Benin, belief as to twins in, i. 265;

rule as to the Queen-mother of, iii. 86;

ceremony at the reception of strangers in. iii. 108;

kings of, not allowed to quit their palace, iii. 123;

kings of, put their brothers to death, iii. 243;

human victims crucified at, v. 294 n. 3;

human sacrifices for the crops at, vii. 240;

festival of the new yams at, viii. 63 sq.;

time of the “grand devils” in, ix. 131 sq.

——, king of, worshipped as a god, i. 396, iii. 123;