—— kings forbidden to see their mothers, iii. 86;
thought to render themselves immortal by their sorceries, iv. 9
—— tribes, household fires extinguished after a death in, ii. 267 n. 4;
descent of property and power to sister's children among, ii. 285;
combination of the elective with the hereditary principle in regulating the descent of kingships or chiefships among, ii. 292 sqq.;
believe that their dead kings turn into lions, leopards, pythons, etc., iv. 84
Afterbirth (placenta), portion of a man's spirit supposed to reside in his, i. 100;
contagious magic of, i. 182-201;
part of child's spirit in, i. 184;