| Survivals at Rome of previous eras of quasi-religious experience.
Totemism not discernible. Taboo, and the means adopted of
escaping from it; both survived at Rome into an age of real
religion. Examples: impurity (or holiness) of new-born infants;
of a corpse; of women in certain worships; of strangers; of
criminals. Almost complete absence of blood-taboo. Iron.
Strange taboos on the priest of Jupiter and his wife. Holy or
tabooed places; holy or tabooed days; the word religiosus as
applied to both of these | [24]-46 |