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Corn queen, i. 341

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spirit, the, as the grandmother,
etc., i. 336-343; as youthful, i. 343-
346; death of, i. 363, 364; binding
persons in sheaves as representatives
of the, i. 367-372; pretence of kill.
ing the, or its representative, i. 372-
380; represented by a stranger, i.
375-380 represented by a human
victim, i. 390-3951 how the repre-
sentative is chosen, i. 393 as an
animal, ii. 1-67; as a cock, ii. 7-10;
as a hare, ii. 11; as a cat, ii. 11, 12;
as a goat, ii. 12-17; as a bull, ii.
19-24 as a calf, ib. ; as a cow, ii.
20, 21; as a mare, ií. 24, 25: ns a
horse, fi. 26; as a pig, ii. 26-31;
parallelism between the anthropo
morphic and theriomorphic concep
tions of the, ii. 32; death of the, ii.
33; suggested explanation of the
embodiment of the, in anirial form,
ii. 34; the ox as the embodiment of
the, ii. 41-43

wolf, ii. 3-7, 30

woman, I. 342, 343
Cornwall, May-day custom in, i. 751
midsummer bonfires in, i. 101;
262; reaping cries in, i. 407
Corsica, midsummer fires in, il. 266
Cough, cure for, ii. 154

Court ceremonies, i. 22, 23; ii. 88
Cow, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 20, 21;
sacred, ii. 61; man in cow's hide, ii.
145, 146; cow as a scapegoat, ii.
200, 201

Cracow, harvest customs in, i. 340
Crannon, rain-charm at, i. 21
Creek Indians, festival of the first-
fruits amongst the, ii. 75-78; opinions
held regarding the properties of vari-
ous foods amongst the, ii. 85, 86; sc.
clusion of women by the, ii. 239
Crete, sacrifices in, i. 173; festival of
Dionysus in, i. 324; worship of
Demeter in, i. 331
Croatia, beating in, ii. 216
Crocodiles spared from fear of the

vengeance of other crocodiles, ii. 109
Crops, kings and priests punished for
the failure of the, i. 46-48; human
sacrifices for the, i. 383, 384; cere-
monies at the eating of the new, ii.
69, 71; sacramental eating of the
new, ii. 68-77

Crying the Neck, i. 405-408

Curka Coles of India, their belief that
the tops of trees are inhabited, i
65

Curse, ceremony of making the curse
to fly away, ií. 150, 151

Cyzicus, construction of the council
chamber of, i. 174

DACOTAS and the resurrection of the
dog, ii. 123

Daedala, festival of the, i. 100-103
Dahomey, king of, a capital offence to
see him cat, i. 162

Damaras, custom of the, after travel, i.
158; blood of cattle not shed by the,
i. 182

Danac, ii. 237

Danger Islanders, soul snare used by
the, i. 138, 139

Danzig, burying of cut hair in, i. 202;
reaping custom, i. 333; harvest
ceremony, i. 367, 368

Dards, the, rain-charm, i. 19
Darfur, veiling the sultan of, i. 162;
the sultans and their courtiers, i.
222; the liver thought to be the
seat of the soul in, ii. 88
Darowen, midsummer bonfires at, ii. 262
Dend Sunday, i. 254, 260
Death, preference for a violent, i. 216,
217; superstition concerning, i. 260;
"carrying out," i. 257-261, 264-271 ;
ii. 207; driving out, i. 258, 259, 272,
276 in the custom of "carrying
out Death is probably a divine
scapegoat, ii. 206-208; ceremonies at
the burying of, ii. 250; effigy of, i.
257 sq.

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Delxlen, May Day custom in, i. 76
Deer, regard for, ii. 117, 118
Deities, reduplication of, i. 360-362
Demeter, the corn mother, i. 331, 332;

festivals of, ii. 44-47; as a pig, ii. 44-
49; legend of the Phigalian, ii. 49;
representation of the black, ii. 49;
and Proserpine, myth of, i. 330, 331;
probable origin of, i. 355 sq.; proto.
types of, i. 356, 357

Demons, the soul carried off by, i. 132.
135

Denderah, tree of Osiris at, i. 308
Denmark Christmas customs, ii. 29,
30; midsummer bonfires, ii. 289
Devils, ceremony at the expulsion of,
ii. 151, 158, 159-162, 170-185, 192,
193, 203; represented by men and
expelled, ii. 183-185

