The Golden Bough, Vol. 08 of 12

Index. (continued 2)

Reading edition

Sacrament of eating a god, ii. 167

—— of swine's flesh, ii. 20, 24;

totemic, 165;

types of animal, 310 sqq.;

of first-fruits, 48 sqq.;

combined with a sacrifice of them, 86

Sacramental bread, ii. 95

—— character of harvest supper, i. 303

—— eating of corn-spirit in animal form, ii. 20

Sacraments among pastoral tribes, ii. 313

Sacred Marriage at Eleusis, i. 65 sqq.

—— ploughings in Attica, i. 108

—— things deemed dangerous, ii. 27 sqq.

—— Women, i. 32

Sacrifice not to be touched, ii. 27;

of first-fruits, 109 sqq.

Sacrifices, human, for the crops, i. 236 sqq.;

human, in Mexico, ii. 88;

offered to nets, 240 n. 1;

offered to wolves, 284;

to a toad, 291

Sadana, rice-bridegroom, i. 200 sq.

Sahagun, B. de, i. 175

St. Catherine's Day, ii. 275

St. George's Eve, ii. 270

St. Kilda, ii. 322

St. Mary, Isle of, ii. 235

St. Matthew's Day, ii. 275

St. Nicholas, i. 233

St. Paul on immortality, i. 91

St. Peter's Day, i. 300

St. Stephen's Day, ii. 319, 320

Sakalava, the, of Madagascar, ii. 40 n.

Sale, nominal, of children, i. 8

Salish Indians, ii. 80

Salmon, resurrection of, ii. 250;

ceremonies at catching the first salmon of the season, 253 sq., 255

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Salt, abstinence from, ii. 75, 93;

use of, forbidden, 190, 195

Salzburg, harvest custom in, i. 146

Samoa, ii. 29

Samoans, their sacrifices of first-fruits, ii. 132

Samoyed, custom after killing a reindeer, ii. 268

San Juan Capistrano, ii. 169;

Indians of, i. 125

Sanctity of the corn, ii. 110

Sandwich Islands, belief in transmigration among natives of the, ii. 292 sq.

Saning Sari, rice-goddess, i. 191, 192

Sappho, i. 216

Saturnalia, ii. 62, 66

Satyrs in relation to goats, ii. 1 sqq.

Savage, the, not illogical, ii. 202

—— faith in the immortality of animals, ii. 260 sqq.

Saxo Grammaticus, ii. 146

Saxons of Transylvania, harvest custom of the, i. 295;

their customs at sowing, ii. 274 sq.

Saxony, harvest customs in, i. 134, 137, 149, 163, 164

Scanderbeg, Prince of Epirus, ii. 154

Scandinavian custom of the Yule Boar, i. 300 sqq.

Scarification as a religious rite, ii. 75;

from superstitious motives, 159, 160 sq.

Scheube, Dr. B., ii. 185, 186, 187

Schleswig, harvest customs in, i. 230, 287

Schrenck, L. von, ii. 191, 192, 193, 194, 195

Schweinfurth, G., ii. 37 sq.

Science, generalisations of, inadequate to cover all particulars, ii. 37

Scirophorion, a Greek month, ii. 8 n. 1

Scorpions, charm against, ii. 281;

souls of dead in, 290

Scotland, harvest customs in, i. 140 sqq.

Scratching as a religious rite, ii. 75

Scurrilities exchanged between vine-dressers and passers-by, i. 258 n. 1

Scurrilous language at mysteries, i. 38

Scythians, set store on heads of enemies, i. 256 n. 1

Sea beasts, Esquimau rules as to eating, ii. 84;

their bladders restored to the sea by the Esquimaux, 247 sqq.

—— -mammals, their mythical origin, ii. 246

Seals, care taken of the bladders and bones of, ii. 247 sqq., 257, 258 n. 2

Sedna, an Esquimau goddess, ii. 84, 246

Seed sown by women, i. 113 sqq.;

sown by children, i. 115 sq.

Seed-corn, i. 135, 205, 278, 301, 304, ii. 20

Seed-rice, i. 189

Seeds and roots, wild, collected by women, i. 124 sqq.

