Childbirth, Diana as goddess of, i. 12, ii. 128;

precautions taken with mothers at, iii. 32, 33, 233, 234, 239, 245;

women tabooed at, iii. 145;

supposed dangerous infection of, iii. 147 sqq.;

confessions of sins to expedite, iii. 216 sq.;

women after, their hair shaved and burnt, iii. 284;

knots untied at, iii. 294, 296 sq., 297 sq.;

homoeopathic magic to facilitate, iii. 295 sqq.;

primitive ignorance of the causes of, v. 106 sq.;

customs of women after, x. 20