Social Origins and Primal Law

by Andrew Lang; J. J. Atkinson

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INDEX

ABORIGINAL man, Mr. Darwin's view of, [209];
Mr. Atkinson on, [220]
Affinity, degrees of, prohibiting marriage, [188];
most stringently applied by least civilised races, [2];
differences of opinion among students of the question, [2];
existing laws not an indication of primitive rules, [2];
Australian anomaly, [88]
Age distinction and the classificatory system, Mr. Atkinson on, [290]
Altruism, possible germ of, in nascent man, [232]
American ethnological terms, [10]
Andrews, Judge, on Hawaiian marriage relationships, [98]
Animal guardians among savages, [131]
Annamese family relationships, Dr. Westermarck on, [240]
Anomaly, totem, among the Arunta, [85]
Anthropoid adult males unsocial, [220]
Aristotle and early human society, [7]
Arunta tribe of Central Australia, [2], [11];
descent reckoned in the male line, [15], [69];
supposed ignorance of procreation, [20];
a 'marriage ceremony,' [24];
reincarnation superstition, [31], [139];
totem marriage-prohibition now extinct, [41];
totem common to both phratries, [46], [56];
totem groups preceded phratries, [61];
Mr. Spencer on the introduction of exogamy, [61];
totem influence, [61];
traditions as to change of custom, [67];
Mr. Frazer's opinion of the tribe, [68];
intermarry with the Urabunna, [69];
theory of evolution, [70]; totemism, [70];
belief in reincarnation, [71]; totem eating, [71];
Dr. Durkheim's views, [72];
opinion of Spencer and Gillen, [73];
marital relationship, [74];
relations of totems and phratries, [74];
myths, [75]; Dr. Durkheim on, [75];
Messrs. Spencer and Gillen's opinions, [76], [77];
institution of marriage regulations, [78];
phratries and totems, [81];
Dr. Durkheim's views on the phratry, [82];
totemic divisions, [83];
origin of the anomalous marriage system, [85];
philosophy of souls, [86];
relationships prohibiting marriage, [88];
curiosities of affinity, [88];
terms of relationship, [93];
relationship customs, [96]; legislation, [108];
legend regarding marriage limits, [108];
class system with male descent, [120];
totems and magic, [196], [198]
Atkinson, Mr., his speculations on human origin, [3];
on primitive man's polygamy, [4];
his theories and the Biblical account, [7];
disbelief in early promiscuity, [9];
views on the effect of sexual jealousy, [9], [18], [30];
his opinion on exogamy and totemism, [17];
his exogamous marriage hypothesis, [18];
his 'primal law,' [19];
on the origin of the 'classificatory system,' [108];
on New Caledonian totems, [136];
and the custom of avoidance, [212], [264];
on the origin of exogamy, [212], [238];
aboriginal man polygamous, [220];
man's distinction in the primal law, [225];
prolonged infancy in nascent man, [230];
origin of maternal love, [231];
possible germ of altruism, [232];
earliest evolution of law, [236];
wives procured by capture, [244]; editor's note thereon, [248];
development from the group to the tribe, [250];
effect of female sexual jealousy, [256];
extinction of the patriarchal family, [261];
survivals of transition period, [264];
clan (phratry) relationship, [269];
editor's note on avoidances, [278];
the classificatory system, [280], [285];
on the original purpose of totems, [282];
on local contiguity constituting relationship, [289];
on age distinction and the classificatory system, [290];
on group marriage and the classificatory system, [292]
Attic plant names, [205]
Australia, marriage divisions in, [38];
consanguineous marriages forbidden, [40];
tribal variations of custom, [41]
Australian group marriage, Messrs. Spencer and Gillen on, [293]
Australian, native, society not primitive, [3];
complexity of social rules, [3], [4];
low state of culture, [4]; divinities, [5];
languages and customs, [6]; commerce, [6]
Australian tribal division, Mr. Fison on, [42];
the author's view, [43]
Australian sex protectors, [144]
Avebury, Lord, on racial customs, [12]; on totemism, [122];
on totem origin, [123]; on communal marriage, [124];
vague terminology, [126], [130]; on relationships, [128]
'Avoidance,' custom of, Mr. Atkinson on, [212]; origin of, [276]
Avoidance between father-in-law and son-in-law, [268]; its origin, [269]
Avoidance of mother-in-law, [270], [277]; Mr. Crawley on its origin, [278]
BACHOFEN'S views on maternal kin-names, [9]
Baiame, Australian divinity, [5], [29], [138], [184]
Banks Island, two class divisions in, [178]
Ba Ronga terms of relationship, [301]
Barter between Australian tribes, [6]
Basuto customary law, [301]
'Bisection' a misleading term, [36]
Bishop, Rev. A., on Hawaiian marriage relationships, [98]
Blood kinship implied by totem name, [193]
Breeding between sire and daughter, effect of, [223]
British Columbia clan totems, Mr. Hill Tout on, [152]
Brother-and-sister 'avoidance,' [213]; in Australia, [216]
Brother-and-sister 'avoidance,' Dr. Westermarck on, [240]
Brother-and-sister marriage, primitive, Mr. Morgan on, [281]
Bull-roarer, palæolithic, [5]; miniature, discovered in France, [5];
Mr. Frazer's bibliography of, [5] n
CALABAR 'bush-souls,' [143]
Camerons of Glen Nevis properly MacSorlies, [8].