Seler, Professor E., i. 175

Seligmann, Dr. C. G., ii. 40 n.

Sĕmangat, i. 181, 183

Semele, mother of Dionysus, i. 14, 15

Seminole Indians, ii. 76, 217

Senegambia, Python clan in, ii. 174

Serpent, killing the sacred, ii. 174 sq.;

ceremonies performed after killing a, 219 sq.

Serpent's flesh eaten to learn the language of animals, ii. 146

Serpents, offerings to, ii. 17 sq.;

men inspired by, 213;

charms against, 281;

souls of the dead in, 291.

See also Clyack, Kirn, Mell, Maiden

Sheep not eaten, ii. 140;

ghosts of, dreaded, 231

Sheep-skin, fumigation with, ii. 324

Sheep-skins, candidates at initiation seated on, i. 38

Shells of eggs preserved, ii. 258 n. 2

Shifting cultivation, i. 99

Shoulder-blade, divination by, ii. 234

Shropshire, “the neck” in, i. 268;

“crying the Mare” in, 293 sq.

Shrove Tuesday, i. 300, ii. 326

Shrovetide Bear, ii. 325 sq.

Shumpaoli, an African god, ii. 110

Shuswap Indians, ii. 226, 238

Siam, ii. 103

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Sicilians, Demeter's gift of corn to the, i. 56 sq.

Sicily, worship of Demeter and Persephone in, i. 56

Sickles thrown at last standing corn, i. 136, 142, 144, 153, 154, 165

Sickness cured or prevented by effigies, ii. 180 sqq.

Sicyon, wolves at, ii. 283, 284

Sierra Leone, i. 317

Sieves, children at birth placed in, i. 6 sqq.

Sigurd and the dragon, ii. 146

Silence enforced during absence of fisher, ii. 256

Silenuses, ii. 1 sq.

Silesia, harvest customs in, i. 136, 138, 139, 148 sq., 163 sq., 231, 233, 273, 277, 281, 289

Silvanus, ii. 2

Simbang, village in German New Guinea, ii. 295

Similkameen Indians, the, ii. 146

Sinew of the thigh, customs and myths as to, ii. 264 sqq.

Sinews of dead men cut to disable their ghosts, ii. 272

Sing Bonga, a sun god, ii. 117

Singleton, Miss A. H., ii. 320 n. 1

Sioux girl, sacrifice of, i. 238 sq.

—— Indians, ii. 150, 243

Skeat, W. W., i. 197 sq.

Skin of sacrificed animal, uses of, ii. 173 sq.

—— -disease caused by eating a sacred animal, ii. 25 sqq.

Skins of sacrificed animals stuffed, 257 sq.

Skipping-rope, ii. 192

Skull, drinking out of a human, ii. 150

Skulls, human, as protection against powers of evil, i. 241;

the Place of, 243;

spirits of ancestors in their, ii. 123;

of ancestors, offerings set beside, 127;

of bears worshipped, 184;

of enemies destroyed, 260

Sky God, the, i. 69

—— -god Zeus, i. 65

Skye, harvest custom in, i. 284

Slaves of the Earth Gods, ii. 61, 62 n. 1

Slavonic peoples, harvest customs among, i. 144 sqq.

Slayers of leopards, rules of diet observed by, ii. 230 sq.

Slow-footed animals not eaten by some savage tribes, ii. 139 sq.;

eaten by preference by the Bushmen, 140 sq.

Small-pox, cure for, i. 9 sq.

Smearing the body as a means of imparting certain qualities, ii. 162 sqq.

—— of blood on worshippers a mode of communion with the deity, ii. 316

Smintheus Apollo, ii. 283

Smith, Professor, G. C., ii. 329

Smith, W. Robertson, i. 259 n. 1, ii. 5 n. 2, 27 n. 5, 31 n. 1, 35 n. 2, 251 n. 5, 266 n. 1, 280 n.

