Based on rite of blood-drinking. [1] Built social castes. [2] Employed by kings to collect taxes. [3] For women. [4] Kept unscrupulous kings on anxious seat; practiced lynch law. [5] Power of mystery conferred on members. [6] Puberty initiation tests. [7] Sociopolitical and religio-mystical types. [8]
See also: UB 70:7.