Chattan, Clan, crest of the, [163]
Clan, definition of, [11]
Clan (phratry) relationship, Mr. Atkinson on, [269]
Clandestine intercourse preliminary to marriage, [265]
Class system, the, [35]; and Mr. Morgan, [89]
Class system with male descent among the Arunta, [120]
Class and generation correspond, [112]
Class names, Herr Cunow on, [113], [118]; Dr. Durkheim on, [118];
Mr. Mathews on, [119]
Classes, Mr. Morgan's view of their origin, [92]
Classificatory system, Mr. Atkinson on the, [108], [285];
division by generations the most natural one, [286];
age distinction, [290]; and group marriage, [292]
Classificatory terms, [100]
Codrington, Dr., and totem descent, [135];
on Melanesian ancestor-worship, [150];
on social systems in Melanesia, [177];
his totem theory controverted, [181]
Commerce, Australian inter-tribal, [6]
Communal marriage, Mr. Morgan's theory, [90]; Lord Avebury on, [124]
Consanguineous marriages forbidden among Australian tribes, [40]
Contiguity, local, constituting relationship, Mr. Atkinson on, [289]
Crawley, Mr., on promiscuous sexual relationship, [9];
on the origin of prohibited marriages, [18];
on jealousy in the family, [19];
on the matriarchal theory, [20];
his theory of exogamy, [23];
his view of marriage among savages, [24];
on the prevention of incest, [26];
on terms of relationship, [95];
on marriage by capture, [249];
on mother-in-law avoidance, [278]
Cult of the totem, [136]
Cunow's, Herr, opinion on 'class' and 'phratry,' [37], [112];
on class names, [113];
regards the 'horde' as the original stage of society, [114];
his theory of exogamy, [115];
on local totem groups, [116];
his class-name theory opposed by Dr. Durkheim, [118]
DARAMULUN, Australian divinity, [5]
Darwin, Mr., his theory of primitive polygamy, [4];
his views on sexual jealousy, [9];
opposed to theory of promiscuity, [99];
on primitive man, [209]
Dieri, the, [41]; myths, [65], [66], [91], [139], [159], [163];
piraura custom, [95], [105]
Diet, effect of, on sexual appetite, [227]
Distribution of totems in the 'phratries,' [55]
Divine intervention, savage and civilised ideas, [91]
Domesticated animals in palæolithic age, [4], [5]
Dorsey, Mr., his definition of clan, [11];
on totem descent, [135];
and North American Indian group names, [172]
Dual relationship, tribal and individual, [88]
Durkheim, Dr., on marriage relationship, [19] n;
on blood and totem superstition, [57] n;
on Arunta totemism, [72];
on Arunta 'phratries' and marriage, [73];
on the relation of totem and phratry, [74], [82];
on Arunta legends, [75];
on totemic divisions, [83];
on Arunta anomalous marriage system, [85];
opposes Herr Cunow's theory of class names, [118];
on totem descent, [135]
EARLY belief in mutual danger of mankind, [24]
Eguilles, Marquis d', and Kanaka relationship names, [137]
Egypt, royal intermarriage, [1], [262]
Egyptian totemic myths, [201]
Endogamy, meaning of, [12]
English village sobriquets, [173], [295]
Erman, Adolf, on Yakut avoidance, [275]
Euahlayi, the, [29]; Mrs. Langloh Parker on the, [186] n; myth, [66]
Evolution of primal law of avoidance, Mr. Atkinson on the, [210]
Exchange, commercial, among Australian tribes, [6]
Exogamy, meaning of the term, [10];
anterior to totems, opinions on, [17];
Mr. McLennan's theory, [21];
Mr. Crawley's theory, [23];
Dr. Westermarck's theory, [33];
Mr. Morgan's theory, [33];
the author's theory, [34];
the result of evolution, [53];
Mr. Frazer's earlier ideas on, [57];
objections to, [59]; his later theory, [62];
advantages of the system now proposed, [63];
