inheritance of the kingship under mother-kin in, [211]
——, North, custom of bathing at Midsummer among the Mohammedan peoples of, i. 249
——, West, sacred men and women in, i. 65 sqq.;
human sacrifices in, ii. [99] n. 2
Afterbirth or placenta regarded as a person's double or twin, ii. [169] sq.
See also [Placenta]
Afterbirths buried in banana groves, i. 93;
regarded as twins of the children, 93;
Shilluk kings interred where their afterbirths are buried, ii. [162]