Wives, taboos observed by, in the absence of their husbands, i. 116, 119, 120, 121, 122 sqq., 127 sqq.;

exchanged at the appearance of the Aurora Australis, iv. 267 n. 1;

of dead kings sacrificed at their tombs, vi. 168;

of a king [pg 527] taken by his successor, ix. 368 n. 1

See also [Wife]

Wives, human, of gods, v. 61 sqq., vi. 207;

in Western Asia and Egypt, v. 70 sqq.

“—— of Marduk,” at Babylon, ii. 130

Wiwa, the, of East Africa, their custom as to fire kindled by lightning, ii. 256 n. 1

Wiwa chiefs reincarnated in pythons, vi. 193