Smoking as a means of inducing state of ecstasy, ii. 72;

in honour of slain bears, 224, 226

—— first tobacco of season, ceremony at, ii. 82

Snake worshipped, ii. 316 sq.;

white, eaten to acquire supernatural knowledge, 146.

See Serpent

—— -bite, inoculation against, ii. 160

—— -priest, ii. 219

—— tribe, ii. 316, 317

Snake's tongue as amulet, ii. 270

Snakes respected by the North American Indians, ii. 217 sqq.;

sacred at Whydah, 287;

souls of dead in, 293, 294 sq.;

souls of dead princes in, 288

Society, stratification of religion according to types of, ii. 35 sqq.

—— Islanders, i. 312

Solar and lunar time, attempts to harmonise, i. 80 sq.

Solomon Islands, ii. 85, 126, 127;

belief in the transmigration of souls in the, 296 sqq.

Solstice, the midsummer, rain-making ceremony at the, ii. 179

—— the summer, i. 117

—— the winter, ii. 325;

festival of, 90

Solstices observed, i. 125

Somerville, Professor W., i. 193 n.

Songish or Lkungen tribe of Vancouver Island, ii. 254

Songs of the corn-reapers, i. 214 sqq.

Sophocles, his play Triptolemus, i. 54

Soul thought to be seated in the liver, ii. 147 sq.

—— of rice, i. 180 sqq.;

eating the, ii. 54

—— -stuff in the East Indies, i. 182 sq.

Souls, immortal, attributed by savages, to animals, ii. 204;

of the human dead in caterpillars, 275 sq.;

transmigration of human, into animals, 285 sqq.

South American Indians, women's agricultural work among the, i. 120 sqq.

Southey, R., quoted, i. 122, ii. 157

Sowing, festival of Demeter at, i. 46 n. 2;

sacrifice to Demeter at, 57;

Festival of the, 111;

time of, determined by observation of the sun, 187;

goat killed at, 288;

ceremonies at, ii. 57;

customs observed by Saxons of Transylvania at, 274 sq.

—— and planting, time of, determined by the appearance of the Pleiades, i. 313 sqq.

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Sowing in Greece, time for, i. 45

—— festival of the Kayans, i. 93 sqq.

—— seed to make children grow, i. 11

Sowing the seed done by women, i. 113 sqq.;

done by children, 115 sq.

Spades and hoes, human victim killed with, i. 239, 251

Sparrows, charm to keep them from the corn, ii. 274

Spearing taro stalks, as a charm, i. 102, 103

Spell and prayer, i. 105

Spells for growth of crops, i. 100;

narrative, 104 sqq.;

imperative, 105

Spencer, Herbert, his theory of the material universe compared to that of Empedocles, ii. 303 sqq.

Spiders, ceremony at killing, ii. 236 sq.

Spieth, J., ii. 59 sqq.

Spindle used in ritual, ii. 119

Spinning acorns or figs, i. 102

—— tops, i. 95, 97, 187

Spirit of Beans, Iroquois, i. 177

—— of the Corn, Iroquois, i. 177. See Corn-spirit

—— of Squashes, Iroquois, i. 177

Spirits, evil, averted from children, i. 6 sqq.;

of the dead supposed to influence the crops, 104;

distinguished from gods, 169;

imitation of, 186

Spittle, virtue of, i. 247, 250

Sports, athletic, at harvest, i. 76 sq. See also Contests, Games

Spring, ceremony at beginning of, in China, ii. 10 sqq.

—— customs and harvest customs compared, i. 167 sqq.

—— festival of Dionysus, i. 15

Springbok not eaten, ii. 141

Squirrels, souls of dead in, ii. 291 sq.

Sri, Hindoo goddess of crops, i. 182

Star, the Morning, i. 238

Stars, their supposed influence on the weather, i. 318

Stepping or jumping over a woman, ii. 70 n. 1

Sternberg, Leo, ii. 196, 199 n. 1, 201

Stettin, harvest customs near, i. 220

Stevenson, Mrs. Matilda Coxe, quoted, ii. 179

Stewart, Balfour, ii. 262 n. 1

Sticks. See Digging-sticks

Stiens of Cambodia, ii. 237

Stomach of eater, certain foods forbidden to meet in, ii. 83 sqq.

