ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315828060/49546f0e-ce84-4e70-9b40-7107f16ee305/content/ufig_t_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>HE Boloki (a) of the Upper Congo call the soul of a living man, Elimo, and believe that a man’s shadow, or reflection, both of which are called, Elilingi, is a vital part of him. They say that a “dead person casts no shadow,” and if for any reason a man cannot see his shadow, or reflection, during the daytime he thinks someone has stolen it and that he will die unless he can obtain a charm from the medicine man which will bring it back. This is another example of the wide-spread belief to which we referred in volume I. (b) that if a man’s shadow or reflection is damaged he will die, advantage of which belief is taken in the Hung ritual, where the mirror and the foot rule are used to secure control of these parts of a man’s personality as hostages for his good conduct.
