Bantu Beliefs and MagicH. F. & G. Witherby, 1922 - 2 pages |
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A-Kamba Africa aiimu ancestral spirits animal athamaki athuri ya ukuu become thahu beer believed belonging blood bracelet bullock bush called cattle ceremony child circumcised clan cohabits cooking council crops curse custom dance death deceased Dorobo eaten Eithaga Engai European evil father fire girl goat gourd grade guild half gourd hand head husband hyæna ithembo itwika J. G. Frazer Kamba Kamiri kiama Kibwezi Kikuyu fashion kirume kithito Kitui lustration Machakos district magic makwa male goat Masai fashion mbugu meat medicine mother mugumu mundu mugo Mwangi Mweithaga native ngoma owner person piece pigeon pea poured pray probably purified remove rika round rukwaru sacred fig sacred fig tree sacred tree sacrifice Semitic senior elder sheep skin slaughtered smeared smith snake spit stomach stones sugar cane Swahili tatha thabu tribal tribe twins ukuru village wife woman women wrist