Note 227.4 — Chapter XI · NOTES
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v. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 426; ix. 473; ii. Folklore, 442. Compare the Apache use of hoddentin, the pollen of the tule-rush. ix. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 500, et seqq. Compare also the consecration of the Hindu votaries of Devi, by the smearing of their foreheads with a portion of the red powder which has marked an earthenware pitcher containing water and other things infused, by means of mantrás, with the spirit of the goddess. iv, N. Ind. N. and Q., 19.