Galelareese, the, of Halmahera, [54]
Galton, Sir Francis, [159]
Garcilasso de la Vega, quoted, [15] sq.; on the Incas, [173]
Gardens, superstition as to, [57]
Gennep, A. van, [31]
Ghostly power ascribed to chiefs, [6] sq.
Ghosts as protectors of property, [26]; the fear of, [111] sqq.; salutary effect of belief in, [111], [113], [149] sqq.; of all who have died violent deaths accounted dangerous, [130]; of bad people, precautions against the, [132] sq.; disabled by the mutilation of their corpses, [132] sq., [134], [136], [137]; blinded, [133]
—— and goblins outlast the high gods, [170] sq.
—— of slain especially dreaded by their slayers, [113] sqq.; thought to drive their slayers mad, [117] sqq.; precautions taken by slayers against the, [117] sqq., [123] sqq.; scared or driven away, [126], [130] sqq.; especially dreaded by their kinsfolk and neighbours, [127] sqq.
—— of women dying in pregnancy or childbed especially feared, [133] sqq.