Stone, magic of heavy, i. 100

—— Age, agriculture in the, i. 79, 132

Stones fastened to last sheaf, i. 135 sq., 138, 139;

the meeting of the, 237;

worshipped, ii. 127 sq.

Stories told as charms, i. 102 sqq.

Stout, Professor G. F., 261 n. 1

Stranger regarded as representative of the corn-spirit, i. 225 sqq.

Strangers excluded, i. 94, 111, 249;

preferred as human victims, 242;

as representatives of the corn-spirit, 253

Strata of religion and society, ii. 36 sq.

Stratification of religion according to types of society, ii. 35 sqq.

Straw, the Yule, i. 301 sq.;

of Shrovetide Bear used to make geese and hens lay eggs, ii. 326

—— -bear at Whittlesey, ii. 329

—— -bull, i. 289 sq.

—— -man placed on apple-tree, ii. 6

Stubble-cock, i. 277

Styria, harvest customs in, i. 133, 134, 283

Sublician bridge at Rome, ii. 107

Substitutes for animal sacrifices, ii. 94 n. 2

“Substitutes for a person” in China, ii. 104

Subterranean Zeus, i. 66

Sudanese negroes respect ravens, ii. 221

Sufferings and death of Dionysus, i. 17

Sugar-cane cultivated, i. 121, 123

Suk, the, of British East Africa, i. 118, ii. 84, 142

Sumatra, i. 315;

tigers respected in, ii. 215 sqq.

Summer in Greece rainless, i. 69

Sun, time of sowing determined by observation of the, i. 187;

Japanese deities of the, 212;

first-fruits offered to the, 237;

savage observation of the, 314;

rites instituted by the, ii. 75;

temple of the, 135

—— and moon conjunction of, ii. 15 n. 1

—— father of Alectrona, ii. 45

—— -god, the, i. 86

——, moon, and planets, human victims sacrificed to, i. 261 sq.

——, the Great, title of head chief of the Natchez, ii. 77 sqq.

Sunflower root, ceremony at eating the, ii. 81

Sunkalamma, a goddess, ii. 93

Superstitious practices to procure good crops, i. 100

Supper, the harvest, i. 134, 138. See Harvest-supper

Survival of the fittest, doctrine of the, ii. 306

Sutherlandshire, ii. 51

Swabia, harvest customs in, i. 136, 282, 289, 290, 298 sq.

Swallow Song, the Greek, ii. 322 n.

Swans, transmigration of bad poets into, ii. 308

Sweat of famous warriors drunk, ii. 152

Sweden, harvest customs in, i. 149, 230, 280

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Sweet potatoes cultivated in Africa, i. 117;

cultivated in Assam, 123;

cultivated in New Britain, 123;

cultivated in South America, 121;

sacred, ii. 133

Swine, wild, their ravages in the corn, ii. 31 sqq.

Swine's flesh sacramentally eaten, ii. 20, 24. See also Pork

Swinging for good crops, i. 101, 103, 107

Switzerland, harvest customs in, i. 283, 289, 291, 295

Syleus, i. 257 sq.

Sympathetic magic, i. 102, ii. 271, 311 sq.

Syria, precaution against caterpillars in, ii. 279

Syrians, their religious attitude to pigs, ii. 23;

esteemed fish sacred, 26

Szis, the, of Burma, i. 203

Tabooed village, ii. 122

Taboos observed at the sowing festival among the Kayans, i. 94;

observed by enchanters, 100;

communal, 109 n. 2;

agricultural, 187;

relating to milk, ii. 83 sq.;

observed after the capture of a ground seal, walrus, or whale, 246

Tahiti, ii. 132; funeral rites in, 97

Tail of corn-spirit, 268, 272, 300, ii. 10, 43

Talaings, the, i. 190

Tales told as charms, i. 102 sqq.;

the resurrection of the body in popular, ii. 263 sqq.

