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INDEX
(The Arabic figures refer to paragraphs)
- Ablutions, sacred, [197]
- Abnegation, offering as, [1040]
- Abraham, abrogation of human sacrifice ascribed to, [847]
- Abstractions, gods of, [695] ff.
- Abydos, chief seat of worship of Osiris, [728]
- Acts, ritual, magical power in, [1019]
- Adam Kadmon, [735]
- Æschines as mystagogue, [1099] [n. 1]
- Aesculapius, shrine of, incubation at, [922]
- Aeshma, prominent position of, [738]
- Africa, clan deities in, [645];
- Africa, Central, Islam in, [1146]
- Africa, West, polypsychism in, [39]
- Agdistis, birth of, [288] [n. 2];
- cult of, [413]
- Age, mythopœic, [821]
- ἅγιος, sense of, [626] [n. 9]
- Agnosticism, Chinese, [1006]
- Agriculture, sacrifices in, [1035]
- Ahura Mazda, relation of, to Varuna, [742]
- Ainu, the, bear-cult of, [257];
- Alexander, deification of, [340], [347]
- Alexandrian canon, [1130]
- Ali, deification of, [355]
- Allah, cultic significance of, [766]
- Al-Lât, local nature of, [764]
- Allegory, science of, [863]
- Altar, origin of, [297], [1081];
- religious purification of, [195]
- Al-Uzza, local nature of, [764]
- Amenhotep IV, reform of, [727]
- America, examination of dead in, [76];
- America, North, food restrictions in, [458]
- America, Northwest, religiously inferior to the Eastern tribes, [527]
- Amesha-spentas, the, [320], [703], [738]
- Amon-Ra, supremacy of, [727]
- Amulets, phallos and yoni as, [405], [406] [n. 3]
- Anahita, [739]
- Ancestor-worship, [360] ff.;
- Anchor, worship offered to, [891]
- Androgynous deities, [407] ff.
- Angels, guardian, [673];
- Angro Mainyu, [976]
- Animals, abodes of souls, [25], [31];
- Anthesteria, the, apotropaic element in, [374];
- prohibition of work in, [602]
- Aphrodite, history of, [793] f.;
- represented by a stone, [292]
- Apocrypha, the, recognition of, [1131]
- Apollo, development of, [770];
- Delphian hymn to, [1088]
- Apostle, Jewish title, [1110] [n. 2]
- Apotheosis, Roman, [353]
- Apuleius, his conception of Isis, [1114]
- Arabia, supposed abstract gods in, [698] ff.;
- worship of morning star in, [717]
- Aramea, deities of, [764]
- Areoi, the, church-form of, [1096];
- [626]Ares, history of, [775]
- Ark, the Israelite, [291]
- Arrows, Arab divination by, [918]
- Arta, Vedic, [688]
- Artemis, functions of, [788];
- Arval Brothers, the, [800]
- Asha, Avestan, [688]
- Ashanti, gods of, [660]
- Ashera, Hebrew, origin of, [272]
- Ashtar, relation of, to Ishtar, [763]
- Ashtart, shem Baal, meaning of, [409]
- Ashur, god, nature of, [759]
- Ashurbanipal, dreams of, [922]
- Assyria, influence of priests in, [1068]
- Astrology, development of, [850], [914] f.
- Asylums, graves as, [369];
- temples as, [1085]
- Atargatis, origin and cult of, [399]
- Aten, as sole ruler, [989]
- Atharva-Veda, magic in, [902]
- Athene, history of, [791] f.
- Athtar, relation of, to Ishtar, [763]
- Atonement, Hebrew annual ceremony of, [142]
- Attis, origin and cult of, [271], [413], [1066];
- death of, [283]
- Augustus, religious reconstruction by, [353];
- temples consecrated to, [347]
- Australia, absence of sacrifice in, [10];
- Australia, North, prohibition of eating totem in, [470]
- Authority, religious, absolute, claim to, [1140]
- Azazel, head of fallen angels, [692];
- lord of wilderness and receiver of Jewish national sins, [142]
- Baal-shamem, meaning of, [409]
- Baalzebub, meaning of, [671];
- oracle of, [927]
- Bab, the, function of, [1120]
- Babe, as child of God, [188]
- Babylonia, influence of priests in, [1068];
- Badges, function of, [501]-503;
- supposed origin of totems, [555]
- Baetulus, etymology of, [294]
- Baganda, the, totemistic usages among, [457], [511]
- Bahaism, success of, [1120]
- Bah´u'llah, founder of a church, and claimed to be incarnation of God, [1120]
- Baiame, clan god, [644]
- Bakuana, the, food restrictions among, [457]
- Banana, incarnation of dead chief, [479]
- Baptism, infant, result of its introduction, [1110];
- Bards, Australian, [106]
- Bathing, removal of taboo by, [616]
- Bau, goddess of fertility, [761]
- Bear, as messenger, [1024]
- Beasts, pantheon of, [248]
- Beelzebul, origin of, [671]
- Beings, savage, whether regarded as eternal, [984] f.;
- two supernatural, opposed to each other, [969]
- Bene-Israel, the, persistence of Jewish customs among, [224] [n. ]
- Bengal, oracles in, [927]
- Bethel, Hebrew, meaning of, [294]
- Bible, the, results of study of, [1135]
- Bird, the, symbol of soul, [25]
- Birth, supposed cause of, [34]
- Blood, connection of, with life, [23];
- Body, the, as seat of life, [26];
- regarded as by nature nonsacred, [205]
- Boedromia, the, [845]
- Bombay, Parsiism in, [1145]
- Bones, animal, not to be broken, [127];
- divination by, [920]
- Borneo, harvest taboos in, [599];
- oracles in, [927]
- Bo-tree, the, worship under, [281]
- Boundaries, gods of, [704]
- Bowels, the, as seat of emotion, [27]
- Brahma, impersonal, [730];
- meaning of, [703]
- Brain, the, relation of, to thought, [28];
- Arabic conception of, [28]
- Brides, taboos on, [179]
- Brotherhood, blood-, [169]
- [627]Buddhism, agnosticism of, [1007];
- Bull, the, worship of, [258]
- Bunjil, Australian, nature of, [644]
- Burma, Buddhism in, [1142]
- Bush, burning, god in, [279]
- Bushmen, cult of mantis by, [257]
- Byblos, sacred prostitution at, [1066]
- Cadmus, culture-hero, [843]
- Cælus, [722]
- Cæsar, Julius, deified, [353]
- Cainites, the, [693]
- Çakti, cult of, [734]
- Çaktism, cultic significance of, [406]
- Calendars, savage, [210] f.
