CHAPTER VIII.

Totemism and Fetishism.

Names derived from animals. Names derived from plants. Clan names derived from trees and animals. Sacred animals. Deities associated with animal worship. Worship of stocks and stones. Survivals of human sacrifice. Disease-curing stones. Respect shown to corn sieves, corn pounders, the broom and the plough. Fire worship. 144

Animal worship.

Sacred animals and the legends and superstitions connected with them. 150

Witchcraft.

Human and ghost by Dakans or witches. 152