ignored by theorists on group totemism, [160];
Mr. Atkinson on origin of, [212], [238];
earlier view quoted, [212]
Exogamy among the Arunta, [61]
Exogamy and totemism, Mr. Taylor's view, [17]
Exogamy, local, origin of, [31]
FAMILY, the, its antiquity, [1]; secured by dread of aberrations, [1];
laws and customs vary, [1]; uncivilised races and prohibited marriages, [2];
present-day institutions no guide to prehistoric customs, [2];
conjectures as to primitive state, [4]; patriarchal family the original
social unit, [7]; descent counted through the maternal line, [8], [21];
suggestions as to early promiscuity, [9];
promiscuity prevented by sexual jealousy, [9];
totemism, [14]; family group or 'fire circle,' [14], [17];
exogamous tendencies, [17]; Mr. Crawley on the effect of jealousy, [19];
matriarchal theory, [20]; Mr. McLennan's theory of family exogamy, [21];
Mr. Crawley's theory, [23]
Father—and—daughter avoidance, Veddah, [274]
Father-in-law and daughter-in-law, customs concerning, [272], [275]
Father-in-law avoidance, Mr. Atkinson on, [263], [277]
Female infanticide in first stages of society, [21]
Fijian 'totem gods,' [137]
Fison, Mr., on Kamilaroi marriage laws, [28];
and the class system in Australia, [37];
on Australian tribal division, [42];
controverted by the author, [43];
on the origin of totems, [45];
on the change of totems, [48];
on the origin of exogamy, [65], [97];
his suggestion of Divine intervention, [91];
on terms of relationship, [95];
quotes Mr. Lance on communal marriage, [106]
Fison and Howitt, Messrs., on totemism, [16];
their theories insufficient, [51];
hypothesis as to Greek totemism, [203]
Fletcher, Miss Alice, on totem origin, [151];
on Omaha magical societies, [198]
Folk-lore illustrative of totem group names, [169]
France, miniature palæolithic bull-roarers found in, [5]
Frazer, Mr., bibliography of the bull-roarer, [5];
regards the Arunta as primitive, [20], [68];
his early ideas of the exogamous phratry, [57];
objections to them, [59];
his later theory of exogamy, [62];
his view that totems did not influence marriage, [68];
on the arrangement of totems in phratries, [74];
on Arunta legends, [76];
names several varieties of totem, [132];
his theories as to totem origin, [143];
on the group totem, [144];
on the personal totem, [145]
Freeman, Mr., and the patriarchal family, [7]
GAIDOZ AND SÉBILLOT MM., on unfriendly sobriquets, [168]
Ganowanian gentes, [92]
Ghost-worship, Melanesian, [182]
Gillen, Mr., see Spencer
Gournditch Mara tribe, [195]
Greek totemic myths, [201]
Greek totemism, Messrs. Fison and Howitt's hypothesis, [203]
Grey, Sir George, on totems in Western Australia, [144]
Group marriage, [89]; supposed survivals of, [104]
Group marriage and the classificatory system, Mr. Atkinson on, [292];
editor's comments, [293]
Group marriage, Australian, Messrs. Spencer and Gillen on, [293]
Group names, theory as to, [166];
originated outside the group, [168], [171]
Group totem, the hereditary, [160]
Group totems, Mr. N. W. Thomas on, [148]
Guatemala Indian nagual, [144]
HADDON, Mr., on totem origin, [156]
Hawaiian marriage relationships, [98]
Hawaiian terms of relationship, [93]
Hebrew village names, ancient, [300]
Hesiod and early human society, [7]
Horde, the foundation of Herr Cunow's theory, [114];
its division, [115]
Hose and McDougall, Messrs., on Sarawak beliefs, [153]
Hottentot marriages, Dr. Westermarck on, [240]
Howitt, Mr., his ethnological nomenclature, [10] n;
and the class system in Australia, [37];
his opinion on Australian marriage customs, [41];