- Calif Omar, embassy of, to Persia, [916]
- California, cosmogony in, [829];
- ghost dance in, [108]
- Caligula, divine honors accorded to, [347]
- Canaan, sun-cult in, [753]
- Canons, religious, [1128] ff.
- Çaoshyanç, the, prophetic function of, [348]
- Caracalla, enrollment of, among the heroes, [353] [n. 2]
- Carthage, cult of Tanit in, [410]
- Ceremonies, marriage-, whether essentially religious, [178]-183;
- Ceres, origin of, [803]
- Ceylon, Buddhism in, [1142]
- Chaldeans, astrological science of, [914] f.;
- charlatanry of, [927]
- Chaos, philosophical conception of, [685]
- Charms, animal and vegetable, [229];
- attitude of men toward, [239]
- Chastity, origin of demand for, [594]
- Chiefs, relief from taboo by, [615];
- sacredness of, [595]
- Child, death of, ceremonies at, [191] [n. 4];
- Childbirth, future of women dying in, [75]
- Children, first-born, sacrifice of, [134];
- savage training of, [146]
- China, Buddhism in, [1142];
- conception of kinship with the dead in, [193];
- divinization of emperor in, [345];
- expulsion of spirits in, [140];
- no priestly class in national religion of, [1074];
- official religion of, [748];
- polypsychism in, [39];
- sky and earth as progenitors in, [992];
- stress on earthly life in, [992];
- supremacy of Heaven in, [992];
- tutelary gods in, [672]
- Christendom, development of ritual in, [1060]
- Christian canon, formation of, [1131]
- Christian monachism, [1126]
- Christian writers, early, interpretation of myths by, [873]
- Christianity, diffusion of, [1144], [1147];
- dualism of, [977]
- Chunder Sen, church-founder, [1119]
- Church, Buddhistic, [1106];
- pre-Christian idea of, [1101]
- Churches, origin and function of, [1095] ff.;
- Cicero, on cerebrum as seat of mind, [28];
- on origin of the soul, [36]
- Circumambulation, object of, [112]
- Circumcision, [153]-168
- Çiva, [733]
- Civilization, mythical origin of, [843]
- Clan, rain-, Australian, [136];
- Clans, mythical origin of, [450];
- non-exogamous totemic, [436]
- Clanship, totemic, religious side of, [571]
- Climate, effect of, on totemic usages, [470];
- Clothing, origin of, [114]
- Code, moral, regarded as will of God, [1166]
- Codes, good and bad, accepted by religion, [1162] f.
- Conceptional theory of the origin of totemism, [548]
- Conceptions, mythical, historical development of, [871]
- Conduct, association of, with religion, [1161]
- Confucianism not ecclesiastical, [1103]
- [628]Confucius, deified, [354];
- teaching of, [1103]
- Congo, death of souls held in, [48]
- Conscience, religious development of, [1170]
- Consecration by sacrifice, [1033]
- Constitution, savage social, composite character of, [620]
- Control, supernatural, common to all religions, [1149]
- Corpse, savage attitude toward, [590]
- Corruption, monachistic, [1127]
- Cosmogonies, civilized, [829] ff.;
- Cosmogony, Babylonian, [316];
- Courtesans, temple-, in West Africa and India, [1066]
- Couvade, the, [589];
- origin of, [185]
- Coyote, the, malicious, [634];
- Creation, Iranian, out of nothing, [830] [n. 3];
- myths of, [828]-833
- Creatianism, [37]
- Creators, American, [678];
- mutually antagonistic, [831]
- Creeds, value of elasticity in, [1136]
- Crests, relation of, to totem, [502]
- Criminals, detection of, by divination, [918]
- Cult, synagogal, national character of, [1108]
- Cults, alien, adoption of, [1148] [n. 1];
- Culture, as basis of classification of religions, [1150]
- Culture-heroes, [637] ff.
