CHAPTER XII

Totemism--The Blood Covenant--Customs connected with Saliva

Recapitulation--Union with the god--Totemism--Sacrifices--The Blood Covenant--Its evolution--Its sacramental character--Its decay--Changes in its effect--Saliva customs--Analogy to the Blood Covenant--Spitting on infants--Spitting on various occasions--Against witchcraft--Saliva of sacred personages.

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