Bites of ants used as purificatory ceremony, [105]
Blackening faces of warriors, [163];
of manslayers, [169], [178], [181]
Blackfoot Indians, [159] n.
Black Mountain of southern France, [42]
—— ox or black ram in magic, [154]
Bladders, annual festival of, among the Esquimaux, [206] sq., [228]
“Blessers” or sacred kings, [125] n.
Blood put on doorposts, [15];
of slain, supposed effect of it on the slayer, [169];