- Curse, conditional, [926]
- Curses and blessings, relation of, to worship, [1090]
- Customs, mythical origin of, [844] f.
- Cyprus, supposed bisexual deity in, [411]
- Dahomi, cult of indwelling spirit in, [43] [n. 2];
- Daimonia, Greek, as demons, [890]
- Dance, Green Corn, Cherokee, [490];
- Dances, cultic rôle of, [106] ff.;
- symbolic, [1032]
- Danger, magical, origin of, [586]
- Daniel, book of, resurrection in, [90]
- Daramulun, origin of, [644]
- Dead, the, as advocates, [94];
- Death, infection of air by, [591];
- Deconsecration by sacrifice, [1033]
- Dedication, Jewish feast of, [1089]
- Deities, female, minor Roman, [803];
- Delphi, sacred fire at, [321]
- Demeter, origin of, [784]
- Demigods, dedivinization of, [358]
- Demiurge, Gnostic, [3]
- Demons, dwelling in plants, [266];
- Depravity, total, religious view of, [1172]
- Devil, the, grandmother of, [643] [n. 1];
- in New Testament, [977]
- Diana, nature of, [806]
- Dido, self-immolation of, [1048]
- Dies Irae, the, [940]
- Dionysiac cult, partly Hellenized, [1099]
- Dionysus, history of, [776] ff.
- Divination, definition of, [905];
- organization of, [906]
- Diviner, the, civil and social recognition of, [908];
- ecstatic state of, [907]
- Divinity, tutelary, tenderness for, [653]
- Doctrines, religious, tried by moral standards, [1164]
- Dodona, history of oak of, [279]
- Dog, name of male sacred prostitutes, [1066]
- Dogmas, religious, philosophical character of, [880]
- Domestication of animals and plants, relation of, to totemism, [523], [564] ff.
- [629]Dough, images of, eaten in Mexico, [222]
- Dreams, as presages, [921] f.
- Dualism, [968] ff.;
- Dukduk, the, police rôle of, [531]
- Dupuis, stellar theory of, [864], [866]
- Durga, reverence for, [693]
- Dusares, origin of, [764]
- Dyaks, Sea-, deities of, [659]
- Dyaus, rôle of, [734]
- Dylan, Celtic deity, [974]
- Dynasties, divine, [721] ff.
- Ea, origin and growth of, [756]
- Eating, whether sacramental in Australia, [128]
- Eclipses, mythical cause of, [849]
- Economic questions, relation of religion to, [1163]
- Ecstasy as condition of revelation, [906] f.
- Eden, magical trees of, [275];
- story of, [959]
- Effects, magical, how set aside, [886]
- Egbo, the, police rôle of, [531]
- Egypt, abstract gods of, [701];
- El, meaning of, [766]
- Elder, Jewish title, [1110] [n. 2]
- Elegba, phallic character of, [393]
- Elohim, use of, in Old Testament, [766]
- Endor, the woman of, [895]
- Enlil, nature of, [757]
- Enoch, book of, Azazel in, [692];
- Entrails, divination by, [919]
- Epicurus, atomic theory of, [1008];
- practical atheism of, [1006]
- Equinoxes, calendars fixed by, [211], [215] f.;
- Peruvian ceremonies at, [216]
- Eremites, Brahmanic, [1122]
- Erinyes, the, function of, [974]
- Erythræ, Sibyl of, [937]
- Eshmun, character of, [764]
- Eskimo, the animals revered by, [505];
- destruction of the soul held by, [46]
- Essenes, the, [1125]
- Eternal, a term not found in savage thought, [985]
- Ethics, relation of, to religion, [1161] ff.
- Euhemerism, [359], [382]
- Europe, Islam in, [1146]
- Evil, moral, existence of, how treated by religion, [1171]
- Exogamy, origin of, [429] ff.
- Expiation by sacrifice, [1033]
- Eye, the, palpitation of, omen, [916]
- Ezekiel, taboos in ritual of, [597]
- Family, the, Polynesian social unit, [485]
- Fasting, religious, [204]-208
- Fate, in Homer and Hesiod, [998]
- Fates, the, [687]
- Father, the, perils of, [589]
- Fathers, the, Hindu and Persian, worship paid to, [371]
- Feasts, communal, economical function of, [1023];
- Ferryman, souls conducted by, [65]
- Festivals, licentious, nonreligious, [387];
- Fetish, definition of, [230] [n. 2]; African, cult of, [540]
- Figures, divine, composite, [725], [861]
- Fiji, examination of dead in, [78], [81];
- Fire, sacredness of, [318] ff.; theft of, [318] [n. 1]
- Flood, great, stories of, [832]
- Folk-lore, material of, [859]
- Folk-tales, scurrilous feature in, [247]
- Food, sacramental sharing of, [1023]
- Force, personal, moral, religious conception of, [1158]
- Form, literary, of myths, [856]
- Forms, liturgical, symbolical interpretation of, [1061]
- Fortune, personalized as deity, [702]
- [630]Fortunes, human, determined on new year's day, [214]
- Founders, shrines to, [357];
- the three great, [1151]
- Fravashis, the, as guardians, [673]
- Frazer, J. G., on the death of the god, [1047]
- Fuegians, fear anger of a supernatural being, [1161]
- Funerals, buffoonery at, [364] [n. 5]
- Fung-Shui, nature of, [926]
- Fusion, social, basis of religious unity, [1147]
- Gad, deity, whether abstract, [699]
- Gehenna, New Testament conception of, [85]
- Genealogies, savage and civilized, [840] f.