Tamara, island of, ii. 296

Tammuz, his death in a mill, i. 258;

a Babylonian month, 259

Tana, one of the New Hebrides, ii. 125

Tanala, the, of Madagascar, i. 9, ii. 290

Tanganyika plateau, the, i. 115

Tani, a god, ii. 132

Tano, a fetish, ii. 287

Tapir, custom of Indians after killing a, ii. 236

Tapirs, souls of dead in, ii. 285

Tapuiyas, the, of Brazil, i. 309

Tarahumare Indians of Mexico, i. 227 sq., ii. 252

Tarianos Indians, ii. 157

Taro, charms for growth of, i. 100, 102

Tarri Pennu, a Khond goddess, i. 245

Tauaré Indians, ii. 157

Taungthu, the, i. 190

Tears of human victim signs of rain, i. 248, 250;

of oxen as rain-charm, ii. 10

Teasing animals before killing them, ii. 190

Telephus at Pergamus, ii. 85

Temples dedicated to sharks, ii. 292

Tenimber, island, ii. 123

Teton Indians, ii. 236

Tetzcatlipoca, a Mexican god, ii. 92, 93, 165

Thargelion, an Attic month, ii. 8

Thay, the, of Indo-China, ii. 121

Thebes, grave of Dionysus at, i. 14;

Dionysus torn to pieces at, 25

Theocritus on the harvest-home, i. 46 sq.

Thesmophoria, the, i. 14, ii. 17 sqq.;

chastity of women at the, i. 116

Thigh, sinew of the, customs and myths as to, ii. 264 sqq.

Thlinkeet or Tlingit, the, ii. 253

Thompson Indians, ii. 81, 82, 133, 140, 207, 226, 268

Thrace, worship of Dionysus in, i. 3;

the Bacchanals of, 17;

modern Carnival customs in, 25 sqq., ii. 331 sqq.

Thresher tied up in last sheaf, i. 134, 147, 148

Threshers, contests between, i. 147 sqq., 218, 219 sq., 221 sq., 223 sq., 253;

pretend to throttle or thresh people on threshing-floor, 149 sq., 230;

tied in straw and thrown into water, 224 sq.

Threshing, customs at, i. 134, 147 sqq., 203;

contests in, 218 sqq.;

corn-spirit killed at, 291 sq.

—— -cow, i. 291

—— -dog, i. 271

—— -floor, Demeter at the, i. 41 sq., 47;

of Triptolemus at Eleusis, 61, 72, 75;

sanctity of the, ii. 110 n. 4

—— in Greece, date of, i. 62

Throttling farmer's wife at threshing, pretence of, i. 150

Thumbs of dead enemies cut off, ii. 272

Thüringen, harvest customs in, i. 147, 222, 232, 276, 290, 291, 298

Thurn, E. F. im. quoted, ii. 204

Tibetans, the, ii. 96

Tiger, ghost of, ii. 155 n. 4

Tiger's flesh eaten to make men brave, ii. 145

Tigers, ceremonies at killing, ii. 215, 216 sq.;

respected in Sumatra, 215 sq.;

kinship of men with, 216;

souls of dead in, 293

Tilling of the earth treated as a crime, ii. 57

Timekeepers, natural, i. 53

Timor, island of, ii. 98

Timor-laut, ii. 123, 244

Tinneh Indians, ii. 80, 220

Titans attack and kill Dionysus, i. 12 sq., 17

Tjumba, island of, ii. 122

Tlaloc, Mexican god of thunder, i. 237

Toad, figure of, ii. 193, 194;

soul of dead man in a, 291

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Tobacco used as an emetic, ii. 73;

first of season, ceremony at smoking, 82

Todas, their sacrament of buffalo's flesh, ii. 314

Toepffer, J., quoted, i. 73

Toerateyas, the, i. 196 n.

Tofoke, the, i. 119

Togoland, i. 130, ii. 59, 105, 105

Tolalaki, the, ii. 152

Tomb, sacrifices at, ii. 113

Tomori, the, of Central Celebes, i. 193 sq., 288

Tondi, soul-stuff, i. 182

Tonga Islands, ii. 28;

offerings of first-fruits in the, 128 sqq.

