570 



INDEX 



Alien ghost illness (ahwe: nyevedhi:), 

 10, 40, 44, 118, 128, lo2, 134, 138, 

 140, 142, 184, 207 



Aliens equated with ghosts, concept of, 

 22-23, 118, 133, 134 (ftn.), 148, 



154, 179, 180, 452 (ftn.) 

 Alternative misconduct pattern, 527. 



Bee also "Pattern of miscon- 

 duct." 



Amatata:TOs (powdered rock), a charm, 

 204, 20«. See also Magic sub- 

 stances. 



Amayk kavo:ram (abortion), lOG (ftn.) 



Amnesia [loss of memory], 123 

 infantile, 547 



Amok, an ethnic psychosis, 18, 40, 316, 

 404, 489. See also Psychosis, 

 ethnic. 



"Ancient Ones," Mohave culture heroes, 



155, 157, 346 

 Anesthesia, hysterical, 216-217 

 Animism, 502 



Anomie [feelings of isolation], 293, 478, 



507 

 Anorexia nervosa [aversion to food], 



4, 113, 114, 147, 151, 155, 219, 



244, 537 

 Anoxemia [deficient aeration of blood], 



244 

 Anus pain (hiwey lak), 21, 54, 90, 150, 



154, 155, 160, 178. See also Song 



cycles, illnesses related to. 

 Anus pain ghostly (hiwey lak nye- 

 vedhi:), 126, 150, 156, 169, 540 

 Anxiety, 181, 213-216, 218, 234. See 



also Hysteria, anxiety, 

 intelligible, 214^216 

 neurotic, 214, 216. See also Neu- 

 rosis, anxiety. 

 Anxiety reaction, 44, 45, 173 

 Anxiety state, 144, 172 

 Anyay Ha:m, a witch, 45, 106, 172, 184, 



185, 200, 201, 373, 397, 401, 412, 



413, 414, 415 

 Apache Indians, 14 (ftn.), 199 (ftn.), 



207, 506. See also Indian tribes. 

 Apen hahnok (beaver contamination 



illness), 54, 137. See also Song 



cycles, illnesses related to. 

 Apen Ismalyk, mental patient, 2, 64-71, 



80, 113,247 (ftn.) 

 Apena illness, 54. See also Song 



cycles, illnesses related to. 

 Aphasia [loss of speech], 250. See also 



Deaf-mute ; Mutism. 

 Apollodorus, Greek writer, 88 (ftn.) 

 "Apprentice sorcerer" motif, 203, 210 

 Archimedes, 502 (ftn.) 

 Aristotle, 26, 126, 421 

 Arlen, Michael, author, 79 (ftn.) 

 Artemis, Greek goddess, 373 (ftn.) 

 Atcoo:r hanyienk (convulsive seizure), 



57, 72-76, 77, 201, 411, 485, 491, 



498, 503 

 Athens, decline of, 304 

 Atom, Ionian theory of, 28 (ftn.), 501 

 Australian tribes, 447 (ftn.) 

 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 232 (ftn.) 



Autism, 59 



Autophagia [eating one's own flesh], 

 315 



Avariciousness, major Mohave sin, 188, 

 445, 458, 469. See also Gener- 

 osity, major Mohave virtue. 



Ave:tc kadhonk (tic), 247 



Avikwame (Superstition Mountain), 

 84, 157, 200, 248-249 



Avi:vava, Battle of, 427 



"Bacchae" of Euripides, 421 



Bali, Dutch occupation of, 446 (ftn.) 



Bathing, rituals of, 34, 138, 191, 391. 

 See also Rites. 



Battle of Avi:vava, 427 



Beaver contamination illness (apen 

 hahnok), 54, 137. See also 

 Song cycles, illnesses related to, 



Benedict, Ruth, anthropologist, 105 

 (ftn). 



Benzedrine, 535 (ftn.) 



Berdache [male prostitute], 307 



Bestiality [zoophilia], 89 



"Bible," the, 288 



Bill WilUams River, 361 



Birth, see Childbirth. 



monstrous, see Snake-headed 

 monster. 



Blindness, 367 



in one eye, 367, 370 



symbol of psychic derangement, 251 



Blood, deficient aeration of, [anox- 

 emia], 244 

 dream of, 45, 46, 138 (ftn.), 219 

 fear of, [hemophobia], 14 (ftn.), 

 45, 219. See also Phobia. 



Blythe, Calif., 67, 78, 205, 480 



Bootleggers, 507, 527 



Boundary dispute ceremony, 368-369. 

 See also Rites. 



Brainwashing, Communist, 383-384, 385 



Braves (kwanami.hye), 45, 46, 88, 144, 

 149, 304, 310, 328, 391, 398, 399, 

 400, 404, 405, 406, 409, 427, 429, 

 463 

 retaliatory raid of, 429 



Breath-blowing, as contamination, 119, 

 124 125 

 as therapy, 34, 124, 126, 127, 158, 



161, 345, 346 

 as witchcraft, 124, 389 



Breech presentation at birth, see Child- 

 birth, breech. 



Brooding (ivaly idhi:k), 307 



Bug excrement (hunyavre itcerk), a 

 chaiTu, 204. See also Magic sub- 

 stances. 



Bull, dream image, 41, 123, 389. See 

 also Shaman, as oedipal dream 

 image. 



Bullfrog, see Matavilye, daughter of. 



Burial, Mohave, 194, 479, 519. See also 

 Agriculture, mythical origin of; 

 Half breed infants, killing of; 

 Infanticide. 



Cain and Abel, 288 