- Genesia, the Greek, [1089]
- Genesis, book of, accounts of creation in, [830] [n. 5];
- table of nations in, [841]
- Genius, the, [672];
- Ghosts, Australian belief in, [18];
- Giants, Greek and Teutonic, [686]
- Gifts, to gods, material of, [1022];
- utilized by worshipers, [1023]
- Gilgamesh, adventures of, [853];
- Girls, marriage of, to trees, [274]
- God, the, definition of, [635], [643];
- genesis of, [636]
- God, Sons of, in Old Testament, [343];
- transcendence of, [1004]
- Goddesses, Babylonian and Assyrian, [760] ff.;
- Gods, abstract, [695] ff.;
- ancient, universal, [958];
- antagonism of, to men, [958];
- capture of, [290] [n. 1];
- complicated functions of, [708];
- conflicts between, meaning of, [858];
- connection of, with planets, [715], [915];
- death of, [50] [n. 5];
- departmental, development of, [656];
- identification of, with animals, [577];
- otiose, Epicurean, [1006];
- process of growth of, [720];
- rain, local deities as, [314];
- relation of their humanization to polytheism and monotheism, [964];
- separation of, from phenomena, [720];
- stones entered by, [298];
- supremacy of, how determined, [724];
- whether developed out of totems, [577]
- Golden Rule, the, formulations of, [1162]
- Goodwin Sands, origin of, [891] [n. 8]
- Grandfather, divine title, [643];
- chameleon as, [449]
- Great Hare, the, [856]
- Great Mother, Ephesian, [789];
- Phrygian, Roman cult of, [938]
- Greece, abstract gods of, [702];
- Greek Church, canon of, [1131]
- Greenland, repair of souls in, [30]
- Groves, as places of worship, [268]
- Growth, social, religious, [1015]
- Guardians, animal, [496];
- plant, [267]
- Guinea, New, hunting-charms in, [129];
- tribal badges in, [445]
- Hades, god, moral significance of, [780]
- Hades, place, Greek and Roman gods of, [682];
- Hadith, value of, [1133]
- Hadrian, address of, to soul, [25] [n. 3]
- Half-sister, marriage with, [428]
- Hammurabi, code of, ordeal in, [925]
- Hannibal, oath of, [308]
- Hanuman, monkey-god, not totemic, [577] [n. 3]
- Haoma, deification of, [270]
- Haram, Arabian, sanctity of, [1082]
- Haruspex, function of, [931]
- Hawaii, death of souls held in, [48];
- Hearth, sacredness of, [236]
- Heaven, feeble Semitic recognition of, [753];
- of Indra, [731]
- [631]Heaven and Earth, Hindu, [734];
- Heavenly bodies, cult of, [328] ff.;
- sex of, [331]
- Hebrews, ordeal in law of, [925];
- Hekate, function of, [790]
- Hera, origin of, [782] f.
- Heracles, labors of, [853]
- Heraclitus, sayings of, [1004]
- Hemaphroditos, [415] f.
- Hermes, development of, [772]
- Herodotus, phallic cults mentioned by, [397]
- Heroes, cult of, in Greece, [373];
- Hesiod, division of universe by, [779];
- Hestia, significance of, [787]
- Hiawatha, how made into a god, [358] [n. 5]
- Hierapolis, phallic cult at, [399]
- Histories, tribal, in stones, [302]
- Holocaust, expiation by, [1045]
- Homage, offering as expression of, [1040]
- Home, the, as center of religious development, [654]
- Homer, meaning of dios in, [347]
- Homilies, Clementine, annihilation in, [52]
- Honover, the Mazdean, magical use of, [900]
- Horseshoes, witches restrained by, [145]
- Horus, conflict of, with Set, [726];
- Hubert and Mauss, their theory of sacrifice, [1049] f.
- Humanism, [1158]
- Hymns, Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian, Hebrew, Hindu, Avestan, Greek, [1087] f.
- Idolatry, rôle of, [1091] ff.
