born feet foremost, curative power attributed to, x. 295;
passed through holes in ground or turf to cure them, xi. 190 sq.
See also [Child]
—— of God in Kikuyu, v. 68
—— of living parents in ritual, vi. 236 sqq.;
apparently thought to be endowed with more vitality than others, vi. 247 sq.
——, new-born, brought to the spirits of the ancestors, ii. 216, 221;
passed through the smoke of a fire, ii. 232;
brought to the hearth, ii. 232;
placed in winnowing-fans, vii. 6 sqq.