304 J. Spieth, _Die Ewe-Stämme_ (Berlin, 1906), p. 796. 305 J. E. Erskine, _Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific_ (London, 1853), pp. 245 _sq._ M68 Graves as places of conception for women. 306 Persons initiated into the mysteries of Sabazius had a serpent drawn through the bosom of their robes, and the reptile was identified with the god (ὁ διὰ κόλπου θέος, Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ ii. 16, p. 14, ed. Potter). This may be a trace of the belief that women can be impregnated by serpents, though it does not appear that the ceremony was performed only on women. 307 See above, p. 78. Among the South Slavs women go to graves to get children. See below, p. 96. 308 S. I. Curtiss, _Primitive Semitic Religion To-day_, pp. 115 _sqq._ 309 A. C. Kruijt, _Het Animisme in den Indischen Archipel_ (The Hague, 1906), P. 398. M69 Reincarnation of the dead in America and Africa. _ 310 Relations des Jésuites_, 1636, p. 130 (Canadian reprint, Quebec, 1858). A similar custom was practised for a similar reason by the Musquakie Indians. See Miss Mary Alicia Owen, _Folk-lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America_ (London, 1904), pp. 22 _sq._, 86. Some of the instances here given have been already cited by Mr. J. E. King, who suggests, with much probability, that the special modes of burial adopted for infants in various parts of the world may often have been intended to ensure their rebirth. See J. E. King, “Infant Burial,” _Classical Review_, xvii. (1903) pp. 83 _sq._ For a large collection of evidence as to the belief in the reincarnation of the dead, see E. S. Hartland, _Primitive Paternity_ (London, 1909-1910), i. 156 _sqq._ 311 Mary H. Kingsley, _Travels in West Africa_ (London, 1897), p. 478. 312 Rev. John H. Weeks, “Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People,” _Folk-lore_, xix. (1908) p. 422. 313 Th. Masui, _Guide de la Section de l’État Indépendant du Congo à l’Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897_ (Brussels, 1897), pp. 113 _sq._ 314 J. B. Purvis, _Through Uganda to Mount Elgon_ (London, 1909), pp. 302 _sq._ As to the Bagishu or Bageshu and their practice of throwing out the dead, see Rev. J. Roscoe, “Notes on the Bageshu,” _Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute_, xxxix. (1909) pp. 181 _sqq._ M70 Measures taken to prevent the rebirth of undesirable spirits. Belief of the Baganda that a woman can be impregnated by the flower of the banana.