Ponyiratsen (man and wife magicians), qualifications necessary, [151];
duties in marriage ceremonies, [151], [152], [153];
in second sowing ceremony, [48]
Ponyiratsentung, tree, [152]
Porcupine (liso), hunting of, [66];
stomach of, as medicine, [80];
quills worn in ear, [11]
Pork, offered in ceremonies, [6], [48], [49], [50], [128], [134];
distributed to Rangsikam performers, [50];
as aperient, [79];
eating competition, [84]
Posts,
of champo (humtse, humtse tachungo),
carved, [25], [26];
skin of “head” attached to, [25], [107];
oha placed at foot of, [25], [166]
of house, offerings to, [131], [132]
memorial, Y-shaped, erected in place of monoliths, [xxix], [xxx], [144 n. 1];
similar to Dimapur monoliths, [xxix], [144 n. 1];
as spirit of fertility, [xxx n. 1], [144 n. 1];
ascribed to Bodo influence, [xxxvi], [144 n. 1];
erected by Wa, [xxxvi n. 3];
by Lhotas (tsongzü) 144, [184 n. 1]
Pot, making of, and tabus connected, [40], [41];
women’s work, [41];
prohibited during an emung, [26]
Pot, cooking, varieties of, [36];
abandoned after sacrifice, [6], [50]
Potso (gods), [113] et seq.;
many worlds of, [172], [173];
rain and hail due to, [173];
prayers to, [115], [124]
Potsokam (“Present to Potso”), ceremony described, [131], [132];
not performed during six days before Lanvung, [52]
Potsophü, “Potso’s axes,” i.e. celts, [115]