his views on the primary class divisions, [46];
considers totemism too old for theorising, [49];
regards the undivided commune as a probable hypothesis, [65];
see also Fison
Human origin, Mr. Atkinson's speculations on, [3];
Biblical account differs from Mr. Atkinson's,
not from Mr. Morgan's hypothesis, [7]
Human society, limit of historical research into origins of, [2];
progress of, [3]; obscurity of the subject, [3]
Hunter River totems, Mr. Rusden on, [148]
INCAS of Peru, royal intermarriage, [1]
Incest to marry within totem name, [16]
Incest, prevention of, Mr. Crawley's theory, [26]
Individual totems, Mr. N. W. Thomas on, [148]
Infancy prolonged in nascent man, Mr. Atkinson on, [230]
Infanticide, female, and exogamy, [21]
JEALOUSY the cause of exogamy, [19]
Jealousy, sexual, the motive power in social changes, [272]
Jevons, Mr., on totems, [134]; on the Attic social system, [206]
Junod, M. Henri, and the Baronga terms of relationship, [301]
KAMILAROI, the, [35] n
Kamilaroi group laws, Mr. Mathews on, [46]
Kamilaroi interphratry marriages, [56]
Kamilaroi marriage laws, Mr. Mathews on, [27];
Mr. Fison on, [28]
Keddies (Southern India), marriage custom among, [286]
Kennedys of Galloway, [7]
Kin name, maternal, [8]
Kingsley, Miss, on the Calabar 'bush-souls,' [143]
Kinship among the earliest human groups, [19]
Kurnai women and the sex totem, [146]
Kyontha social customs, Dr. Westermarck on, [246] n
Kyonthas, avoidance among the, [275]
LANCE, Mr., on communal marriage survival, [106]
Lang, Mr. G. S., quoted by Lord Avebury, [126]
Lifu terms of relationship, [94], [100]
Local exogamy, its origin, [13]
Long's, J., mention of 'totam,' [131] n
MACDONNELLS of Moidart and Glengarry, [7]
McGee, W. J., his ethnological terminology, [11] n;
his views on the evolution of society, [52]
McLennan, Mr. Daniel, on the origin of exogamy, [63];
on the phratries of Northern Victoria tribes, [64]
McLennan, Mr. Donald, on exogamy and totemism, [14], [16], [17]
McLennan, Mr. J. F., [3];
his views on maternal kin-names, [9];
his definition of exogamy, [10], [12];
his view of the most archaic marriage law, [13];
his opinion of kinship, [19], [20];
his theory of exogamy, [21];
the theory untenable, [22];
his views of 'primitive groups,' [31];
and exogamous phratries, [37];
considers totemism anterior to exogamy, [44];
on totem kins, [55];
on terms of relationship, [95];
on marriage by capture, [267];
his criticism of Mr. Morgan's classification theory, [284];
remarks thereon by Mr. Atkinson, [284]
MacSorlies part of Clan Cameron, [8]
McUlrigs (Kennedys) of Galloway, [7]
Magical societies, [197]
Maine, Sir Henry, his 'Ancient Law,' [7];
on the evolution of tribes and states, [7]
Malayan relationship system, Mr. Morgan on, [90], [281]
Mandeville, Sir John, referred to, [24]
Man's distinction from other creatures, Mr. Atkinson on, [225]
Marital relations among the Arunta [74]
Marriage among savages, Mr. Crawley's view of, [24]
Marriage by capture, Mr. Atkinson on, [244], [266];
editor's remarks on Mr. Atkinson's views, [248];
Mr. McLennan on, [267]
Marriage ceremony, Arunta, [24]
Marriage, communal, Mr. Morgan's theory, [90];
Lord Avebury on, [124]
Marriage custom of the Keddies of Southern India, [286]
Marriage divisions in Australia, [38]
Marriage, group, [89]; supposed survivals of, [104]
Marriage laws, totemic and civilised, [87]
Marriage regulations among the Arunta, [78]
Marriage within the totem name prohibited,

[16]
Maternal kinship, [8]
Maternal love, origin of, Mr. Atkinson on, [231]
