Bessy, one of the mummers on Plough Monday, ii. [329], [331]
Betsileo, the, of Madagascar, ii. [116];
their belief in the transmigration of souls, [289] sq.
Bhils, the, of Central India, ii. [29]
Bhímsen, an Indian deity, ii. [118]
Bhumiya, a Himalayan deity, ii. [117]
Bhutan, ii. [103]
Biennial cycle, i. 87
—— festivals, i. 14, i. 86
Binder of last sheaf represents the Corn-mother, i. 150, 253