as guardians of gates, iii. 90 sq.;

exorcized after funerals, iii. 106 sq.;

kept off by thorns, iii. 142;

the purification of homicides and murderers designed to free them from the ghosts of their victims, iii. 186 sq.;

and demons averse to iron, iii. 232 sqq.;

fear of wounding, iii. 237 sq.;

swept out of house, iii. 238;

names changed in order to deceive ghosts or to avoid [pg 285] attracting their attention, iii. 354 sqq.;

easily duped, iii. 355;

propitiated with blood, iv. 92;