Mathews, Mr. John, on aboriginal jealousy, [9] n
Mathews, Mr., on Australian inter-tribal barter, [6];
on prohibited marriages, [27];
on group marriages, [35] n;
on marriage divisions in Australia, [38];
on class names, [119]; on totem names, [120]
Matriarchal theory, [20]
Melanesian ghost-worship, [182];
sacrifices, [183]
Melanesian social system, [176]
Menomini myth, [66]
Mincopies (Andamanese), [9]
Modern theories of totem origin: Mr. A. H. Keane's theory, [140];
Mr. Max Müller's theory, [141];
Mr. Herbert Spencer's theory, [142];
Mr. Frazer's theories, [143];
Mr. N. W. Thomas's theory, [148];
Dr. Wilken's theory, [150]; Miss
Alice Fletcher's theory, [151];
Mr. Hill Tout's theory, [152];
Messrs. Hose and McDougall's theory, [153];
Mr. Haddon's theory, [156]:
an objection to these theories, [159];
the author's conjecture, [161]
Modification of sexual habit, Mr. Atkinson on, [227]
Morgan, Mr., on human origin, [7];
his criticism of Mr. McLennan's terms, [13] n;
his theory of exogamy, [33];
and exogamous phratries, [37];
his theory quoted by Mr. Fison, [65];
and the class system, [89];
his theory of communal marriage, [90];
the theory inexplicable, [91];
his views on the origin of classes and totems, [92];
on terms of relationship, [93];
on communal marriage in Hawaii, [98];
his theory opposed by Darwin, [98];
on primitive brother-and-sister marriage, [281]
Mother kin, [20]
Mother-and-son avoidance, Veddah, [274]
Mother-in-law, 'avoidance' of, [277];
Mr. Atkinson on, [213];
Mr. Crawley on its origin, [278]
Mother-in-law, customs concerning, [272], [273], [275]
Müller, Mr. Max, and totem origin, [141]
Mungun-ngaur, Australian divinity, [5]
Munro, Dr., on primitive man, [4]
Myth, savage, and scientific hypothesis, coincidence of, [76]
Myths, Arunta, [75];
Greek and Egyptian totemic, [201]
NAIRS of Malabar, [22]
Narrinyeri totem eaters, [179]
Nascent man a solitary polygamous male, [220];
younger males expelled from family, [220];
absence of a paring season, [226];
effect of diet on sexual function, [227];
prolonged infancy, [230];
maternal love, [231];
retention of adult son in family, [232];
distinction between females in the family circle, [236];
rule of 'avoidance,' [237];
primal law the parent of exogamy, [238];
the editor's view, [238];
sexual relations between sire and daughter, [251];
widows of the polygamous husband, [252];
introduction of outside males, [254];
effect of female sexual jealousy, [256];
recognition of cousinship, [257];
interchange of sisters, [258];
division of the group, [260]
Nature-worship, Lord Avebury's synonym of totemism, [122]
New Caledonia, separation of brother and sister, [214];
infanticide of twins, [215]; avoidance in, [275]
New Caledonia totems, [136]
New Caledonian totem belief, [143]
New Caledonian tribes, hostility between, [167]
New Hebrides, North, class divisions in, [178]
Nooreli, Australian divinity, [5], [138]
North American Indian group names, [172]
Northern Victoria, tribal tradition of, [64]
Nyarongs, Sarawak, [153]
OMAHA magical societies, [197]; Miss Alice Fletcher on, [198]
Omaha manitus, Miss Fletcher on, [152]
Omaha totem groups, [196]
Origin of avoidance, Mr. Atkinson on, [276]
Origin of classes and totems, Mr. Morgan's view, [92]
Origin of totemism, theories regarding the, [49], [50];
Lord Avebury on, [123]
Orissa, avoidance in [275]
Orkney, group sobriquets in, [296]
PALÆOLITHIC man, Dr. Munro on, [4], [5];
possessed religous belief, [5]
Palæolithic remains found in France, [5]
Parker, Mrs. Langloh, on the Euahlayi, [186] n.
