xiv CONTENTS 



Pakt III. General Sociological Culture — Continued. 



Chapter XXI. Political organization — Continued. p age 



Slave trade and slaves 184 



Slave trade 184 



Classes of slaves 184 



Delivery and treatment of slaves 185 



Part IV. Religion 187 



Chapter XXII. General principles of Man6bo religion and nature and classification of Man6bo 



deities 187 



I ntroductory 187 



General principles of religion 187 



Sincerity of belief 187 



Basis of religious belief 187 



Means of detecting supernatural evil 188 



Belief in an hierarchy of beneficent and malignant deities 188 



Other tenets of Man6bo faith 189 



Spirit companions of man 189 



General character of the deities 190 



Classification of deities and spirits 190 



Benevolent deities 190 



Gods of gore and rage 191 



Malignant and dangerous spirits 191 



Agricultural goddesses 191 



Giant spirits 191 



Gods of lust and consanguineous love 191 



Spirits of celestial phenomena 191 



Other spirits 192 



Nature of the various divinities in detail 192 



The primary deities 192 



The secondary order of deities 192 



The gods of gore, and kindred spirits 193 



Chapter XXIII. Maleficent spirits 195 



The origin and nature of malignant demons 195 



Methods of frustrating their evil designs 195 



Through priests 195 



By various material means 196 



By propitiation 196 



The tagb&nua, or local forest spirits 197 



Their characteristics and method of Jiving 197 



Definite localities tenanted by forest spirits 198 



Worship of the forest spirits 198 



Chapter XXIV. Priests, their prerogatives and functions 200 



The bail&n or ordinary Man6bo priests 200 



Their general character 200 



Their prerogatives 201 



Sincerity of the priests 201 



Their influence 202 



Their dress and functions 202 



The bagdni, or priests of war and blood 203 



Chapter XXV. Ceremonial accessories and religious rites 204 



General remarks 204 



The paraphernalia of the priest 204 



The religious shed and the bail&n's house 204 



Equipment for ceremonies 204 



Ceremonial decorations 205 



Sacred images 205 



Ceremonial offerings .. 205 



Religious rites 206 



Classification 206 



Method of performance 206 



The betel-nut tribute 206 



The offering of incense 207 



