E
Eagle, 196
Ears, of sacrificed calf, 284
split, of calf, 278, 302
Earth in ceremonial, 163 et seq., 295,
343 et seq., 390, 402
Earthworm, 265
Eclipse, of sun, 592
of moon, 593
Eldest son, special portion for, 560
Evasion of ceremonial laws, 328, 406, 454, 519, 670
Evil eye, 263, 332, 333, 387, 636
Exchange of brother and sister, 522
Expenses of ceremonial, 305, 335
method of sharing, 544, 558
F
Face, ceremony of uncovering a child’s, 331
downwards at cremation, 363
Family, 541, 545, 558
average size of, 474–7
Fasting, 126, 133, 135, 168, 170, 291, 294, 303, 305, 307, 354, 370, 390, 592, 593
Fatherhood, 322, 517, 547, 564
Fawcett, Mr. F., 331, 402, 697, 707, 709, 717
Feasts, 83, 161, 164, 167, 169, 170, 232, 292, 304, 305, 306, 310, 321, 332, 335, 369, 405, 409, 524, 558, 592, 597, 662
Fertility, 474–7
Finicio, Father Y., 99, 104, 250, 635, 693, 721
Fire ceremony, 290
making, 437, 581
sanctity of, 437
special wood for, 148, 152, 158, 174, 276, 344, 379, 438
Fire-sticks, 60, 291, 438, 582
Flesh, eating, 209, 285, 290, 640, 727
of sambhar, 309, 432, 456
Floods, 215
Flowers, telling time by, 321
telling age by, 415
Folk-tales, 47, 114, 664, 676.
See also Mythology
Food, 580
for the dead, 361, 380, 382
restrictions on, 102, 370, 406
Frenzy during divination, 253
Fright, remedy for, 268
Frog, 265
G
Genealogical method, 11, 461, 465, 483, 619, 691
Genealogies, 461, 565
of buffaloes, 470, 548
Geographical position, 4
Ghi. See Butter
Gifts, of buffaloes, 320, 332, 336, 396, 562
of money, 329, 335, 396
Gods, 182, 443
Hindu, 211, 251, 273, 457
Gourd, 203
Government, 101, 550.
See Council
Great Bear, 594
Greetings, 497.
See Salutations
Grigg, Mr. H. B., 472, 557, 679
Guimet Museum, 75
H
Haddon, Dr. A. C., 3
Hair, as funeral relic, 364, 379
cutting, 103, 333
in magic, 257, 267
methods of wearing, 369, 574, 724
tying, in ceremonial, 92, 221
Half-breeds, existence of, 532
Hand-burning, ceremony of, 313 et seq., 366, 394
Hare, 592
Harkness, Capt. H., 14, 15, 26, 159, 287, 422, 427, 429, 437, 473, 516, 536, 563, 574, 579, 610, 620, 630, 632, 650, 664, 672, 695
Head, covering the, 345, 365, 367, 369, 394
Hills, fire ceremony on, 290
relation of gods to, 183 et seq., 443
Hindus, customs borrowed from, 273, 410, 579
objects borrowed from, 90, 108, 381, 572
Homicide, 195, 197, 261, 262, 555
Honey, 191, 266, 291, 321, 361, 500, 580, 592, 642
Hos, 697
House. See Hut
Hunter, Sir W. W., 604
Hut, 28, 220, 583
funeral, 339 et seq.
imitated in ceremony, 328
mud, 313, 584
ownership of, 558
Hypnotic condition, 254
I
Idols, 426
Illness, 251, 256, 297, 306, 309, 371, 399, 408, 525, 557, 578, 626
Images, 458
Impurity, 102, 131, 135, 244, 326, 327, 368, 403, 567
Incantations. See Spells
Infanticide, 478, 518, 520, 554, 691
Inheritance, 11, 560.
See also Descent of magical powers, 249, 256
of youngest son, 559
Intelligence, 20, 531, 551, 567
Invocation of deities, 229
Izhavas, 700
J
K
Kanisans, 699
Keloid, 578
Kidneys, 281
Killing calf at sacrifice, 279
Kin, salutations to, 320
duties of, 498
Kinship, 483
Kite, 204 et seq.
Knee-cap, 365
Kois, 698
Kotas, 6, 48, 52, 108, 121, 195, 197, 200, 364, 377, 397, 585, 635, 715
Kurumbas, 6, 185, 191, 200, 201, 209, 262, 378, 555, 632, 640, 641