pretence of killing the novice and bringing him to life again during initiatory rites at, [225] sqq.
Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico, use of bull-roarers among the, ii. [230] n., [231]
Pulayars of Travancore, their seclusion of girls at puberty, i. 69
Pulverbatch, in Shropshire, the Yule log at, i. 257;
belief as the bloom of the oak on Midsummer Eve at, ii. [292]
Pumpkin, external soul in a, ii. [105]
Punchkin and the parrot, story of, ii. [97] sq., [215], [220]
Punjaub, supernatural power ascribed to the first-born in the, i. 295;
passing unlucky children through narrow openings in the, ii. [190]
Purification by stinging with ants, i. 61 sqq.;