Index. (continued 5)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
Wallis Island, 140
Walrus, taboos concerning, 208 sq.
Wanigela River, 192
Wanika, the, 247
Wanyamwesi, the, 112, 330
Wanyoro (Banyoro), the, 278
War, continence in, 157, 158 n.1, 161, 163, 164, 165;
rules of ceremonial purity observed in, 157 sqq.;
hair kept unshorn in, 261
—— chief, or war king, 20, 21, 24
—— -dances, 169, 170, 178, 182
Warm food tabooed, 189
Warramunga, the, 384
Warriors tabooed, 157 sqq.
Washing the head, 253. See Bathing
Water poured as a rain-charm, 154 sq.;
holy, sprinkling with, 285 sq.
—— -spirits, danger of, 94
Wax figure in magic, 74
Weapons of manslayers, purification of, 172, 182, 219
Wedding ring, an amulet against witchcraft, 314
Were-wolf, 42
Whale, solemn burial of dead, 223
Whalers, taboos observed by, 191 sq., 205 sqq.
Wheaten flour, prohibition to touch, 13
White, faces and bodies of manslayers painted, 175, 186 n.1;
lion-killer painted, 220
—— clay, Caffre boys at circumcision smeared with, 156
Whydah, king of, 129
Widows and widowers, customs observed by, 142 sq., 144 sq., 182 n.2
Wied, Prince of, 96
Wife's mother, the savage's dread of his, 83 sqq.;
her name not to be pronounced by her son-in-law, 337, 338, 343
—— name not to be pronounced by her husband, 337, 338, 339
Wild beasts not called by their proper names, 396 sqq.
Wilkinson, R. J., 416 n.4
Willow wands as disinfectants, 143
Windessi, in New Guinea, 169
Winds kept in jars, 5
Wine, the blood of the vine, 248;