Devonshire reaping cries, i. 405, 406;
rain-charm, i. 408; cure for cough,
ii. 154

Diana, rule of the priesthood of, i. 2, 3,
6; ceremonies at the festival of, i.
5; Arician Grove said to be first
consecrated to her by Manius Egeri.
us, i. 5; a tree goddess, i. 105
Diana's mirror, i. I

Dieyerie of South Australia, rain-mak-
ing by the, i. 20; tree superstition
amongst the, i. 62
Dingelstedt, harvest custom at, i. 371
Dionysus, marriage of, i. 104; titles of,
i. 320, 321; myth of, i. 322-325;
rites of, 1. 324, 329; ii. 43-46, 90;
rites of, similar to those of Osiris, i.
319, 320; as an animal, i. 325-327,
ii. 34-38; association of, with Demeter
and Proserpine, ii. 37

Discases sent away in boats, ii. 185.
189, 192 sq.
Divine beasts, i. 48

king, dependence of nature upon
the, i. 109

kings, i. 49; care taken of, i. 1153
cease to govern, i. 118, 119

kings and priests, burdensome
observances placed upon, i. 110-118;
effects of these burdens, i. 118-120

Man as scapegoat, ii. 201, 205
persons, seclusion of, ii. 242, 243
spirit, transmigration of, i. 42-44
Divining rods made from the mistletoc,
ii. 307

Dog, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 3-7; the
flesh of the, caten, ii. 87; resurrection
of the, ii. 123; used as a scapegoat, ii.
194, 195
Domalde, King of Sweden, sacrificed,
i. 47

Douni, unnual procession at, ii. 280
Dreams, festival of, ii. 165, 166
Druids, onk-worship of the, i. 58
Dublin, May Day custom in, i. 101
Duk-duk, the, ii. 352 sq.

Duke of York Island, fishing ceremony
by the natives of, ii. 120
Dulyn, i. 15

Dunkirk, annual procession at, ii. 280,281
Dust columns, i. 30

Dutch criminals, cutting the heir of, to
enforce confession, ii. 328

Dyaks, belief in the souls of trees
amongst the, i. 59, 60; abduction of
the soul, i. 132, 133; restoration of
the soul, i. 138; harvest custom, i. 68,
69, 353, 354; the Dynks and bad
omens, ii. 151; custom in epidemic,
ii. 84; may not eat venison, ii. 86,
87; spare the crocodile, ii. 109;
Dyaks and the palm-tree, ii. 329;
festival of first-fruits, ii. 376

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not shed by the, i. 182, 183; offer-
ings of first fruits, ii. 381
Eating animals to get their qualities, ii.
85-89

the god, ii. 67-90

- and drinking, precautions taken
at, i. 160-162

Edersleben, midsummer fire festival in,
ii. 262

Efugaos, cannibalism by the, ii. 88
Egeria, i. 5

Egypt, beasts responsible for the course
of nature in Upper, i. 48; Egyptian
kings deified, i. 49, 50; Egyptian
kings blamed for failure of crops, i.
50 ancient Egyptian kings did not
drink wine, i. 184, 185; temporary
rulers in Upper Egypt, i. 231: cus
tom of burning red-haired men by the
ancient Egyptians, i. 307; religion of
ancient Egypt, i. 313; Egyptians
and the pig, ii. 52, 53, 56, 57; the
bulls Apis and Mnevis worshipped,
ii. 60; sacred cattle in Egypt, ii. 60,
61; sacrifice of the ram in, ii. 92, 93 ;
Egyptian type of sacrament, ii. 134-
136; Egyptian scapegoat, ii. 200;
the external soul in Egyptian story,
ii. 315-318

Eifel mountains, fire festival in the, ii.
247, 248; harvest omens in the, ii.
271

Eisenach, ceremony of bringing back
summer in, i. 263; ceremony of
carrying out death in, ib.