- Images, eaten by Mexicans, [1047];
- Immersion, symbolic significance of, [198]
- Imru'l-Kais, treatment of oracle by, [927]
- Inca, the, ecclesiastical power of, [1117]
- Incarnation, Ismailic and Babist, [344]
- Incense, food of deity, [1025]
- Incest, cause of horror of, [435]
- Indecency, savage, [107]
- India, abstract gods of, [703];
- Individualism, fostered by churches, [1138]
- Indra, development of, [731], [830]
- Infibulation, [162]
- Infinite, the, sense of, [9]
- Interpretations of sacred books, [1136]
- Intervention, divine, rejected by science, [1010]
- Intoxication, inspiration by, [899]
- Introcision, Australian, [162]
- Isaiah, book of, supposed mention of phallus in, [398];
- Ishtar, origin and development of, [762] f.;
- Isis, origin of, [729];
- Isis, as magician, [729];
- as model wife and mother, [729]
- Islam, canon of, [1133];
- Ismailic movement, the, [1116]
- Israel, organization of priesthood in, [1069]
- Jacob, anointment of stone by, [294]
- Jainism, a nontheistic church, [1107]
- Jamnia, synod of, [1130]
- Janus, nature of, [799]
- Japan, divinization of emperor in, [346];
- phallicism in, [395]
- Jensen, mythical theory of, [870]
- [632]Jephthah, daughter of, ceremony of mourning for, [845], [1100]
- Jesus, object of his teaching, [1110];
- Jews, formation of canon of, [1130];
- genius of, for organization of public religion, [1108]
- Jubilee, Hebrew, object of, [223]
- Judaism, diffusion of, [1143];
- failure of, to create a church, [1108]
- Juno, nature of, [804]
- Juno, the, not a separate personality, [43];
- representative of woman's personality, [804]
- Jupiter, origin and development of, [798];
- represented by a stone, [292]
- Kaaba, the, black stone of, [295]
- Kafirs, effigies erected by, [370]
- Kalevala, the, mythology of, [856], [955]
- Kami, Shinto, meaning of, [645]
- Karens, the, Christianization of, [1144]
- Karma, Buddhistic, [1007]
- Ker, the, as form of soul, [25] [n. 3]
- Khonds, the, deities of, [659]
- Khuen-Aten, reform of, [989]
- Kindness to fellows, universal, [1162]
- Kings, Babylonian, whether worshiped, [341]
- Koran, the, relation of, to Moslem science, [1135];
- prayer against witches in, [895]
- Kore, the, origin of, [786]
- Korea, Buddhism in, [1142]
- Krishna, ethical significance of, [733]
- Kronids, the, governmental rôle of, [779]
- Kronos, [768] [n. 3]
- Kteis, the, veneration of, [406]
- Kybele, cult of, [413]
- Lamas, Grand, ascription of divinity to, [348]
- Language, origin of, no myths of, [642]
- Lao-tsze, system of, [749]
- Lapis manalis, function of, [289]
- Lapps, the, primacy of, in magic, [902]
- Law, civil, relation of, to taboo, [614];
- League, Iroquois, [489]
- Legend, connection of, with myth, [859]
- Lemuria, the, apotropaic element in, [374];
- prohibition of work in, [602]
- Leto, Titaness, [788] [n. 1]
- License, in festivals, [135], [219];
- sexual, adopted by religion, [1163]
- Life, annihilation of, [46], [51];
- Light, as symbol, [857];
- significance of, in myths, [858]
- Linga, the, worship of, in India, [394]
- Liver, the, as seat of life, [27];
- divination by, [919]
- Living, the, cult of, [336] ff.
- Llew, Celtic deity, [974]
- Loki, not independent creator of evil, [974];
- Lot, wife of, [288]
- Lots, divinatory use of, [918]
- Love, toward the deity, [5];
- as a divine personality, [704]
- Luck, relation of, to magic, [238]
- Lunation, the, divisions of, [606]
- Lupercalia, the, purification in, [201]
- Maccabees, Second, resurrection in, [90]
- Macrobiotes, [835]
- Macrobius, on a bisexual cult, [411]
- Magi, the, Mazdean, [897]
- Magic, in religion, [1090];
- Magician, office of, preparation for, [894]
- Magicians, sometimes political rulers, [898] [n. 4]
- Magna Mater of Pessinus, [291]
- Maia, conjecture as to origin of, [845]
- Mamertius, expulsion of, [143]
- Man, early, logicalness of, [246];
- [633]Mana, definition of, [231]-236;
- Manichæism, as a church, [1115];
- causes of its success, [978]
- Mantis, Bushman cult of, [257]
- Mantis, Greek, function of, [931]
- Marduk, cult of, [758], [990]
- Marriage, restrictions on, [177] [n. 2], [439]
- Mars, development of, [800];
- shield of, [845]
- Martyr, spirit of, where shown, [1167]
- Masai, the, two chief gods of, [660]
- Mashalists, Hebrew, [862] [n. 1]
- Massebas, Canaanite, [293]
- Masters and servants, exchange of places between, [219]
- Masturbation, savage practice of, [163] [n. 1]
- Materialism, deistic, [1008]
- Matter, eternity of, [1005], [1007]
- Maui, Polynesian, rôle of, [678]
- Mazdaism, origin and nature of, [740], [745];
- canon of, [1132]
- Meal, communal, reconciliation of deity by, [1043];
- Medicine man, the, [892]
- Melanesia, animal incarnations in, [676];
- Meleager, life of, dependent on a piece of wood, [274]
- Men, race of, preceding the present, [833]
- Mendes, goat-god of, [774] [n. 6]
- Meni, god, whether abstract, [699]
- Mercurius, Roman development of, not traceable, [802]
- Merneptah, dream of, [922]
- Mexico, gods of, [664];
- Minerva, development of, [807]
- Miracles, belief in, periods of, [1156] ff.;
- Mithra, birth of, [288] [n. 2];
- organisation of cult of, [1113]
- Mithraism, mysteries of, [1059]
- Mitra, association of, with Varuna, [730]
- Mohads, the, organization of, [1116]
- Monachism, [1121] ff.
