The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

unshorn during a vow, iii. 261 sq.;

of children unshorn, iii. 263;

cut or combed out may cause rain and thunderstorms, iii. 271, 272, 282;

clippings of, used as hostages, iii. 272 sq.;

infected by virus of taboo, iii. 283 sq.;

cut as a purificatory ceremony, iii. 283 sqq.;

of women after childbirth shaved and burnt, iii. 284;

loosened at childbirth, iii. 297 sq.;

loosened in magical and religious ceremonies, iii. 310 sq.;

sacrifice of women's, v. 38;