Baba, a name given to the last sheaf, i. 339, 340 Babar Islands, restoration of the soul in the, i. 137; the soul believed to be in the shadow, i. 142 Babylon, Sacaea festival at, i. 226 Babylonian legend concerning the goddess Istar, i. 287 Baffin Land, expulsion of evil by the Eskimo of, ii. 165 Bagota, restrictions on the heir to the throne in, ii. 225 Balder killed by the mistletoe, ii. 244 _sq._; the oak, ii. 295; life of, in the mistletoe, ii. 359-362 Balder’s bale-fires, ii. 289 _sq._ Bali, mice and the rice fields of the island of, ii. 131; periodic expulsion of devils, ii. 174, 175; custom at a birth, ii. 329 Balquhidder, harvest custom in, i. 344 Banjar kings held responsible for the weather, i. 46, 47 Banks Islanders, the tamaniu of the, ii. 331, 332 Baranton, fountain of, i. 15 Barcelona, Mid-Lent custom in, i. 262 Bari tribe, rain kings of the, i. 52, 53 Barotse, the chief a demigod in, i. 46 Barren women’s superstition regarding the apple-tree, i. 73 Bassam, Great, sacrifice of oxen at, ii. 41, 42; ceremony of driving out the evil spirit, ii. 161, 162 Basutos, the, and the reflection-soul, i. 145; cannibalism by the, ii. 89; offerings of first-fruits, ii. 373 Bat, the, ii. 334-337 Battambang, rain-charm in, i. 19 Battas, the, fighting the wind, i. 28, 29; refuse to fell trees, i. 64, 65; soul superstition, i. 124, 125, 135, 136; soul straying, i. 160; ceremony of making the curse to fly away by the, ii. 150, 151; totemism amongst the, ii. 340, 341; belief in plurality of souls, ii. 341 Bavaria, May custom in, i. 84; Whitsuntide representative of the tree-spirit in, i. 242; harvest custom in, i. 342; ii. 27, 28; cure for fever, ii. 153; Easter bonfires in, ii. 254; midsummer bonfires in, ii. 278 Bear, Shrovetide, i. 254, 255; sacrifice of the, ii. 99-108; ceremony at killing a, ii. 111-113, 115; ceremony before a bear-hunt, ii. 112, 113 Bears, dead, treated with respect, ii. 111-113 Beasts, divine, held responsible for the course of nature, i. 48 Beating as a ceremonial purification, ii. 213-217, 232-234 Beauce, straw man in, ii. 40 Beavers, superstition about killing, ii. 116 Bechuanaland, rain-charm in, i. 18; sun superstition in, i. 23; hack-thorn held sacred in, i. 69; purification after travel, i. 157; crocodile superstition in, ii. 55, 56; transference of ills in, ii. 149 Bedouins, pursuing the wind, i. 29 Belfast, harvest custom at, i. 336, 337 Belgium, procession with wicker giant in, ii. 281 Belli-Paaro, ceremony of, in Quoja, ii. 347, 348 Beltane fires, ii. 254-258 Bengal, Gardens of Adonis in, i. 288, 289 Bernkastel, reaping custom in, ii. 15 Berry, belief regarding the birth of the corn-spirit in, ii. 23; harvest custom, ii. 26 Bhagats, mock human sacrifices by the, i. 252, 253 Bhotan, man worshippers in, i. 42 Biajas of Borneo, expulsion of diseases to sea by the, ii. 192 Bidasari, ii. 325 _sq._