their worship of ancestral spirits, vi. 175;
their prayers to dead kings before going to war, vi. 191 sq.;
woman's part in agriculture among the, vii. 115;
among them murderers mutilate their victims in order to disable their ghosts, viii. 272 sq.
Awka in South Nigeria, taboos observed by priest at, x. 4
Awujale, title of chief of the Ijebu tribe, in South Nigeria, iv. 112
Awuna tribes of the Gold Coast, their belief as to the sacredness of their heads, iii. 257
Axe, emblem of Hittite god of thundering sky, v. 134;
as divine emblem, v. 163;
symbol of Asiatic thunder-god, v. 183;