dying in childbed, precautions against the return of their ghosts, iii. 236, viii. 97 sq.;
blood of, dreaded, iii. 250 sq.;
not allowed to see the drawing of men's blood, iii. 252 n.;
not allowed to mention their husband's names, iii. 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339;
impregnated by dead saints, v. 78 sq.;
impregnated by serpents, v. 80 sqq.;
fear to be impregnated by ghosts, v. 93;
impregnated by the flower of the banana, v. 93;
excluded from sacrifices to Hercules, v. 113 n. 1, vi. 258 n. 5;
their high importance in the social system of the Pelew Islanders, vi. 205 sqq.;