ceremony before a bear-hunt, ii. [112], [113]

Bears, dead, treated with respect, ii. [111-113]

Beasts, divine, held responsible for the course of nature, i. 48

Beating as a ceremonial purification, ii. [213-217], [232-234]

Beauce, straw man in, ii. [40]

Beavers, superstition about killing, ii. [116]

Bechuanaland, rain-charm in, i. 18;

sun superstition in, i. 23;

hack-thorn held sacred in, i. 69;

purification after travel, i. 157;