Elan, regard for the, ii. 117, 118
Elephant, ceremony at the killing of an,
ii. 113-115

Eleusis, mysteries of, ii. 37
Elk, regard for the, ii. 117, 118
Ellwangen, harvest ceremony in, ii. 17
Emin Pasha's reception in a Central
African village, 155
Emu wren, ii. 336, 337
Encounter Bay tribe, their dread of
women's blood, i. 186
English tradition concerning the killing
of the wren, ii. 140, 141
Entlebuch, human scapegoat in, ii. 199
Entraigues, hunting the wren in, ii. 144
Epidemic, ceremony in time of, i. 36;
ii. 84, 187-189

Epilepsy, supposed cure for, ii. 148, 149
Erfurt, harvest custom in, i. 336
Ertingen, midsummer custom in, i. 89
Erzgebirge, Shrovetide custon. in the, i.
244
Eskimos, charm for lulling the wind,
i. 28; Eskimos and the soul, i. 122;
reception of strangers, i. 155; Es-
kimo women, i. 170

Essex, hunting the wren in, ii. 143
Esthonian superstition regarding the
welfare of cattle, i. 72 sq.; blood not
tasted by the Esthonians, i. 178, 179;
belief concerning women's blood, i.
187; preservation of the parings of
nails by the Esthonians, i. 204;
carrying out the effigy of Death, i.
270; ceremony at the eating of the
new corn, ii. 69, 70; dread of the
weevil by the Esthonian peasants, ii.
129, 130

Ethiopian kings and their courtiers, i.

222

Etruscan wizards, i. 22

European rain-charm, i. 18; forests, i.
57; fire festivals, ii. 246-285
Evils, expulsion of, ii. 145 sq.; occa
sional, ii. 158-162; periodic, ii. 162-
182; two kinds of expulsion of evils,
the direct or immediate, ard the in-
direct or mediate, ii. 158: general
observations on, ii. 202-206; trans-
ference of, ii. 145 sq.

FAUNS, representation of the, ii. 35;
the Fauns wood and corn-spirits, ii.
35, 36

Feilenhof, the wolf a corn-spirit in, ii. 3
Feloupes of Senegambia, charm for
rain-making, i. 18

Fern seed, midsummer, ii. 365, 366
Fernando Po, restrictions on the food
of the king of, i. 208

Fever, cure for, ii. 152, 153

Fida, no one to drink out of the king's
glass in, i. 166

Field of Mars, chariot race on the, ii.
64-66

Fiji, charm used for staying the sun in,
i 24; gods of, i. 39; soul extraction
in, i. 138; belief in two souls in, i.
145; eating in the presence of sus-
pected persons avoided in, i. 160;
self-immolation at old age in, i. 216;
expulsion of devils in, ii. 175, 176;
initiatory rites in, ii. 344, 345; offer-
ings of first-fruits in, ii. 377, 378
Finland, wind selling in, i. 27; cattle
protected by the wood god in, i. 105,
106; ceremony at the killing of a
bear in, ii. 112

Fire festivals, human sacrifices offered
at, i. 251

festivals in Europe, ii. 246-285;
they were charms to make the sun
shine, ii. 267, 274

kings, i. 53-56

sacred, made by the friction of
wood, ii. 269; made with oak wood,
ii. 292, 293

Fire spirit, expulsion of the, ii. 178
Firstborn sacrificed, i. 236, 237
First-fruits, festival of the, ii. 75-78;
offerings of, ii. 373-384

Fish, respect shown by savages to, ii.
118-122; fish preachers, ii. 119, 120
Fladda's chapel and wind-making, i.
26, 27

Flamen Dialis, rules of life, i. 117; not
allowed to walk under a trellised
vine, i. 183, 184; cuttings from the
hair and nails buried, i. 200; restric-
tion on the food of the, i. 207

Virbialis, i. 6
Flaminica, rules of life for the, i. 117,
118

Flanders, midsummer bonfires in, ii.
267; Flemish cure for ague, ii. 153
Flax-pullers, custom of the, i. 375
Florence, "sawing the old woman" in,
i. 261

Florida, sacrifice of the firstborn by the
Indians of, i. 236, 237
Folk tales, resurrection in, ii. 125
Food, unconsumed, buried, i. 166;
prohibited food, i. 207, 208; strong
food, ii. 85

Forests, Europe covered with, in pre-
historic times, i. 56

Fors, the, of Central Africa, preserva-

tion of nail parings by the, i. 204, 205
Forsaken sleeper, i. 96

Foulahs of Senegambia spare the croco-
dile, ii. 110

France, harvest customs in the north-
east of, ii. 4

Franche Comté, harvest customis in, ii. 17
Frankish kings not allowed to cut their
hair, i. 193

Friedingen, harvest custom in, ii. 27
Friesland, harvest customs in East, ii. 8
Frog-flayer, i. 92

