as inspired prophetess of a god, ii. [257]
Woman's dress assumed by men to deceive dangerous spirits, ii. [262] sq.
Women pass through holed stones as cure for barrenness, i. 36, with n. 4;
impregnated by dead saints, 78 sq.;
impregnated by serpents, 80 sqq.;
fear to be impregnated by ghosts, 93;
impregnated by the flower of the banana, 93;
excluded from sacrifices to Hercules, 113 n. 1;
their high importance in the social system of the Pelew Islanders, ii. [205] sqq.;
the cultivation of the staple food in the hands of women (Pelew Islands), [206] sq.;