- Monasteries, functions of, [1127]
- Monolatry, Hebrew, influence of, [994] f.
- Monotheism, alleged savage, [985];
- development of, [987] ff.
- Moon, the, cultic history of, [714]
- Morabits, the, organization of, [1116]
- Morality, conflict of, with taboo, [632]
- Mother, the, magical perils of, [589]
- Mother, the Great, [1066]
- Mother-in-law, the, taboos on, [593]
- Motifs, mythical, tabulation of, [879]
- Mountains as abodes of souls, [65]
- Mourning-usages, savage, [363]
- Mozoomdar, theistic reformation of, [1119]
- Müller, F. Max, solar theory of, [865], [876]
- Müller, K. O., treatment of myths by, [875]
- Murder, purification after, [195]
- Music, temple-, [1088]
- Mylitta, temple of, prostitution at, [1066]
- Mysteries, Eleusinian, [845];
- Mystery, New Testament use of the term, [1101]
- Mythology, relation of, to culture, [951] ff.
- Myths, borrowing of, [823] ff.;
- Nabonidus, centralizing effort of, [751]
- Nagual, meaning of, [672]
- Names, demonic, [691];
- Nana, goddess, nature of, [761];
- carried off, [888]
- [634]Nandi, the, grain of, blessed by the god, [220];
- months how named by, [213]
- Natchez, the, sun-cult of, [710]
- Naturalism, [1158]
- Navahos, the, creative beings of, [639], [645]
- Nazirite, the, restrictions on, [597]
- Ndengei, other-world god, [680]
- Necessity, Plato's conception of, [1001]
- Necromancy, Hebrew, [377]
- Neith, inscription in temple of, [729]
- Nemi, priest of, [274]
- Neptunus, [802]
- New Testament, Satan in, [689]
- Nicknames, supposed origin of totemism, [557]
- Nightmare, as ghost, [61] [n. 4]
- Nikkal, Panjab god, [337]
- Niobe, relation of, to stone-cult, [288]
- Nose, the, boring through septum of, [151]
- Obelisks, Egyptian, function of, [299]
- Odin, humanization of, [358];
- self-immolation of, [1048]
- Offerings, cannibal, [1027];
- unbloody, placatory virtue of, [1038]
- Officer, French, worshiped after death, [351]
- Ogboni, the, police rôle of, [531]
- Old Testament, the, conception of sacrifice in, [1037];
- Olympus, as council-house, [305]
- On, seat of worship of Ra, [727]
- Ophites, the, [693]
- Optimism, religious, ethical value of, [1173]
- Oracles, [927] ff.; Sibylline, Jewish, [939] f.
- Ordeals, [308], [924] f.
- Order, Chinese stress on, [747]
- Organization, churchly, Hindu approach to, [1118];
- Osiris, death of, [283];
- Paintings, totemic, [117]
- Palmistry, [917]
- Pan, development of, [773] f.
- Panbabylonianism, [866] f.
- Pantheism, ethical, difficulties of, [1005];
- Hindu, [705]
- Pantheon, Greek, [767];
- Paradise, earthly, [835]
- Parentalia, the, [374]
- Patriarch, the, jealousy of, [432]
- Patron, divine, of individual, [550]
- Pausanias, local cults described by, [651]
- Pele, nature of, [890]
- Pelews, the, theistic material of, [484]
- Persecution, religious, [1163]
- Persia, abstract gods of, [763];
- Babism in, at the present day, [1120]
- Peru, cult of, compared with Chinese, [993];
- Pesah, Hebrew ceremony of, [144]
- Peter, Apocalypse of, future punishment in, [86]
- Phallicism, [388] ff.
- Pharmakos, the, expulsion of, [143]
- Philo, allegorical interpretation of, [863];
- Philosophers, Greek, attitude of, toward divination, [941] [n. 1];
- theistic views of, [1000] f.
- Philosophy, Greek, not ecclesiastical, [1104]
- Phimosis, supposed prevention of, [157]
- Phœnicia, deities of, [764]
- Photographs, suspicion of, [22] [n. 2]
- Phratry, the, origin of, [423] f.
- Phrygia, cults of, [414]
- Piaculum, the, origin and nature of, [1045] f.
- Pig as divine messenger, [1024]
- Pillar, Hermes-, as waymark, [296]
- Planets, connection of, with gods, [715]
- Plants, history of domestication of, [564] ff.
- Plato, description of Tartarus by, [84], [87];
- Platonopolis, a, proposed, [1104]
- Pleiades, the, Arab cult of, [717];
- savage observation of, [216]
- Plouton, function of, [780]
- Poets, Greek, theistic views of, [999]
- Poles, house-, crests carved on, [445]
- Polygamy, recognition of, by religion, [1163]
- Polynesia, antitotemic governments of, [538];
- Porphyry, his conception of sacrifice, [1037]
- Poseidon, power of, [771]
- Powers, divine, coercion of, [3]
- Prajapati, primacy of, [730]
- Prayer, animals approached by, [125];
- unifying influence of, [880]
- Prayers, difference of, from charms, [1020]
- Pregnancy, mysterious nature of, [588]
- Prepuce, magical power of, [166]
- Priest, relation of, to magician, [893]
- Priest, term, use of in Christian churches, [1080]
- Priestesses, functions of, [1064]
- Priests, as diviners, [929] f.;
- Prithivi, [734]
- Prohibitions, civil, difference of, from magical, [584]
- Prometheus, victory of, over a god, [888]
- Promiscuity, early, [430];
- whether primitive, [180]
- Prophet, the, excited by dance, [110];
- relation of, to magician, [893]
- Proselytes, Jewish, influence of, [1108]
- Prostitution, sacred, [1065] ff.