Tongues of birds eaten, ii. 147;

of slain men eaten, 153;

of dead animals cut out, 269 sqq.;

of animals worn as amulets, 270

Tonsure, the clerical, ii. 105 n. 1

Tooitonga, the sacred chief of Tonga, ii. 128, 129, 130, 131

Tops, spinning, i. 95, 97, 187

Toradjas, the, of Central Celebes, i. 183, 193, 194, 228, ii. 153

Torch-bearer, the Eleusinian, i. 54, 59

Torches in relation to Demeter and Persephone, i. 57

Torchlight dance, ii. 79;

procession at Eleusis, i. 38

Torres Straits islands, i. 313, ii. 152, 153

Tortoises not eaten, ii. 140

Tossing successful reaper, i. 154

Totem, skin-disease supposed to be caused by eating, ii. 25 sq.

—— sacrament, ii. 165

Totemic animals, dances in imitation of, ii. 76

Totemism, ii. 35, 37;

not proved for the Aryans, 4;

in Australia and America, 311

Transformation of woman into crocodile, ii. 212

Transmigration of human souls into animals, ii. 141, 285 sqq.;

into turtles, 178 sq.;

into bears, 191

—— of souls, doctrine of, in ancient India, ii. 298 sq.;

in ancient Greece, 300 sqq., 307 sq.

Transmigrations of Buddha, ii. 299

Transubstantiation, ii. 89 sq.

Transylvania, harvest customs in, i. 221, 276, 278, 280, 285, 295;

customs at sowing in, ii. 274 sq.

Travancore, i. 8;

custom at executions in, ii. 272

Treasury Islanders, i. 313

Trees in relation to Dionysus, i. 3 sq.;

spirits of the dead in, ii. 124

Triptolemus, i. 37, 38, ii. 19;

agent of Demeter, i. 54, 72 sq.;

sacrifices to, 56;

his Threshing-floor at Eleusis, 61, 72, 75;

in Greek art, 68 n. 1;

sows seed in Rarian plain, 70;

the corn-hero, 72 sq.

Tristram, H. B., ii. 31 sq.

Troezenians, the, ii. 133

Trumpets in rites of Dionysus, i. 15

Tschwi, the, of West Africa, ii. 98

Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia, ii. 254

Tucanos Indians, ii. 157

Tug of War, i. 103 n. 1, 110 n.

Tupi Indians of Brazil, ii. 272

Tupinambas, the, i. 122

Turmeric cultivated, i. 245, 250

Turtles, killing the sacred, ii. 175 sqq.;

transmigration of human souls into, 178 sq.

Tusayan, an ancient province of Arizona, i. 312

Twelfth Day, ii. 320, 321, 327, 329

Twelve Gods, the, ii. 8

Twin, ghost of a, ii. 98

—— girl charged with special duty, ii. 280

Two Goddesses, the, i. 56, 59, 73, 90

Types of animal sacrament, ii. 310 sqq.

Typhon, i. 262, 263, ii. 30, 31, 33, 34, 100

Tyrol, harvest customs in the, i. 163, 224, 273, 286

Tzentales of Mexico, ii. 241

Uaupes River, tribes of the, i. 121

Uganda, ii. 213

Underground Zeus, i. 45, 50

Unleavened bread, ii. 137

Usagara hills, German East Africa, i. 240

Varro, on the rites of Eleusis, i. 88;

on killing oxen in Attica, ii. 6;

on sacrifice of goat, ii. 41

Vedijovis, i. 33

Venison, Esquimau rules as to eating, ii. 84;

not eaten, 144;

not brought into hut by door, 242 sq.;

reason for not eating, 286, 293

Vera Cruz, the tribes of, i. 310

Vermin propitiated by farmers, ii. 274 sqq.;

images of, made as a protection against them, 280 sq.

Verres, C., i. 65

Vessels, new or specially reserved, to hold new fruits, ii. 50, 53, 65, 66, 72, 81, 83;

special, reserved for eating bear's flesh, 196, 198

Vestal virgins, ii. 42

Vicarious use of images, ii. 96 sqq.