Funeral custom, i. 129, 130

Fürstenwalde, harvest ceremonies in,

ii. 7

GABLINGEN, harvest customs in, ii. 13
Galela, ceremony at the initiation of
boys amongst the, ii. 353
Galicia, harvest customs in, ii. 8
Gall-bladder the special seat of courage
amongst the Chinese, ii. 87
Gareloch, Dumbartonshire, harvest cus-
toms on some farms on the, i. 345
Garos, rain-charm used by the, i. 18
Georgia, rain-charm in,
17
Germany-German peasants and a
whirlwind, i. 30; sacred groves
common amongst the ancient Ger-
mans, i. 58; ceremony on felling a
tree, i. 64; rain-charm, i. 93; custom

INDEX

after a death, i. 147; superstition re-
garding the knife, i. 177; superstition
concerning hair cutting, i. 196, 199;
harvest custom, i. 337, 345, 374, 375;
ii. 9; harvest cries, i. 408, 409; way
to free a garden from caterpillars, ií.
130; beating as a charm, ii. 216,
217; oak the sacred tree, ii. 291;
oak log burnt on Midsummer Day, ii.
294; the external soul in German
stories, ii. 310-312
Gervasius, rain spring mentioned by,
i. 19

Ghosts, the soul carried off by, i. 129-
132; annual expulsion of the ghosts
of the dead, ii. 163

Giant, sham, procession and burning of
the, ii. 280-282

Gilgit, ceremony on felling a tree in,
i. 65; sacred cedar of, i. 69 sq.; har-
vest custom at, ii. 73, 74
Gilyak sacrifice of the bear, ii. 105-107
Girls secluded at puberty, ii. 225-247;

reason for, ii. 238-242; not allowed
to touch the ground or see the sun, ii.
225-253; traces in folk tales of the
rule which forbids girls at puberty to
see the sun, ii. 235-237

Goat, the, sacred, ii. 56, 63; Diony-
sus as a, i. 326-328; ii. 34-37; the
corn-spirit as a, ii. 12-19

God, killing the, i. 213; ii. 218-222;
killing a god in animal form, i. 327,
328; motives for killing the god, i.
214-216

God's Mouth, the name of the supreme
ruler of the old Prussians, i. 223
Gods die and are buried, i. 213, 214

incarnate, slain, ii. 218-222
Gold Coast, sacrifices of the negroes of
the, i. 67; their superstition with re-
gard to iron, i. 173

Golden Bough, Turner's picture of the,
i. I; legend of the, i. 4; the repre-
sentative of the tree-spirit, i. 107;
between heaven and earth, ii. 223-
243; what was it, ii. 224; the Golden
Bough is the mistletoe, ii. 363, 368;
why was the mistletoe called the
Golden Bough, ii. 365; the Golden
Bough an emanation of the sun's fire,
ii. 367

Goldi sacrifice of the bear, ii. 107, 108
Gommern, harvest festival at, i. 370
Gonds, human sacrifices by the, i. 252,

384; mock-human sacrifices, i. 252;
scapegoats amongst the, ii. 200
Good Friday custom, ii. 216
Gout transferred from a man to a tree,
ii. 153

Grand Lama, death and reappearance

393

of the, i. 42, 43; and the shadow of
Sankara, i. 142

Grandmother, a name given to the last
sheaf, i. 336

Granny, a name given to the last sheaf,
i. 336

Grass king, i. 91-93, 247

Grätz, midsummer custom in, ii. 267
Greece, rain-making in, i. 16; tree
worship in, i. 58, 59, 99; festivals of
the Greeks, i. 99, 100, 103; cere-
mony at the laying of a foundation
stone in, i. 144; sacrificial ritual in, ii.
54, 55; human scapegoats in, ii. 210-
217; midsummer fires in, ii. 266;
the external soul in Greek stories,
ii. 305-307

Green George, i. 84-86

Grenoble, May Day in, i. 94; harvest
custom in, ii. 15, 47

Grihya-Sutras, provision in the, for the
burning of cut hair, i. 202
Grossvargula, Whitsuntide custom in,
i. 91

Ground, sacred persons not allowed to
touch the, ii. 224, 243 note; girls at
puberty not allowed to touch the, ii.
225-253; sacred things may not
touch the, ii. 243 note
Grüneberg, harvest ceremony in, ii. 11
Guanches, rain-charm in, i. 19
Guatemala, the nagual amongst the, ii.
333, 334

Guaycurus and storms, i. 28
Guinea, secreting of cut hair and nails
in, i. 203; annual expulsion of the
devil by the negroes of, ii. 170; time
of licence in, ii. 204
Guyenne, harvest ceremony in, ii. 6

