The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 03 of 12)

by James George Frazer

regarded as the seat of a god or spirit, [258], [259], [263];

kept unshorn at certain times, [260] sqq.;

offered to rivers, [261];

of children unshorn, [263];

magic wrought through clippings of, [268] sqq., [275], [277], [278] sq.;

cut or combed out may cause rain and thunderstorms, [271], [272], [282];

clippings of, used as hostages, [272] sq.;

infected by virus of taboo, [283] sq.;

cut as a purificatory ceremony, [283] sqq.;

of women after childbirth shaved and burnt, [284];