85.
Bhairava, worship of, I. 84, 108.
Bhairavî, worship of, I. 3, 108.
Bhairoba, worship of, I. 108.
Bhairon, Bhaironnâth, worship of, I. 84, 107, 109, 205, 209; II. [219].
Bhairwanand, worship of, I. 195.
Bhajang, a snake godling, I. 214.
Bhâkur, a bugaboo, II. [82].
Bhandâri tribe, repelling the Churel, I. 272.
Bhâradvaja, a totem sept, II. [149].
Bhâskarâcharya, legend of, I. 7.
Bhâtiya tribe, horse worship, II. [208].
Bhâtu tribe, respect for the crow, II. [244].
Bhekal Nâg, worship of, II. [125].
Bherunda, a Yogini, I. 129.
Bhîl tribe, worship of Amba Bhavânî, I. 113;
horse worship, II. [208];
charming of rain, I. 73;
origin from the tiger, II. [211];
rite of Satî, I. 186;
Saturnalia, II. [325];
tree marriage, II. [119];
witchcraft, II. [261].
Bhîmgada, Bhîmlâth, pillar of Bhîmsen, I. 90, 91.
Bhîmpen, Bhîmsen, worship of, I. 66, 89, 250; II. [182];
lice of, I. 58.
Bhîshma, worship of, I. 36, 92.
Bhîwâsu, worship of, I. 90.
Bhokaswa, a bugaboo, II. [82].
Bholanâth, worship of, I. 194, 280.
Bhomka, Bhopa, a village priest, I. 95, 153, 157;
II. 213.
Bhotiya tribe, religious rites, I. 173; II. [65];
worship of Sain, II. [81].
Bhrâwari, worship of, I. 55.
Bhuiya tribe, ancestor worship, I. 178;
of Bhîmsen, I. 91;
human sacrifice, II. [175];
recalling the dead, I. 182;
respect for the Mahua tree, II. [103];
monkey worship, I. 86, 88;
sun worship, I. 9.
Bhuiyâr tribe, ancestor worship, I. 178;
dream ghosts, I. 233;
food for the dead, II. [69];
tiger worship, II. [213].
Bhujariya rite, II. [293].
Bhûkhi Mâta, worship of, I. 116.
Bhûmak, a village priest, I. 90.
Bhûmij tribe, buffalo hunt, I. 173;
funeral feast, II. [71].
Bhûmîsvara Mahâdeva, worship of, I. 107.
Bhûmîsvari Devî, worship of, I. 107.
Bhûmiya, worship of, I. 12, 74, 95, 105.
Bhûmiya Rânî, worship of, I. 105.
Bhûra Sinh, worship of, II. [132].
Bhusundi, the crow, II. [244].
Bhût, a malignant ghost, I. 234;
food of, I. 236;
places infested by, I. 277;
posture of, I. 237;
speech of, I. 238;
tests of, I. 237;
treasure guarded by, I. 286;
varieties of, I. 242;
worship of, I. 94.
Bhût Bhairon, worship of, I. 109.
Bhûtîsvara, a title of Siva, I. 234.
Bibi Kamâlo, a saint, I. 218, 221.
Bîbi Râê, worship of, I. 209.
Bijaliya Bîr, a lightning godling, I. 235.
Biljaysen, worship of, I. 137.
Bijlesvari Devî, a goddess of lightning, I. 224.
Bind tribe, worship of Kâsi Bâba, I. 145.
Binjhiya tribe, totemism, II. [158].
Bîr, a ghost, I. 178, 253;
a companion of the witch, II. [266].
Birch, a sacred tree, II. [86], [114].
Bird, marriage to, I. 236; II. [119];
omens from, II. [48].
Birhor tribe, respect for the bamboo, II. [113];
cannibalism, II. [168];
funeral rites, II. [56];
tattooing, II. [31].
Bîrnâth, worship of, II. [182].
Birth rites, I. 277;
fiends, I. 264.
Biruri Panchami feast, the, II. [137].
Birwat, a demon, I. 62.
Biscobra, the, II. [140].
Black Art, the, II. [259] sqq.
Black colour, dreaded by evil spirits, I. 142;II. 3, 28, 50.
