Magpies' nests, custom of robbing the, viii. 321 n. 3
Magyar tale, resurrection of hero in a, viii. 263
Magyars, Midsummer fires among the, x. 178 sq.;
stories of the external soul among the, xi. 139 sq.
Maha Makham, the Great Sacrifice, celebrated every twelfth year at Calicut, iv. 49
Mahabharata, the, Indian epic, the Nagas in, i. 383 n. 4;
Draupadi and her five husbands in, ii. 306, xi. 7
Mahadeo, mock human sacrifices offered by the Bhagats to a, iv. 217 sq.
—— and Parvati, married Indian deities, their images worshipped, v. 242, 251
Mahadeva, Indian god, husband of Parvati, v. 241;