- Psalter, the Old Testament, moral and religious tone of, [1087]
- Puberty, mysteriousness of, [146]
- Purge, purificatory power of, [205]
- Purim, feast of, [1089]
- Puskita (busk), the Creek, religious significance of, [201]
- Pythagoreanism, traces of, in Essenism, [1125];
- South Italian, [1098]
- Pythia, the, moral influence of, [927]
- Qat, rôle of, [640], [677]
- Quetzalcoatl, myths of, [847] [n. 1]
- Rainbow, the, no cult of, [718]
- Ramadan, fast of, moral effects of, [208]
- Rammohun Roy, [1119]
- Raven, the, myths of, [640] [n. 2]
- Raymi, feast of, [321]
- Reason, basis of religious belief, [1155]
- Redemption, element of, in sacrifice, [1048];
- senses of, [1151]
- Reform Judaism, racial character of, [1143]
- Reincarnation, [55] ff.;
- Relationship, in blood, [426];
- basis of classification, [425]
- Religion, definition of, [1];
- adoption of taboo by, [633];
- codes adopted by, [1162] f.;
- coeval with science, [1];
- communal character of, [103];
- decoration used in, [120] f.;
- impersonal cult in, [2];
- influence of, on ethics, [1165];
- influence of priesthood in, [1076];
- alliance of, with the state, [1117], [1140];
- isolation of, [1137];
- pre-animistic, [2] [n. 2];
- primitive form of, whether monotheistic, [982];
- relation of, to magic;
- relation of, to totemism, [570] ff.;
- utilitarian point of view in, [5]
- Religions, classifications of, [1148];
- "Republic," the, mendicant prophets mentioned in, [1099] [n. 1]
- Revelation, supposed primitive, [982]
- Rewards and punishments, as motives, [1165]
- Rhapsodists, Greek, [862] [n. 1]
- Rice, soul of, [265] [n. 1]
- Right-doing, egoistic element in, [1170]
- [636]Ritual, development of, [1055];
- Roman Church, canon of, [1131]
- Rome, abstract gods of, [702];
- Romulus, divinized founder, [357]
- Rules, ethical, origin of, [582]
- Sabbath, Hebrew, relation of, to full moon, [608]
- Sacer, sense of, [626] [n. 9]
- Sacra gentilicia, [1043]
- Sacred books, study induced by, [1135]
- Sacred flesh, reconciliation by sharing, [1042]
- Sacred places, connection of, with myths, [848]
- Sacrifice, animal, movement against, [1053];
- Saint, the, function of, [1168]
- Saints, as patrons of fertility, [420];
- as rechristened old gods, [301]
- Sallustius, philosopher, faith of, [1152] [n. 2]
- Salvation, physical and moral, [1149]
- Sama, Fijian god, [48]
- Samoa, divination in, [911];
- taboo on potato fields in, [599]
- Samson, solar interpretation of, [853]
- Sanctions, supernatural, how far effective, [1165]
- Sanctity, Brahmanic, [1122]
- Sancus, Roman development of, obscure, [802]
- Sankhya philosophy, [1007]
- Satan, development of, [689]
- Saturn, history of, [801]
- Saturnalia, the, [801]
- Saturnia regna, [801]
- Saul, consultation of Samuel by, [927]
- Savages, beliefs not formulated by, [20];
- Scandinavia, storm-myths of, [851]
- Science, primitive, [1], [1156];
- relation of, to religion, [1154] ff.
- Scriptures, sacred, influence of, [1134] ff.
- Seasons, agricultural, solemn, [135]
- Secretions, human, potency of, [156]
- Self, the, doubles of, [22], [24]
- Sen, reformer, worshiped as god, [348]
- Sentiment, religious, alliances of, [15]
- Senussi, the, organization of, [1116] [n. 2]
- Sequence, savage theory of, [883] ff.
- Serpent, cult of, [250], [257];
- divine, in Genesis, [275]
- Servius, on bisexual cult, [411]
- Set, conflict of, with Horus, [726]
- Sexes, the, animal patrons of, [472];
- early separation of, [182]
- Shades, powers of, [91]
- Shaman, the, wherein different from the priest, [1062]
- Shamanism, [661]
- Shedu, the, character of, [890]
- Shinto, term, meaning of, [750]
- Shrines, oracular, [927]
- Siam, Buddhism in, [1142]
- Siberia, Big Grandfather of, [640]
- Sibyls, [933] ff.;
- the Cumæan, [277]
- Signs manual, crests as, [445]
- Sikhs, the, churchly form of, [1118]
- Simplification, religious, process of, [944]
- Siren, form of soul, [25] [n. 3]
- Skulls, oracular responses by, [192], [369]
- Sky, the, abode of departed souls, [64]
- Slavery, recognized by religion, [1163]
- Slaves, slaughter of, as offering, [1028]
- Smith, W. R., his theory of sacrifice, [1045] f.