HACK-THORN, sacred, i. 69
Hadeln, reaping custom in the district
of, i. 333

Haida Indian wind-charm, i. 26
Hair, burning of loose, i. 205; burning
after child-birth, i. 206; cut hair de-
posited in a safe place, i. 200-205;
cutting, i. 193 sq.; most sacred day
of the year appointed for hair cutting,
i. 197; superstition concerning the
cutting of the, i. 196, 198, 199; cut
only during a storm, i. 199; hair-
cutting as a disinfectant, i. 206, 207;
magic use of cut hair, i. 198, 199;
strength supposed to be in the, ii. 328;
hair not cut, i. 193-195; superstition
about cutting the hair and nails, i.
193-207

Halberstadt, human scapegoats in, ii.
199

Halibut, festival in honour of the, ii. 121

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queen, i. 344

songs and cries, ii. 364-366, 404-
409

Harz Mountains, Easter fires in the, ii.
253

Hawaii, detention of the soul in, i. 139;
capital offences in, i. 190

Hay family, the, and the mistletoe, ii.
362

Head, sanctity of the, i. 187-193;
ceremony at the washing of the, i.
188

Headache, transference of, ii. 149
Headington, May-day custom at, i. 94,
95

Heaven, the Golden Bough between
heaven and earth, ii. 223-243
Hebrides, representation of spring in
the, i. 97

Heligoland,

disappearance of the

herring from, ii. 120
Herbrechtingen, threshing custom in,
ii. 22

Hercynian forest, i. 56, 57

Hereford, sin eaters in, ii. 154, 155
Herefordshire, midsummer fires in, ii.
262

Hermsdorf, harvest custom in, i. 338
Herodotus, story by, of the wind
fighters of Psylli, i. 29

Herring, disappearance of the, from
Heligoland, ii. 120

Hertfordshire harvest custom, ii. 24
Hessen, Ash Wednesday custom in, ii.
29; sowing-time customs in, ii. 48
Hidatsa Indians, belief in the plurality
of souls amongst the, ii. 339
Hierapolis, pigs sacred at, ii. 50
Himalayas, scapegoats in the Western,
ii. 194

Hindoo cure for the murrain, ii. 191;

festival of Ingathering, ii. 272; girls
and puberty, ii. 234, 235; the ex-
ternal soul in Hindoo stories, ii. 298-
302

Hindoos, the, test of a suitable sacri-
ficial victim, i. 36; Hindoos and
yawning, i. 123; custom of nail
cutting by the, 196; festival at the
eating of the new rice by the, ii. 73
Hindoo Koosh, smoke from the sacred
tree inhaled by the sybil, i. 35; blood
sucking the test of a diviner amongst
the, ib.; expulsion of devils amongst
the, ii. 173

Hippolytus, i. 6

Holland, Whitsuntide custom in, i. 88;
Easter fires, ii. 253

Holstein, reaping custom in, i. 333;
healing effects of the mistletoe in, ii.
289

Hornkampe, harvest custom in, i. 337
Horse, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 24-26;
sacrifice of the, ii. 64

Horses excluded from the Arician grove,
i. 6

and Virbius, ii. 62-64

Hos, harvest festival amongst the, ii.
171, 172; time of licence with the,
ii. 204; offering of first-fruits by the,
ii. 374
"Hottentot priests do not use iron, i. 173;
wind-charm, i. 27, 28; sheep driven
through the fire by the, ii. 273
Hovas of Madagascar, offerings of first-
fruits by the, ii. 374

How, coffer of Osiris at, i. 309
Huahine, offerings of first-fruits in, ii.
381

Huitzilopochtli, dough image of the
Mexican god, made and eaten, ii. 81
Human sacrifices, i. 235-237, 251, 252,
381; replaced by mock sacrifices, i.
250-253

victim represents the corn-spirit,
i. 390-395

Hungary, Whitsuntide custom in, i. 93;
the external soul in Hungarian
stories, ii. 320, 321

Hunger, expulsion of, ii. 210, 211
Hunting the wren, ii. 140-144
Hurons, the, and fish bones, ii. 119;
their idea of the soul, i. 122; driving
away sickness amongst the, ii. 162
Huskanaw, the name of an initiatory

ceremony amongst the Indians of
Virginia, ii. 348

Hyla, sacred men inspired by the
Image of Apollo at, i. 37

IBO, king of, confined to his premises,
i. 164

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Ihlozi, the, of the Zulus, ii. 332
Incarnate gods, i. 30-54
Incarnation, temporary and permanent,
i. 32, 37-42

