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];