The Southern Kikuyu Before 1903, Volume 3 |
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Aathi Acanthaceae andũ ago animal Apocynaceae athigani banana bark blood Boraginaceae bottle gourd brewed bush Caesalpiniaceae Capparaceae cattle cause Celastraceae charm Compositae Convolvulaceae council elders courtyard creeper Cucurbitaceae death deity departed spirits divining gourd eaten Euphorbiaceae father fire Flacourtiaceae flowers girl goats and sheep grade elder half-gourd he-goat herb homestead honey beer ingredients ira powder kaari Kenya kiama council Kikuyu Kikuyu country killed Labiatae leaves Loganiaceae Maasai magic powder called Malvaceae mbũgũ meat feasts medicine-man Mugwata-ng'ondu mũndũ mundũ mũgo muthakwa Muthuthi muuma ndahikio ndua ng'ondu Ngai owner Papilionaceae patient person plant poured prayed profession purification ceremony raid rawhide rawhide strips roots round rubbed Rubiaceae Rutaceae sacred tree sacrifice senior wife shrub skin slaughtered Solanaceae stall-fed rams stems sticks stomach contents sugar-cane T. G. Benson territorial unit thahu told took Umbelliferae uncleanness Unidentified 1353 Verbenaceae village warriors witchcraft woman wood