Winnebagoes, ritual of death and resurrection among the, ii. [268]
Winnowing-basket, divination by, i. 236
Winter solstice, Persian festival of fire at the, i. 269
“Winter's Grandmother,” burning the, i. 116
Winterbottom, Thomas, on a secret society of Sierra Leone, ii. [260]
Wintun Indians of California, seclusion of girls among the, i. 42 sq.
Witch, burning the, i. 116, 118 sq.;
effigy of, burnt in bonfire, 159;
compelled to appear by burning an animal or part of an animal which she has bewitched, 303, 305, 307 sq., 321 sq.;
in form of a toad, 323.