Blacksmith, respect for the, I. 74; II. [14], [24];
saint of, I. 203.
Blight, averting of, II. [301].
Blind of an eye, I. 77; II. [3].
Blockberg, a haunt of witches, I. 61.
Blood, bath of, II. [173];
clouds dispersed by, I. 80;
covenant, II. [29], [46];
drawn from a victim by a witch, II. [169];
drawn from a witch, II. [282];
human, powers of, I. 80; II. [172];
pollution by, I. 269;
a protective, II. [19];
survival of sacrifice of, I. 51;
taboo of, I. 27.
Bloody Hand of Ulster, II. [39].
Blot intentional, a protective, II. [3], [10].
Boar, a totem, II. [156].
Boat, launched in honour of Khwâja Khizr, I. 47;
flying, II. [206].
Bodhi tree, the, II. [98].
Body, functions of, omens from, II. [51].
Boils, cured at a shrine, I. 221;
at a tank, I. 59.
Bolster, the giant, I. 91.
Bona Dea, the, I. 69.
Borâm, a title of the sun, I. 9;
identified with the monkey godling, I. 86;
worship of, I. 86.
Bottles tied to trees, I. 162.
Boundaries guarded by the sainted dead, I. 182.
Boys dressed as girls, II. [6].
Bracelet, the, a protective, II. [43], [44].
Brahm, a Brâhman ghost, I. 192.
Brahm Kapâl, the, II. [180].
Brahma, worship of, I. 2;
vehicle of, II. [156];
temple of, I. 54;
skull of, I. 94;
slipper of, II. [200].
Brahmadaitya, the, I. 243; II. [77].
Brahmagranthi, the, II. [47].
Brahmaparusha, the, II. [78].
Brahmarakshasa, the, I. 253; II. [78].
Brahmarandhra, the, I. 238.
Brâhman, ghosts of, I. 253; II. [77];
a god, I. 189;
use of sacred grass, II. [30];
suicide of, I. 193.
Brahmâni, worship of, I. 112.
Brâhmani duck, the, II. [247].
Brâhmanical cord, the, II. [47].
Brahmi, a mother, I. 112.
Brass, a protective, II. [15];
worship of, II. [12].
Bride, false. II. [8];
grain thrown over the, II. [26].
Bridegroom revolving round the sacred fire, I. 11;
deified, I. 119;
capture of, I. 121.
Bridle, magic, II. [206].
Briid, II. [73].
Broado Koro, the, II. [86].
Brocken, the, an abode of witches, I. 64.
Broom, a fetish, I. 81, 133; II. [190].
Brownie, II. [77].
Bruce, legend of, I. 283.
Buahna, a Pîr, I. 205.
Bu ’Ali Qalandar, a saint, I. 218.
Buccas, the, I. 285.
Bucephalus, II. [205].
Buddha, begging bowl of, II. [38];
connected with the hare, II. [50];
footprint of, II. [199];
relics of, causing rain, I. 75;
shadow of, I. 233; sneezing superstition, I. 240;
snake descent of, II. [124];
producing a well, I. 52.
Buddhists, food for the dead, II. [69];
worship of Indra, I. 66;
moon worship, I. 18;
horse worship, II. [208].
Buddhua, a kindly ghost, II. [81].
Buffalo, respect for, II. [236];
sacrificed, I. 173;
vehicle of Yama, I. 169; II. [236].
Bugaboos, II. [82].
Buildings, human sacrifices at, II. [173].
Bull, released at a death. I. 105;
hide of, II. [232];
worship of, II. [226].
Bundela, a title of Hardaul, I. 140.
Bûndi, Râja of. I. 257.
Bunker’s Hill, ghosts at, I. 259.
Bûrha Deo, human sacrifice in honour of, II. [170].
Bûrhê Bâba, a Pîr, I. 206.
Burhiya Mâî, a Mother, II. [181].
Burial during epidemics, I. 136;
face downwards, II. [60];
grounds infested by Bhûts, I. 277;
of the nude corpse, I. 68;
in trees, II. [103].
Burmiya, a birth fiend, I. 265.
Bûrna, a water demon, I. 45.
Butchers, saint of, I. 204.
Butterfly, a Life Index, II. [71].