L.
La Bella Marte, invocation of, I. 69.
Label, a protective, II. [36].
Ladder for the ghost, II. [60].
Laghû, worship of, II. [181].
Lakara, a totem sept, II. [151].
Lakes, sacred, I. 54.
Lâkhdâta, the saint, I. 208.
Lakshmî, worship of, II. [100], [190].
Lâlanwâla, a saint, I. 208.
Lâl Beg, a saint, I. 196, 203; II. [206].
Lalitâ, worship of, I. 119.
Lâl Pîr, a saint, I. 203.
Lamas, control over the weather, I. 67.
Lame demons, I. 280.
Lamia, I. 2.
Lamkariyâ, sister of Sîtalâ, I. 128.
Lamp, to light the soul, II. [55];
magic, I. 219;
charm to stop rain, I. 76;
rock cave, I. 285;
worship, I. 93.
Lampblack, a protective, I. 28, 93; II. [3], [29].
Landslip, demon of, I. 264.
Langra Târ, worship of, I. 205.
Lankhinî, worship of, I. 95.
Last, dead, spirit of, I. 46;
tree of the forest, II. [84].
Last, shoemaker’s, a fetish, II. [186].
Lâth Bhairon, worship of, II. [109].
Latora Bîr, worship of, I. 255.
Learning, charm to gain, I. 222.
Leather, a protective, II. [33].
Lemuri, the, I. 259.
Lengthening, ghost’s power of, I. 250.
Leper, sacrificed, II. [169].
Leprehaun, the, I. 287; II. [77].
Leprosy, caused by Vâsuki, II. [137];
caused by telling lies in a grove, II. [91];
cured at a shrine, I. 221;
cured at a tank, I. 58 sq.;
theory of, I. 125.
Letters, protection of, from the Evil Eye, II. [10].
Liberalia, festival, the, II. [321].
Lice, produced by a curse, I. 125.
Life Index, the, I. 250; II. [71].
Lighting the departing soul, II. [55].
Lightning scared by nudity, I. 69;
goddess of, I. 224.
Likeness, dislike to having taken, I. 233.
Lilith, I. 128, 279.
Limbu tribe, barring the ghost, II. [57].
Lingam, watered to bring rain, I. 73, 76.
Lingâyat sect, burial rites, I. 30;
flagellation, I. 155;
worship of Chambasâpa, I. 183.
Lingo, the progenitor of the Gonds, I. 284.
Lingri Pîr, worship of, I. 161.
Lion, the, II. [210];
of Ahmad Khân, I. 219.
Lizard, blood of, II. [20];
omens from, II. [50].
Local godlings, worship of, I. 94.
Lockjaw, charm to cure, I. 131.
Locusts, scaring of, II. [302].
Lodhi tribe, use of rice, II. [27].
Lodi Pathân tribe, totemism, II. [150].
Loha, Lohajangha, a demon, I. 252.
Lohâsura, the godling of iron, II. [12].
Lohû river, the, I. 248.
Lokapâlas, the, II. [239].
Lonâ Chamârin, the witch, I. 151, 160; II. [285].
Lonâsura, a lake demon, I. 54.
Looking back, II. [57].
Lorik, legend of, II. [160].
Lota, the, a protective, II. [16].
Lot’s wife, II. [57].
Lotus, a sacred plant, II. [86].
Lough Neagh, legend of, I. 57.
Love knot, the, II. [46].
Lupercalia, the, I. 100, 225; II. [321].
Lycanthropy, II. [211].