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La Bella Marte, invocation of, I. 69.

Label, a protective, II. .

Ladder for the ghost, II. .

Laghû, worship of, II. .

Lakara, a totem sept, II. .

Lakes, sacred, I. 54.

Lâkhdâta, the saint, I. 208.

Lakshmî, worship of, II. , .

Lâlanwâla, a saint, I. 208.

Lâl Beg, a saint, I. 196, 203; II. .

Lalitâ, worship of, I. 119.

Lâl Pîr, a saint, I. 203.

Lamas, control over the weather, I. 67.

Lame demons, I. 280.

Lamia, I. 2.

Lamkariyâ, sister of Sîtalâ, I. 128.

Lamp, to light the soul, II. ;
magic, I. 219;
charm to stop rain, I. 76;
rock cave, I. 285;
worship, I. 93.

Lampblack, a protective, I. 28, 93; II. , .

Landslip, demon of, I. 264.

Langra Târ, worship of, I. 205.

Lankhinî, worship of, I. 95.

Last, dead, spirit of, I. 46;
tree of the forest, II. .

Last, shoemaker’s, a fetish, II. .

Lâth Bhairon, worship of, II. .

Latora Bîr, worship of, I. 255.

Learning, charm to gain, I. 222.

Leather, a protective, II. .

Lemuri, the, I. 259.

Lengthening, ghost’s power of, I. 250.

Leper, sacrificed, II. .

Leprehaun, the, I. 287; II. .

Leprosy, caused by Vâsuki, II. ;
caused by telling lies in a grove, II. ;
cured at a shrine, I. 221;
cured at a tank, I. 58 sq.;
theory of, I. 125.

Letters, protection of, from the Evil Eye, II. .

Liberalia, festival, the, II. .

Lice, produced by a curse, I. 125.

Life Index, the, I. 250; II. .

Lighting the departing soul, II. .

Lightning scared by nudity, I. 69;
goddess of, I. 224.

Likeness, dislike to having taken, I. 233.

Lilith, I. 128, 279.

Limbu tribe, barring the ghost, II. .

Lingam, watered to bring rain, I. 73, 76.

Lingâyat sect, burial rites, I. 30;
flagellation, I. 155;
worship of Chambasâpa, I. 183.

Lingo, the progenitor of the Gonds, I. 284.

Lingri Pîr, worship of, I. 161.

Lion, the, II. ;
of Ahmad Khân, I. 219.

Lizard, blood of, II. ;
omens from, II. .

Local godlings, worship of, I. 94.

Lockjaw, charm to cure, I. 131.

Locusts, scaring of, II. .

Lodhi tribe, use of rice, II. .

Lodi Pathân tribe, totemism, II. .

Loha, Lohajangha, a demon, I. 252.

Lohâsura, the godling of iron, II. .

Lohû river, the, I. 248.

Lokapâlas, the, II. .

Lonâ Chamârin, the witch, I. 151, 160; II. .

Lonâsura, a lake demon, I. 54.

Looking back, II. .

Lorik, legend of, II. .

Lota, the, a protective, II. .

Lot’s wife, II. .

Lotus, a sacred plant, II. .

Lough Neagh, legend of, I. 57.

Love knot, the, II. .

Lupercalia, the, I. 100, 225; II. .

Lycanthropy, II. .