Maha Makham, the Great Sacrifice, [49]
Mairs, their custom of sacrificing their firstborn sons, [181]
Malabar, custom of Thalavettiparothiam in, [53];
religious suicide in, [54] sq.
Malayans, devil-dancers, practise a mock human sacrifice, [216]
Malays, their belief in the Spectral Huntsman, [178]
Malta, death of the Carnival in, [224] sq.
Manasseh, King, his sacrifice of his children, [170]
Mandans, their notions as to the stars, [67] sq.
Man-god, reason for killing the, [9] sq.