magic character of the diagnosis in, 409 –414;
propitiatory ceremonies used in, 414 –424;
neutralising poisons by, 424 –427;
expelling evil influences by, 427 –452;
taboos in, 437 , 577 ;
recalling the soul by, 452 –456, 577 ;
an orthodox view of, 456 , 457
Medicine-men, see Magicians
Metamorphoses, 53 –55, 121 –123, 126 , 129 –131, 152 , 160 –163, 170 , 185 –187, 190 –192, 201 ,
205 , 262 , 283 –286, 302 , 206 –309
Midwife, engaging a, 332 , 333
Minerals, souls of, 52 ;
ideas and ceremonies connected with, 250 –277
Mining, tin, 250 –271;
magicians, 253 –257, 261 –263;
taboos, 254 –259, 263 –265, 269 , 271 , 272 ;
charms, 265 –271, 273 ;
gold, 271 , 272 ;
silver, 272 , 273
Mischiefs, see Badi
Moments, the five, 547 , 548
Monkeys, legends about, 184 –188
Monopolies, royal, 33 –35;
see also Raja, Regalia, Taboos
Months, methods of reckoning, 553 , 554
Moon, ideas about eclipses of the, 11 –13;
precautions taken during eclipses of the, ib., 350 –352;
spots on the, 13 ;
man in the, ib.