i$8 THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS CHAP.

comfort for the spirits of warriors, though the Chiru believe that
the spirits of those that die unnatural deaths go to a separate
and inferior place, while those of the other dead go westwards
into the sky. The Anal, Kolhen, and Lamgang believe that,
after hovering around the grave for some time, the spirit is
reincarnated in some new-born child, but that an unnatural
death prevents this and the spirit passes away skywards and
returns no more. The belief in a being or beings which trouble
the spirits on their way to Mi-thi-khua, as Pupawla does with
his pellet bow, is very general. The Aimol call him
Kamcharipu, and say that he makes the spirits of all, except
" Thangchhuah," kill a certain number of lice in his head. The
Vaiphei say that a male and a female being guard the road and
trouble and detain the spirits of those who have not attained
the honours of Thangchhuah. With the exception of the Tik-
hup, all the clans believe in demons, which they call by
various names and which correspond exactly with the Huai of
the Lushais. The Aimol call these devils Numeinu, Thanglian
Borh, Tuikuachoi. " Numeinu" means mother of woman
Borh brings to memory the infantile illness called by that name
by the Lushais, while " Tuikuachoi" is evidently the Tui-huai
The Aimol and Chiru perform the Daibawl sacrifices in the
same manner as the Lushais. The Chawte sacrifice pigs and
fowls in case of sickness, but the Khal sacrifices are quite un-
known to any Old Kuki clans. Lashi is known to the Aimol and
Vaiphei. Among the former the Sakhua sacrifices are performed
to this deity, and he is capable of giving success in the chase,
The Vaiphei place Lashi almost on a par with Pathian and
sacrifice a pig to him every year. Strange to say, he is supposed
to have only one leg. The Sakhua chant of the Vuite
commences with an invocation to all the wild animals to
collect.

In nearly every clan there is an annual festival in honour of the
souls of those who have died during the year, but in no case is
the Mi-thi-rawp-lam or any similar festival included in the series
of Thangchhuah feasts.

The Aimol sacrifice either a pig or a goat to Lashi as their
Sakhua. The Chawte have been much influenced by Manipuris,
and I was first told that the names of their gods were