Bantu Beliefs and Magic
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I NATURAL RELIGION
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I SPIRIT BELIEFS
CHAPTER II SACRIFICE
CHAPTER III SACRED STONES OR VILLAGE SHRINES IN KIKUYU
CHAPTER IV. THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE HARVEST, ALSO PLANTING CEREMONIAL
CHAPTER V CIRCUMCISION CEREMONIAL
CHAPTER VI DEATH AND BURIAL CEREMONIAL
CHAPTER VII THE CURSE AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS
(a) Thahu and its Connection with Circumcision Rites, etc.
(b) Purification and Blessing
(c) The Dying Curse
CHAPTER VIII SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING CHILDREN AND WOMEN
PART II MAGIC
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I THE GUILD OF SMITHS IN KIKUYU AND UKAMBA
CHAPTER II THE EVIL EYE
CHAPTER III KIKUYU MAGIC AND MAGICIANS
CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS MAGICAL PRACTICES
PART III MISCELLANEOUS
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I THE CONSTITUTION AND WORKING OF COUNCILS AMONG THE KIKUYU
CHAPTER II LAWS OF COMPENSATION FOR MURDER
CHAPTER III CEREMONIAL OATHS
CHAPTER IV WAR AND PEACE
CHAPTER V MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS
Sundry Beliefs
CHAPTER VI LEGENDS
CHAPTER VII DANCES
CHAPTER VIII WOMEN AS A FACTOR IN TRIBAL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER IX SOME GENERAL REMARKS
CHAPTER X EAST AFRICA AFTER THE WAR
L’ENVOI
GLOSSARY
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