Patriarchal family first social unit, [7];
Sir Henry Maine's opinion, [7];
Mr. Freeman's concurrence, [7];
absent from 'non-Aryan' races, [8]
Persian royal marriages, [262]
Peruvian Incas' marriages, [1], [262]
Pfeil, Count von, on inter-tribal hostility, [168]
Phratria, the Attic, [205]
Phratries, [35]; intended to produce exogamy, [53]
Phratries and totem groups, relative antiquity, [35]
Phratries and totems of the Arunta, [81]
Phratries and totems, relations of, [74]
Phratry, Herr Cunow on the development of, [116]
Phratry names usually totemic, [116]
Phratry, origin of the, Mr. McGee's view, [52];
Mr. Howitt's theory, [53];
Mr. Frazer's ideas, [57]
Piets, royal, counted descent through female line, [21]
Pinaru, Dieri headman's title, [105]
Piraungaru arrangement, [105]; among the Urabunna, [106]
Pirmaheal, Australian divinity, [5]
Plant names, Attic, [205]
Pollux on the Attic genos, [206]
Polyandry in Malabar, [22]
Polyandry supposed origin of maternal kin-name, [9]
Polygamy probable institution of primitive man, [4]
Polygyny and monogamy, Mr. Darwin's group basis, [64]
Powell's, Major, ethnological terminology, [10] n;
use of the word 'totem,' [132]
'Primary divisions' totemic and exogamous, [43];
Mr. Howitt's hypothesis, [46];
probably the result of amalgamation, [181]
Primitive brother-and-sister marriage, Mr. Morgan on, [281]
Primitive man, opinions on, [4]
Pristine groups necessarily small, [164];
governed by sexual jealousy, [165]
Prohibited marriages, Arunta, by affinity, [88]
Pundjel, Australian divinity, [5]
QAT, Melanesian object of prayer, [184]
RELATIONSHIP by generations, [90];
Mr. Morgan's theory, [93]
Relationship constituted by local contiguity, Mr. Atkinson on, [289]
Relationship terms, origin of, [102];
difference of meaning between savage and civilised, [102];
family and tribal significance, [103];
express status, [129]
Relationships, Lord Avebury on, [128]
Relationships, Arunta, which preclude marriage, [88];
curious distinctions, [88]
'Religion,' Mr. Crawley's definition of, [23]
Reverence for totems, nyarongs, and naguals, [186]
Ridley, Rev. W., and Australian exogamous phratries, [37]
Robertson, Mr. Duncan, on group sobriquets in Orkney, [296]
Roman traditions as to tribal origin, [8]
Roth, Dr., and Australian native customs, [6] n;
on the evolution of classes, [114]
Rusden, Mr., on the Hunter River totems, [148]
SACRED animals in savage society, [131]
Sacrifices, Melanesian, [183]
Samoan 'totem gods,' [137]
Sarawak, nyarongs in, [153]
'Second master,' Urabunna wife's, [104];
not a survival of communal marriage, [105]
Selwyn, Bishop, quoted as to Melanesian ghost-worship, [182]
Sex protector, Australian, [144]
Sex totem, killing a, [146]
Sexes mutually dangerous, savage beliefs, [19], [24]
Sexual family relations common to all animals, [224]
Sexual functions, modification of, Mr. Atkinson on, [227]
Sexual jealousy, Mr. Atkinson on, [220], [272], [276]
Sexual jealousy the pause of exogamous marriage, [18]
Siouan gentes, Mr. Dorsey on, [172]
Siouan gentes, names of, [295]; probably totemic, [175]
Siouan tribes, [11]
Smith, Mr. Robertson, and totemism, [17];
on prohibited marriages, [27]
Sobriquets, English village, [295];
Siouan, [295]; Orkney and Shetland, [296];
Ancient Jewish, [300]
Social changes the result of sexual jealousy, Mr. Atkinson on, [272]
Social rules, growth of, in the tribe, [107]
Social system of Melanesia, [176]
Solomon Islands, no division into kindreds, [178];
exogamous groups, [179]
Son-in-law, customs concerning, [272], [273], [275]
Spencer, Mr., on the origin of totemism, [60], [142];
on exogamous groups in the Arunta tribe, [61];
his reason for their introduction, [62];
inconclusive statements, [62];
his latest hypothesis regarding totemism, [68]
Spencer and Gillen on aboriginal jealousy, [9];
on totem groups, [15] n, [16];
on Urabunna descent, [20];
and the Arunta marriage ceremony, [24];
on the class system in Australia, [37];
on changes of tribal custom, [67];
and 'communal marriage,' [69];
on Arunta totem eating, [73];
on Arunta marital relations, [74];
on totems and phratries, [74];
on Arunta legends, [76], [77];
on marriage regulations, [78];
on tribal and individual relationships, [89];
