p.

"__ Ghost"

376

Breath

"a villager suddenly awakens from sleep, gasping for breath. The folk explanation is that a Breath Ghost has come and stepped or sat on his or her chest, and thus interfered with normal breathing."

404

Filth

"__ travels around at night in the form of a will-o’-the-wisp."

405

"

"__ specializes in ... the eating of human feces"

406

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"Childbirth ... __ devouring the "chunks of blood" ... that emerge from the vagina with the child. (The placenta is immediately stored in a pot ...)"

n. 253

"a man who found a gold ring ... felt an almost uncontrollable urge to eat human feces." {cf. gold as faeces of [Aztec] deities}

469

Whispering

"a ghost (phraaj) who whispers (kra`sib) into the ear of its nurturer the answers to divinatory questions."

477

New Year’s fun

"the sex of a __ always matches the sex of the (post-pubertal) actor whom the ghost enters. ... A swain entered by a male ghost can chase the girls, and a maiden entered by a female ghost can chase the boys."

Creeping Snail

"__ will indiscriminately enter an actor of either sex. However, this ghost ... has nothing to do with flirtation, as it enters pre-pubertal children only."

481

Windborne Monkey

"__ cannot speak, ... answering questions in sign language."

n. 303

Hanumant is son of Pavana = Maruta (wind-god). {cf. [Aztec] all humans became became monkeys in the era of the Eca-tonatiuh (‘Wind-Sun’)}

482

Fish-trap

"__ is so called because he is induced to enter a ptospective youth-medium who while waiting to become possessed, is seated, blindfolded, upon a wooden fish-trap."

483

Coconut Half-Shell

is female, entering only females

Winnowing Basket

entering only females

p.

504

KHWa"N (‘soul’) [= Chinese /HUN/] in caj (‘heart’)

508

"a ceremonial pedestaled bowl {known to Aztecs etc.} (phaan) ... The [female] doctor now takes a ladle

509

(tha’bphii) and ladles the actor’s khwan out of his body and into the bowl."

514

"The doctor in the life cycle khwan rites ias always a ... male." (life cycles include "topknot cutting and wedding ceremonies".)

p.

545

"The Rain Statues ... consist of two human forms ... One statue is male, the other is female. Both are nude. They are indulging in sexual intercourse ... and quite graphic."

548

"Parade of Lady Cat ... to drench the cat with water." [rain-magic]

550

"Lightning struck a nun ... Knocking off her clothes so that you could see her [vagina]."

"youths ... stealthily entering ... the houses of their fancied maidens. Indeed, there is a tradition in which a bold youth sneaks by night into the house and bed of his colluding lady love."