—— -covenant, iii. 130, viii. 154 sqq.;
by mixture of blood between husband and wife, viii. 69.
See also [Blood-brotherhood]
—— -lickers among the Betsileo, iii. 246
—— -stones thought to arrest the flow of blood, i. 81, 165
Bloodless altars, ix. 307
Bloomfield, Professor Maurice, on the magical nature of Vedic ritual, i. 229
—— River, Queensland, magical effigies on the, i. 62;
namesakes of the dead change their names on the, iii. 355 sq.
Blowing on a fire, forbidden to sacred chiefs, iii. 136, 256;