viii. 313

Bones of the dead, in magic, i. 148, 150; of dead shamans placed in trees, ii. 32; their treatment after the decay of the flesh, iii. 372 _n._ 5; disinterred and scraped, iii. 373 _n._, iv. 96; used in rain-making ceremonies, v. 22; of dead kings carried off or destroyed by enemies, vi. 103 _sq._; cakes baked in the shape of, and eaten as the bones of a god, viii. 87 _sqq._; virtues acquired by contact with the, viii. 153 _sq._; preserved to facilitate resurrection, viii. 259; of dead enemies destroyed to prevent their resurrection, viii. 260; of dead husbands carried by their widows, x. 91 _n._ 4

—— of deer not given to the dogs, viii. 241, 242, 243

—— of fish not burned, viii. 250, 251; thrown into the sea or a river, viii. 250, 254; not to be broken, viii. 255

——, fossil, source of myths about giants, v. 157 _sq._

——, human, buried as rain-charm, i. 287; burned as a charm against sorcery, ii. 330; of bodies which have been eaten, special treatment of, iii. 189 _sq._

——, marrow, not to be broken in a hut, i. 115 _sq._

—— of sacrificial victim not broken, iv. 20

—— of salmon not to touch the ground, viii. 254

—— and skulls of enemies not destroyed, viii. 260

—— of white whale kept from dogs, iii. 206

Bonfire Day in County Leitrim, x. 203

Bonfires on St. John’s Day (Midsummer Day) in Esthonia, iv. 280; leaping over, iv. 262, ix. 159; on St. John’s Eve, dances round, v. 245; on Walpurgis Night to keep off witches, ix. 163; on the Eve of Twelfth Day, ix. 316 _sqq._; supposed to protect against conflagrations, x. 107, 108; lit by the persons last married, x. 107, 109; a protection against witchcraft, x. 108, 109, 154; a protection against sickness, x. 108, 109; a protection against sorcery, x. 156; quickening and fertilizing influence of, x. 336 _sqq._; omens of marriage drawn from, x. 338 _sq._; protect fields against hail, x. 344; protect houses against lightning and conflagration, x. 344; at festivals in India, xi. 1 _sqq._ _See also_ Fires

Bonfires, Midsummer, ii. 65; intended to drive away dragons, x. 161; protect cattle against witchcraft, x. 188; thought to ensure good crops, x. 188, 336

Bongo, the, of the Upper Nile, magical powers of chiefs among, i. 347

Boni, Commendatore G., on the Vestal fire, ii. 186 _n._ 1

Boni, in Celebes, etiquette at the court of the king of, iv. 40

Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, x. 270

Bonnach stone in a Celtic story, xi. 126

Bonnets, special, worn by women at menstruation, iii. 146

Bonny River, human sacrifices at mouth of the, ii. 157 _sq._

Bontoc, in Luzon, sacred trees of the natives of, ii. 30; human sacrifices at planting and reaping rice in, vii. 240

Booandik tribe of South Australia, their fear of women’s blood, iii. 251; special form of speech used between relations by marriage in the, iii. 346 _sq._

Boobies, the aborigines of Fernando Po, their sacred king, iii. 8 _sq._

Booginese. _See_ Buginese

_Book of Acaill_, ancient Irish work, iv. 39

—— _of the Dead_, the ancient Egyptian, vi. 13, vii. 215, ix. 103

—— _of Rewards and Penalties_, Chinese work, i. 61

—— _of Rights_, ancient Irish work, iii. 12 _n._ 2

Booth of Orestes, i. 26

Bor, the ancient Tyana, Hittite monument at, v. 122 _n._ 1

Bor tribe of Dinka, their rain-maker, iv. 32

Borâna Gallas, custom observed by manslayers among the, iii. 186 _n._ 1

Borans, their custom of sacrificing their children to a sky-spirit, iv. 181

Bordeaux, May-poles at, ii. 69; magical use of knotted cords at, iii. 299; “killing the Bull” at threshing near, vii. 291

_Bordes_, torches carried on the first Sunday in Lent, x. 111 _n._ 1

Borewell, the, in Northumberland, resorted to by barren women, ii. 161

Borlase, William, on the Cornish custom of the Maypole, ii. 67; on Midsummer fires in Cornwall, x. 199

Bormus, mournful song of Mariandynian reapers, vii. 216, 264; compared to Lityerses, vii. 257

Born again, pretence of being, i. 74 _sqq._, iii. 113. _See also_ Birth, new

—— “of an oak or a rock,” i. 100 _n._ 1

—— thrice, said of Brahmans, i. 381

Borneo, use of magical images in, i. 59 _sq._; the Dyaks of, i. 73, iii. 52, ix. 14, 383, x. 5, xi. 222; rules observed by camphor hunters in, i. 115; telepathy in war in, i. 127; the Mahakam Dyaks of, i. 159; treatment of the afterbirth and navel-string in, i. 194; gongs beaten in storms in, i. 328; beliefs as to the blighting effect of sexual crime in, ii. 108 _sqq._; the Kenyahs of, ii. 385, iii. 110, 415; hooks to catch souls in, iii. 30; rice used to prevent the soul, conceived as a bird, from wandering, in,