Incas of Peru revered as gods, i. 49;
preservation of cut hair and parings
of the nails of the, i. 203; restrictions
upon the prince who is to become Inca
of Peru, ii. 225; ceremony for the
expulsion of diseases, etc. by the, ii.
167-169

Indersdorf, harvest custom in, ii. 17, 18
India, devil dancer drinks sacrificial
blood in Southern, i. 34; human
gods in, i. 41, 42; marriage of shrubs
and trees in, i. 60; sin eating in, ii.
155, 156; iron used as a charm in, i.
175, 176; harvest custom in the
Central Provinces of, i. 371, 372;
custom during cholera in Central
Provinces of, ii. 189; offerings of
first-fruits in, ii. 374, 375
Indians of Alaska, preservation of cut
hair by the, i. 201, 202

of Arizona offer human sacrifices,
i. 251

of Guayaquil sacrifice human
beings at seed time, i. 381

of Guiana, treatment of girls at
puberty by the, ii. 232-234

of Peru and their fish gods, ii.
118, 119

of Virginia, initiatory ceremony
amongst the, ii. 348, 349
Influenza, ii. 190

Initiatory rites, simulation of death and
resurrection at, ii. 342-358

Innuit of Alaska, custom after a death
amongst the, i. 177

Inspiration, i. 33; by blood drinking,
i. 34, 35; by use of sacred tree, i.
35,36

Inspired men, i. 36, 37

victims, i. 36

Irayas of Luzon, offerings of first-fruits
by the, ii. 377

Ireland, May Day in the south-east of,
i. 94; hunting the wren at Christmas
in, ii. 142, 143; midsummer fires in,
ii. 263, 264

Iron, superstitious aversion to, i. 172.
174; as a charm, i. 175
Iron-Beard, Dr., i. 249, 257
Iroquois, ceremony at the festival of
dreams by the, ii. 165, 166; scape-
goat used by the, ii. 194, 195; time
of licence amongst the, ii. 204
Isis, a corn goddess, i. 310, 311; named
the moon by the aboriginal inhabi.

tants of Egypt, i. 311; as a cow, ii.
61

Isle of Man, wind selling in the, i. 27;
hunting the wren at Christmas in the,
ii. 142; midsummer bonfires, ii. 263
Issapoo, the cobra capella the guardian
deity of the negroes of, ii. 94, 95
Istar, legend concerning the goddess, i.
287

Italones, cannibalism by the, ii. 88
Italy, tree worship in ancient, i. 58, 59;
custom of "sawing the old woman
in, i. 261, 262; gardens of Adonis
in, i. 294; midsummer fires in, ii. 266;
oak the sacred tree in, ii. 291; the
external soul in Italian stories, ii.
307, 308

Itonamas, the, and the soul, i. 123
Itzgrund, harvest custom in, i. 338
Ivy girl, i. 344

JACK-IN-THE-GREEN, i. 88, 89, 247
Jambi, temporary kings in, i. 231, 232
Japanese, expulsion of evil spirits by
the, ii. 176

Jarkino, belief in animate trees in, i. 61
Javanese and rice bloom, i. 60, 61;
ceremony at rice harvest, i. 355;
Javanese and the soul, i. 124, 125
Jerome of Prague, i. 24
Jeypur, scapegoat used in cases of
smallpox in, ii. 190, 191
Jubilee, i. 225

Jupiter represented by an oak on the
Capitol at Rome, ii. 291

KAFFA, worship of human god in, i.

42

Kafir boys at circumcision, i. 171; New
Year festival, ii. 74; elephant
hunters, ii. 113, 114; burying of cut
hair and nails by the Kafirs, i. 202,
203

Kakian Association, ii. 354-357
Kakongo, king of, not allowed to touch
certain European goods, i. 160; not
seen eating, í. 162

Kalamba, ceremonies on a visit to, by
subject chiefs, i. 159

Kalmucks, consecration of the white
ram by the, ii. 136

Kamant tribe do not allow a natural
death, i. 217

Kamtchatkans excuse themselves before
killing land or sea animals, ii. 110,
III; respect the seal and sea lion,
ii. III

Kânagrâ, spring custom in, i 276,

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