Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in India
and Cambodia, pp. 68-70.—­Seclusion
of girls at puberty among the Hindoos, 68; in Southern
India, 68-70; in Cambodia, 70.

Sec. 7. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Folk-tales,
pp. 70-76.—­Danish story of the girl who
might not see the sun, 70-72; Tyrolese story of the
girl who might not see the sun, 72; modern Greek stories
of the maid who might not see the sun, 72 sq.;
ancient Greek story of Danae and its parallel in a
Kirghiz legend, 73 sq.; impregnation of women
by the sun in legends, 74 sq.; traces in marriage
customs of the belief that women can be impregnated
by the sun, 75; belief in the impregnation of women
by the moon, 75 sq.

Sec. 8. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty,
pp. 76-100.—­The reason for the seclusion
of girls at pubertyis the dread of menstruous blood,
76; dread and seclusion of menstruous women among the
aborigines of Australia, 76-78; in Torres Straits
Islands, New Guinea, Galela, and Sumatra, 78 sq.;
among the tribes of South Africa, 79 sq.; among
the tribes of Central and East Africa, 80-82; among
the tribes of West Africa, 82; powerful influence