The Todas

Quarrels, 257, 260, 295–6, 554

Rain, praying for, 215

Rangachari, Mr. K., 494, 738

Rats, 398, 431

Red cloth, 254, 361
pigments, 579

Reddies, 698

Relics, 364, 367, 373 et seq., 428

Religion, 442
degeneration of, 312, 453, 460, 714
relation to magic, 272, 459

Rib, creation of woman from, 184, 458

Rice, Mr. Lewis, 114

Riddles, 599

Right hand or side, 239, 273, 325, 342, 348, 386

Rings, 174, 185, 201, 306, 361, 366, 428, 579

Ritual, 38, 231, 452, 718

River-gods, 187, 250, 418, 444

Rivers, 418, 501

Sabbath, 411–2, 459

Sacrifice, 210, 219, 241, 274

Salt, 142, 166, 174, 175 et seq., 232, 263–4, 285, 321, 335, 726, 727

Salutations, 31, 34, 65, 95, 101, 189, 258, 278, 304, 320, 332, 356, 399, 417, 419, 496, 502, 528, 630, 636, 641
to buffaloes, 355, 429
to the dead, 343, 370, 379, 498
to jackal, 432
to tiger, 431

Sambhar, 49, 71, 191, 201, 309, 387, 432, 630

Saoras, 697

Sastri, Mr. Natesa, 321, 334, 358

Schmid, B., 15, 591, 602

Sea, 121, 425

Seclusion, after childbirth, 245, 295, 324, 697, 705, 717
at puberty, 538
during pregnancy, 313

Servitude, 566

Seven, 57, 145 et seq., 228, 349, 385, 387, 414

Sexes, proportion of the, 472, 477

Shaving head, 195, 268, 391, 576, 663, 684, 727
of child, 18, 268, 332, 457, 576

Sickle, 141, 714, 724

Sieve, 32, 72, 135, 246, 381, 397, 585, 639, 697

Sin, 292, 300, 310, 377, 399, 554

Sin-bearer, 377

Sirius, 594

Sister’s son, 395, 397, 498

Six, 334, 385, 414

Sixteen, 415

Skin-colour, 18

Skin-marks, 576, 633

Smallpox, 209

Snake, 138, 216, 265, 267, 419, 593, 595, 710

Snake-bite, cure for, 267

Social organisation, 34

Sorcery, 171, 229, 255, 298, 450, 545, 632, 635, 690
of Irulas, 642
of Kurumbas, 185, 309, 555, 641

Spear, 203, 428, 712, 714

Spells, 257, 259, 264, 270, 272

Spirits, malignant, 403

Spleen, 274, 282, 284, 433

Springs, 85, 185, 219, 227–8

Squirrel, 265

Stars, 379, 593

Stone implement, 376, 390, 434, 585

Stone, lifting, 252, 406, 439, 597

Stones, in magic, 257, 267
memorial, 439, 597
people turned to, 187, 440
sacred, 438

Succession. See Descent

Suffocation of sacrificial animal, 288

Sugar, 137, 174, 321, 335, 361, 366, 380

Suicide, 202, 555

Sullivan, Mr., 556

Sun, 94, 126, 128, 206, 214, 223, 226, 324, 328, 331, 397, 436, 447, 592, 594

Survivals, 312, 315, 330, 402, 403, 428, 445, 574, 585, 586, 685, 688, 702

Symbolism, 363, 375

Syphilis, 476 [981]

Taboo, 231, 241, 494
on names, 462, 494, 624, 625, 626

Tail, cut, 278, 302

Tali, tying the, 321

Tamarind, 331, 702

Tamil, 602, 702

Tattooing, 578, 585

Teak wood, 349

Telegu, 494

Thanksgiving, 232

Thatch, 258, 268, 291, 326

Theft, 295, 555

Thorns, as needles, 585

Thread bridge, 399

Three, 67 et seq., 238, 264 et seq., 278, 303 et seq., 315, 343 et seq., 412, 501, 698

Threshold, 65, 92, 128, 145 et seq., 303 et seq., 315, 331, 423, 548

Thurston, Mr. E., 2, 14, 18, 255, 262, 321, 323, 345, 363, 373, 374, 377, 379, 384, 557, 574, 578, 580, 592, 596–7, 601, 610, 641, 642, 707, 738

Tiger, 138, 185, 189, 194, 214, 216, 267, 417, 431

Time, telling by means of flowers, 321

Tiyans, 699

Tobacco, 167, 295, 335, 361, 581

Torres Straits, 3, 461, 464, 530, 567, 599

Totemism, 432, 455, 540

Toys, 598

Transmigration, 204

Trees, 67, 185, 219, 433

Truthfulness, 10, 13, 156, 439, 466 test of, 421

Turban, 419, 574

Twins, 480