Bleeding trees, ii. 18, 20, 33
Blekinge, Swedish province, the Midsummer Bride and Bridegroom in, ii. 92, v. 251
Blemishes, bodily, a ground for putting kings to death, iv. 36 sqq.;
physical, transferred to witches, x. 160 n. 1
“Blessers” or sacred kings, iii. 125 n.
Blessing of maize, game, and fish by medicine-men among the Bororos, viii. 71 sq.
Blighting effect of illicit love on the fruits of the earth, ii. 107 sqq.
Blind bull sacrificed at the foundation of a town, vi. 249;
sacrificed before an army going to war, vi. 250
—— cat in homoeopathic magic, i. 153