on the custom of throwing a virgin into the Nile, ii. 151 n. 2;
on the burning of effigies of Haman at Purim, ix. 393 sq.
Malabar, use of magical images in, i. 64;
iron as an amulet in, iii. 234;
custom of suicide observed by kings in, iv. 47;
custom of Thalavettiparothiam in, iv. 53;
religious suicide in, iv. 54 sq.;
use of cows as scapegoats in, ix. 216;
the Iluvans of, x. 5;
the Tiyans of, x. 68