Blinding by magic, 155 , 310
Blood, supposed colour of royal, 18 (note), 37 ;
offered to spirits, 143 , 144 , 232 , 233 , 416
Bloodsucking demons, see Birth-spirits
Bloodsucking snail, 306
Blue, rare use of, 51 (note)
Boar, ideas about the wild, 188 , 189
Boats, used to carry away evil spirits, 235 , 413 , 414 , 433 –436
Body, theories about the constitution of the human, 22 , 23 ;
sanctity of the, 23 –46
Bomor, see Magicians, Medicine
Bores, cause of, 10 , 11
Bracelet used as a protection against spirits, 321
Brahma, 85 , 86 (note), 545 , 546
Brides, 353 –355, 368 –396
Buffalo, mythical, supporting the world, 5 , 6 ;
used for sacrifices, 189 ;
preferred to the ox or cow, ib.;
white, origin of, 190 ;
fights, 469 –474
Building ceremonies, 141 –147
Bullets, charmed, 524 , 525
Burial, 403 –407
Calendar, division of the, 545 –555
Camphor, mode of obtaining, 212 –214;