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Victim, human, taken in procession from door to door, i. 247

Victims, human, treated as divine, i. 250;

assimilated to gods, 261 sq.

Victoria, aborigines of, i. 127

Vicuña not eaten, ii. 140

Village tabooed, ii. 122

Vine in relation to Dionysus, i. 2

Vintage, first-fruits of, ii. 133;

inaugurated by priests, 133

—— in Greece, time of, i. 47

Vintagers and vine-diggers, i. 257 sq.

Virbius and the horse, ii. 40 sqq.

Virgil as an enchanter, ii. 281

Virgins sacrificed, i. 237

Vitzilipuztli, a Mexican god, ii. 86, 87, 88

Viza in Thrace, i. 26

Vizyenos, G. M., i. 25 n. 4, 26

Volos, the beard of, i. 233

Vomiting as a religious rite, ii. 73, 75

Vosges Mountains, harvest customs in the, i. 272, 279, 281

Vulture, transmigration of sinner into, ii. 299

Wa, the Wild, i. 241 sqq.

Wabondei, the, ii. 142

Wadowe, the, i. 118

Wagogo, the, ii. 26, 142, 149, 276

Wahehe, the, ii. 26

Waheia, the, ii. 26

Wajagga, the, of East Africa, ii. 276

—— warriors, ii. 143

Wakan, ii. 180 n. 2

Wales, harvest customs in, i. 142 sqq.

Wallace, A. R., quoted, i. 121 sq.

Wamegi, the, of German East Africa, i. 240

Wanyamwezi, the, i. 118, ii. 227

War dance, ii. 79

Washing as a ceremonial purification, ii. 27 sq., 71, 84, 85

Wataturu, the, ii. 84

Weasels, superstition of farmers as to, ii. 275

Weevils, spared by Esthonian peasants, ii. 274

Weihaiwei, ii. 11

Welsh, Miss, i. 155 n. 1

Wemba, the, ii. 158

Wends, harvest customs among the, i. 138, 149, 276

Wermland, harvest customs in, i. 230, ii. 48

Westphalia, harvest customs in, i. 135 sq., 138, 277 sq., 296, 297

Wetar, island, ii. 25

Whales, ceremonies observed after the slaughter of, ii. 232 sqq.

Wheat-bride, i. 162, 163

—— -cock, i. 276

Wheat-cow, i. 289

—— -dog, i. 272

—— -mallet at threshing, i. 148

—— -man, i. 223

—— -mother, i. 135

—— -sow, i. 298

—— -wolf, i. 273, 274

Whetham, W. C. D., ii. 305 n. 2

White Maize, Goddess of the, i. 261

—— ram, ii. 313

Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, the Straw-bear at, ii. 328 sq.

Whydah, snakes sacred at, ii. 287

Widows and widowers, disability of, ii. 253 sq.

Wiedemann, Prof. A., ii. 35 n. 4

Wild animals propitiated by hunters, ii. 204 sqq.

—— fig trees, sacred, ii. 113

—— fruits and roots, ceremonies at gathering the first of the season, ii. 80 sqq.

—— seeds and roots collected by women, i. 124 sqq.

—— Wa, the, i. 241 sqq.

Wilkinson, R. J., i. 181 sq.

Winamwanga, the, ii. 112

Wine, new, offered to Liber, ii. 133

Winnowing done by women, i. 117, 128

—— -basket, image of snake in, ii. 316

—— -fan, an emblem of Dionysus, i. 5 sqq.;

as cradle, 6 sqq.;

used to scatter ashes of human victims, 260, 262

Winter, name given to man who cuts the last sheaf, i. 142;

name of harvest-supper, 160

—— festival of Dionysus, i. 16 sq.

—— solstice, ii. 325;

festival of, 90

Witch, burning the Old, i. 224

Witchcraft, protection against, i. 156, ii. 324

Wolf, corn-spirit as, i. 271 sqq., ii. 327;

stuffed, carried about, i. 275;

ceremonies at killing a, ii. 220 sq., 223.