Bear, legends about the, 183 –187;
his enmity towards the tiger, 183 , 184
Beasts, ideas about, 52 , 53 , 141 –193;
souls of, 52 , 53 ;
legendary, human origin of, 53 , 151 –153, 158 , 159 ;
sacred and tutelary, 68 , 70 , 153 , 163 –166, 283 ;
superstitious dread of the larger, 149 , 150 ;
evil influences in dead, 155 , 156 , 177 , 178
Beating, expulsion of evil influences by, 22 , 155 , 177
Bee-trees, 202 –204
Bees, an unlucky omen, 535
Betrothal ceremonies, 364 –368
Bezoar stones, magic properties and use of, 274 –277, 425 , 426 , 441
Bidan (midwife), ceremonies connected with engagement of, 332 , 333
Birds, ideas about, 109 –141;
supernatural or mythical, 110 , 111 ;
nocturnal, 111 , 112 ;
of ill omen, 111 , 112 , 123 , 124 ;
legendary, human origin of, 121 –123, 126 , 129 –131;
lucky, 124 , 125 ;
nests, 127 , 128 ;
decoy, 132 –141
Birth ceremonies, 332 –352;
taboos, 343 –346, 348 –351
Birth-spirits or vampires, 320 –331, 334
Bisnu (Vishnu), 85 , 86 (note), 87 , 545 , 546
Black divinity, 92
Black King of the Genii, 93 –96