on terms of relationship, [95];
on 'classificatory' terms, [100];
on Urabunna customs, [101];
on totem origin, [141];
on brother-and-sister 'avoidance,' [216];
on Australian group marriage, [293]
State, origin of the, Sir H. Maine on, [7]
Status implied by relationship terms, [101]
'Stealthy' intercourse preliminary to marriage, [265]
Supremacy of women, supposed period of, [9]
Sutherland crest, [163]
TANKERVILLE, LORD, on the Chillingham Park bulls, [222]
Terminology, the author's, [37] n; Mr. Fison's, [38] n
Terminology, confusing, [10], [44], [126], [130]
Terms of relationship, Mr. Morgan on, [93];
origin of, [102];
family and tribal significance, [103]
Thlinket ideas of totems, [139]
Thomas, Mr. N. W., on totemism, [148]
Totem, restricted meaning of the word, [133];
original word doubtful, [135];
cult, the, [136];
origin probably not religious, [137]
Totem alliance, Mr. Jevons on, [134]
Totem eating, Arunta, [71]
Totem group names, folk-lore illustrative of, [169],
Totem groups, local, [15];
heterogeneous, [30];
Mr. Morgan on the origin of, [92]
Totem groups and magic, Arunta, [196], [198]
Totem groups and phratries, relative antiquity, [35]
Totem influence among the Arunta, [61]
Totem kindreds, [10], [12]
Totem name a bar to marriage, [16];
liable to change, [48];
origin forgotten, [184];
implies blood kinship, [193]
Totem prohibition of tribal marriage, [35]
Totemic divisions of the Arunta, [83]
Totemic influence on the Keddies' marriage customs, [287]
Totemic myths, ancient Greek and Egyptian, [201]
Totemic rules differ from civilised marriage laws, [87]
Totemic system and exogamy, [80]
Totemism, Lord Avebury on, [122]
Totemism among the Arunta, [68]
Totemism and exogamy, [16]
Totemism dying in Melanesia, [184]
Totemism, group, exogamous, the author's conjecture, [161]
Totemism, origin of, [14], [131];
theories regarding, [49], [50];
Mr. Spencer on, [60]
Totems and phratries, relations of, [74]
Totems, classification of, by Mr. Frazer, [132]
Totems, distribution of, in the 'phratries,' [55]
Totems, Mr. Fison on the origin of, [45]
Totems, original purpose of, Mr. Atkinson on, [282]
Tout, Mr. Hill, on totem origin, [152]
Tribal and individual relationship, [88]
Tribal custom, Messrs. Spencer and Gillen on, [67]
Tribal divisions totemic in origin, [54]
Tribal heterogeneousness, [8]
Tribe, origin of the, Sir H. Maine on, [7];
definition of the word, [11];
an aggregation, not a division, [98];
not a primitive institution, [103];
growth of social rules in the, [107]
Turanian gentes, [92]
Tylor, Mr., on exogamy and totemism, [17];
considers descent through female line the more archaic, [21];
his researches into laws of marriage and descent, [109];
on the word 'totem,' [131] n;
on Fijian and Samoan totemism, [137];
supports Dr. Wilken's theory of totem origin, [150]
URABUNNA tribe of Central Australia, [1], [10]; tribal divisions, [11];
marriage restrictions, [12]; descent through the female line, [20], [69];
exogamous and totemic division, [54]; intermarry with the Arunta, [69];
communal marriage among, [69]; less developed than the Arunta, [75];
terms of relationship, [93]; status implied by relationship terms, [101];
Spencer and Gillen on customs, [101]; marriage laws, [104];
'second masters' of married women, [104]; Piraungaru custom, [105]
VEDDAHS, avoidance of father and daughter, [274]; of mother and son, [274]
Victoria, Northern, tribal tradition of, [64]
Village names, ancient Hebrew, [300]
Village sobriquets, English, [173], [295]
WESTERMARCK, DR., on promiscuous sexual relationship, [9];
on the matriarchal theory, [20];
on ape etiquette, [25];
his theory of exogamy, [33];
on terms of relationship, [95];
on brother-and-sister avoidance, [240];
on Annamese and Hottentot relationships, [240];
on marriage by Rapture, [248]
Western Australia totem, Sir George Grey on, [144]
Wilken's, Dr., theory of totemic origin, [150];
depends on the patriarchal theory, [151]
Witchetty Grub, Australian totem, [170]
Woeworung, the, [41]; myths, [66], [139], [159], [163]
Women, supremacy of, supposed period of, [9]
Women, dominion of, [20]
YAKUTS, avoidance among the, [275]
ZAPOTECS and their tona, [144]
Zulu superstition, [136], [143]