"I Am Ever of My Kin": Family, Rites of Passage, and the Clan System
- Families and tribes: a cultural overview
- Connections and events among families
- Birth of a child
- Roles of parents
- Roles of siblings
- Coming-of-age
- Death and burial
- Connections and events among tribes
- Interaction among personal tribe
- Interaction with other tribes
- Inter-tribal relations
"Beauty Stands Apart From Vanity": Appearance, Clothing, Grooming
- Typical clothing
- Washing clothes
- Role of earrings in Sciidh society
- Other jewelry
- Body fur, ear-tufts and mane
- Tattooing and scars
- Standards of beauty
- Baths; layout of a public bath
- Soap and scent
"The Highest Judges": Theology and Manifestations of Religion
- The idea of the "living myth"
- Principal deities in various cultures
- Minor or tribe-centric deities
- The otherworld ("eventuality")
- Concept of time in the otherworld