Three days’ emung and chastity in Opya ceremonies, [123]
Threshold (likingko), carrying-string cut on, in case of difficult death, [157];
—— of field-house, rice offering placed on, [54]
Thruven, sowing ceremonies, [53], [132];
described, [47]–49
Thruvenphen, traditional place of performing Thruven ceremonies, [47]
Tibet, immigration from, [xvi]
Ticho, bamboo, connection with Thangwe Eni clan, [90]
Tiger (mharr), hunting of, [66], [67];
helmet worn during, [18];
decapitation of and consequent tabus, [67];
flesh not eaten, [74];
beliefs about —— of common origin with man, [xxxiv];
regarding spear-shaft broken by, [66], [163];
regarding descendants of man killed by, [66], [163];
funeral of man killed by, [162];
stories of, [175], [177], [190], [198]
slayer, insignia of, [12], [17];
dog killed at funeral of, [157];
effigy of, placed over grave, [158]
Tiger’s kill, meat from, unclean, [163];
not brought into village, [26], [130];
not eaten by household during Rangsikam, [52];
during calf-birth “genna,” [60];
by cultivator on day of selecting jhum, [46];
by direct descendants of man killed by, [163]
Tiger-men, Lhota form of belief in, [164], [165];
Chang belief, [163 n. 1];
Sema belief, [164];
story about, [187]–190
Ti-Ho (Nantaleik) river, possible home of Kalyo-Kengyu, [xix];
line of contact of northern and southern movements, [xxxvi];
Kukis prevented crossing, [xvii]