ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS -- LIST OF PLATES -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One: Historical Background -- 1. BACKGROUND TO NA-KHI RELIGION -- Historical introduction -- Ecology -- Ethnographic framework -- The problem of the literature -- Aims -- 2. KINSHIP, SUICIDE AND PICTOGRAPHS -- Kinship -- Suicide -- Pictographs -- Summary -- Part Two: The Basic Structures -- 3. ELEMENTARY RITUAL CLASSIFICATION -- Theoretical framework -- The Na-khi cosmology -- The incorporation of the environment -- The symbolization of the environment -- Ritual foci -- 4. THE BELIEF SYSTEM IN THE RITUAL FRAMEWORK -- Beliefs -- The rites of the Na-khi -- Part Three: Analysis -- 5. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MYTH AND RITUAL -- Origin stories -- Sacrifice -- Medicine -- Stone and wood -- Paths, bridges and gateways -- Number theory -- 6. THE CONSTRUCTION OF RITES -- 7. THE RITES -- Paradigm: Szi chung bpö -- A synopsis of the Szi chung bpö manuscripts -- The Szi chung bpö ceremony -- The Szi chung bpö ritual -- The structure of Na-khi ritual -- Conclusion -- 8. THE SUBCEREMONIES -- Paradigm: Tso mber ssaw -- Conclusion -- 9. THE DOMINANT SYMBOLS -- Paradigm: Ssu -- The Ssu Life god -- The Ssu serpent spirits -- Discussion -- General comment -- Part Four: Conclusions -- 10.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Part Five: Appendices -- I. THE NA-KHI AND THE MO-SO -- Na-khi or Mo-so? -- Na-khi -- Na-khi and Mo-so -- Mo-so -- Mo-so? -- Na-khi? -- Na-khi Religious Tradition -- White and Black -- Lo-Lo -- White and Black Mo-so? -- Conclusion -- II. THE SZI CHUNG BPÖ RITUAL -- The India Office and British Museum manuscripts -- The Ddu Mun or Index books to the Szi chung bpö -- Conclusion -- III. COMPUTER ANALYSIS -- NOTES TO CHAPTERS AND APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Persons and institutions.

Na-khi ritual ceremonies and subceremonies -- Na-khi names and terms -- Tribes mentioned -- Subject matter.