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The Todas

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By W. H. R. Rivers
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An anthropological study that combines meticulous ethnographic description with an explicit account of method, recording the social organization, ceremonial life, and dairy-based institutions of a pastoral community. It explains the structure and ritual roles of herd-centred units (the ti), the offices of dairyman-priests and their assistants, distinctions between sacred and ordinary animals, and the spatial arrangements and rites associated with dairies. The author details sources and informants, assesses degrees of evidential reliability, and keeps descriptive material separate from theoretical interpretation presented in later chapters.

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U

Uganda, 461

Umbilical cord, 323

Umbrella, 324, 381

Uncle, maternal, 190, 211, 226, 332, 333, 334, 336, 395, 444, 499, 500, 547, 619, 630

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V

Vedic sacrifice, 288

Venus, 591, 593, 594, 620

Village, 23, 644, 734
ownership of, 558
sanctity of, 419

Villages extinct, 620, 651, 655, 675

Vows, 293, 298, 306, 575–6

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W

Wainad, 188, 190, 200, 209, 225, 250, 338, 361, 381, 399, 420

Walhouse, Mr. M. J., 255, 345, 363, 383–4

Ward, Captain B. S., 472, 528, 694

Weapons, 381, 586, 716

Wells. See Springs

Whey, 50

Whitehouse, Rev. Thomas, 693

Widow, 241, 365, 367, 369, 370

Widower, 241, 365, 369, 370, 394, 519, 523, 571

Wives, transference of, 309, 523, 533 et seq., 554

Women, and magic, 272
exclusion from ceremonial, 135, 245, 285, 300, 354
intelligence, 22, 567
position of, 566
relations with dairymen, 62, 68, 72, 78, 99, 103, 155, 236
special paths for, 27, 673
special work of, 32, 49, 263, 567

Wood, special for fires, 148, 152, 158, 174, 276, 438, 582
special for funeral pyre, 344, 379

Worms, 266

Worship, 213, 441, 442, 448, 452, 453

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Y

Yama, 397

Youngest son, special portion for, 559, 560.