Mbari Houses: Chs. 2, 3 and 4;
at Omo Dim, 10 _et seq._;
at Ibodo, 44;
construction of, 14 _et seq._;
ceremonies at, 14;
in Etche country, 40 _et seq._;
license depicted in, 32-3.
Mbolli, tribe:
and yam cult, 29, 115;
and farms, 121-2.
Medicine man, and construction of Mbari House, 21, 23.
Mgbe, and temples, 21, 23.
Moon:
depicted on Ikoro drum, 4;
on figures in Mbari Houses, 26 _et seq._, 31;
and fertility, 28-30.
N
Njokku, figure in Mbari House, 11.
_See also_ Ajokko-Ji, 99 _et seq._
O
Obogwe, Ibo town, Mbari House at, 30.
Obukere Club: 36-9;
and unnatural copulation, 36.
Ohambele, Ibo town, where Ikoro drum is worshipped, 2.
Okrikans, clan of Kalabari sub-tribe of Ibo, and Death Tabus, 63.
Omo Dim, Ibo town, Mbari House at, 26 _et seq._
Opioro, Etche Ibo town, Mbari House at, 24-5.
Otaminni, River Deity, and Mbari Houses, 12, 20, 24.
P
Peoples of Southern Nigeria, by P. Amaury Talbot, v.
Pepple, Mr. B. M., 2
Phallic Cult, 65 _et seq._, 84-5.
_See_ Procreation, Fertility, Symbols, Genital organs.
Pillar, Bird and Pillar worship, 43-4.
Pliny, 6.
Priest:
of Earth Goddess, 12, 16, 30;
of Yam cult, Fertility linked with his life, 103;
of Thunder God, 49.
Procreation, represented in Mbari Houses, 15, 32.
Prostitution, religious, 127-8.
Puberty, girls’ initiatory ceremonies, 82 _et seq._
R
Rainbow, sign of Lightning God, 57
Romans, and seed-grain, 113.
S
Seed Yams, and corn, 49, 59, 113.
Sekapu Society, 39.
Sex, Male and Female combined, 89.
Sky God. _See_ God.
Slaves:
of Juju, 56, 59;
in Mbari Houses, 42;
sanctuary in shrines, 59.
Snake:
depicted on Ikoro Drum, etc., 4, 6-7;
symbol of male organ, 5 _et seq._;
cults, 34.
Stone, worship of, 80-1.
Symbols: 65, 79-81, 84-5, 94;
on Ikoro drum, 4;
of tortoise and snake, 4-9;
of lightning, 47.
T
Tabus:
re copulation, 25, 32-3, 121, 123-6;
food, 49, 102;
climbing, 58;
picking leaves, etc., 58;
death, 62-4;
revocation of, 125.
Thunder, God of. _See_ God of Lightning.
_Times Literary Supplement_, quotation from, 4-5.
Tortoise:
symbol of female generative organs, 5-9;
and Folklore, 5.
Tree, sacred, 101-2, 130-1.
U
Umoyo, Etche town, 22.
Unnatural copulation, 33-6.
W
Whitehouse, Mr., former District Commissioner, 14.
Witchcraft, and Earth Goddess and Thunder God, 136.
Wobilo, Chief of Umoyo, 22-3.
Wrestling:
depicted in Mbari Houses, 41;
in connection with yam and corn cults, 110 _et seq._
Y
Yam Cult: 99 _et seq._;
among Mbolli, 29;
Aya-Eke cult, 103 _et seq._
Yellow, Mr. G. A., 11.
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