Note 10 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
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In the Panjâb, on the same principle, if a man has lost two or three wives in succession, he gets a woman to catch a bird and adopt it as her daughter. He then pays the dower, marries his bird bride, and immediately divorces her. By this means the malignant influence is diverted to the bird, and the real wife is safe.10 We shall meet again with the same principle in dealing with the curious custom of tree marriage.