Sowing (see also Jhum and Agricultural ceremonies), Kalyo-Kengyu break up corpses at, [xxv];
diverse methods of, [xxv], [49]
Sparrow, not eaten, [76]
Spear (otso), cultural evidence of affinity, [xxvi];
description of Lhota, [16], [17];
place of keeping, [35];
ceremonial of religious officials (phui), [17], [122];
belief regarding —— broken by tiger, [66], [163];
to keep off illness, [116];
jabbed in ground to frighten evil spirits, [135];
stuck on grave, [158];
shaving off shaft thrown away in case of “apotia,” [161];
miniature —— in final offering to the dead, [160];
spears and daos scraped together in Epuetha, [132];
of bridegroom 150, [154]
first, Lingta;
second, Ethung;
third, Kiwen, in head hunt, [106], [12], [14];
in deer, bear or pig hunt, [65], [66]
Spider hunter, only eaten by old people, [75]
Spinning, women’s work, [36], [37]
Spirit, of sky, [xx];
of dead, see Soul.
evil (tsandhramo), kept off by ginger, [27], [34];
by fire, [48], [54]; by “madhu,” [34], [55];
by mint (rarakham), [134], [142], [169];
by burning brand and ashes, [133], [134];
exorcised, [34], [132], [151]–152;
deceived by false name, [145];
illness attributed to, [99], [116], [133];
detains sick man’s soul, [133]–136
Sprain, cupping for, [81]
Squirrel, unlucky to meet, [150]
flying, tabus regarding, [75];
soul of, shelters soul of slayer on passage to Land of the Dead, [118]
Stars, beliefs regarding, [173]