- Sneezing, ominous significance of, [916]
- Societies, secret, savage, [174], [1096];
- voluntary, antitotemic, [529]
- Society, magical, supposed origin of totemism, [546]
- Socrates, his belief in divination, [931]
- Soil, fertilization of, by blood, [133]
- [637]Solidarity, tribal, religious significance of, [1041]
- Solomon, as magician, [902] [n. 4]
- Solstices, fixing of calendars by, [211], [215] f.
- Soma, deification of, [270]
- Songs, savage, [106]
- Sortes vergilianae, [918]
- Soul, the, function of, in dreams, [921];
- Souls, number of, how determined, [42];
- transmigration of, [243]
- Space, Endless, personalized, [703]
- Spirit, definition of, [100];
- Spirits, corporeal nature of, [140];
- Sponsors, savage, [174] [n. 2]
- Stability, offerings for, [1028]
- Statius, gods produced by fear, [6] [n. 3]
- Stigmata, [118] [n. 6]
- Stonehenge, [296]
- Stones, supposed to be phalli, [400]
- Stucken, astral theory of, [866]
- Styx, the, oath by, [308]
- Substitution, sacrificial, [1054]
- Suffering, as expiatory, [1041]
- Suicide, a, body of, why feared, [590]
- Suicide, effect of, on future state, [75]
- Sun, the, as old man, [849];
- deification of, [709] ff.
- Sun-gods, [726] f., [730], [753], [797], [972]
- Swan-maiden, the, [243]
- Swoon, produced by withdrawal of soul, [29]
- Systems, philosophical, not churches, [1102];
- religious, groups of, [944]
- Taboo, conflict of, with morality, [632];
- infection of, [586]
- Taboos, priestly, [1063];
- rearrangement of, [149]
- Tales, fairy, [881]
- Tamē, Hebrew, significance of, [626]
- Tammuz, cult of, not a mystery, [1100];
- Tanit, [410], [764]
- Tao, meaning of, [749]
- Taoism, how made a religion, [1103]
- Tari, Khond, as opponent of sun-god, [972]
- Tarsus, seat of Mithraic worship, [1101]
- Tartarus, punishments in, [84]
- Tattoo, religious significance of, [116], [72]
- Taylor, Jeremy, his view of prayer, [120] [n. 3]
- Teknonymy, origin of, [187]
- Telugus, the, Christianization of, [1144]
- Temenos, sanctity of, [1082]
- Temple, the, development of, [1083] ff.
- Temples, called mountains, [305] [n. 1];
- fire-, Persian, [320]
- Teraphim, nature of, [1092]
- Terrors, supernatural, devised by clan-leaders, [150]
- Testament, New, resurrection in, [90]
- Thanksgiving, by sacrifice, [1033]
- Theism, Semitic and Indo-European, [810] ff.
- Thesmophoria, the, sadness in, [221]
- Things, nonhuman, future existence of, [97]
- Thousand and One Nights, magicians in, [902]
- Thrace, orgiastic cults derived from, [1101]
- Threshold, sacredness of, [236]
- Thugs, the, piety of, [693]
- Thumos, the, character of, in Homer, [43]
- Thunder-bird, the, [334]
- Tiamat, conquest of, [686];
- cosmogonic function of, [316]
- Tibet, Buddhism in, [1142]
- Tiele, C. P., his theory of sacrifice, [1051] f.
- Tierra del Fuego, social and religious organization in, [13]
- Time, divinization of, [698], [703] [n. 6];
- Endless, [703]
- Tistrya, divine character of, [718]
- Titans, the, war of, against Zeus, [974]
- Tobacco, food offered to gods, [1025]
- Todas, the, buffalo-ritual of, [1056];
- [638]Tooth, knocking out of, [151]
- Totem, the, not a god, [559];
- sacramental eating of, [579]
- Totemism, beginnings of, [561] f.;
- Totems, artificial, origin of, [463] [n. 2]
- Traducianism, [37]
- Triad, Babylonian, [757]
- Trinity, the, doctrine of, [1002]
- Turtle, the, cult of, [257];
- use of, as messenger, [1024]
- Twins, presage of misfortune, [913]
- Tylor, E. B., mythical theory of, [877]
- Unclean, meaning of, in Old Testament, [38]
- Underworld, the, ethical conceptions of, [80];
- Union with God, idea of, moral influence of, [1054]
- Unitary view of divine control, [1149]
- Unity, religious, basis of, [1147];
- savage and civilized, [1152]
- Universality, religious, test of, [1141]
- Universe, perfectness of, how held to be implied, [1173]
- Upanishads, the, produced no devotional organization, [1103]
- Urim and thummim, nature of, [918]
- Uzza, Al-, not star-god, [717]
- Vampire, the, [88]
- Varro, abode assigned the dead by, [85] [n. 6]
- Varuna, comparison of, with Iranian Ahura, [991];
- nature of, [730]
- Vastoshpati, [672]
- Veda, the, local deities in, [651];
- tree-spirits in, [278]
- Veddas, the, social and religious organization of, [13]
- Vegetation, as source of myths, [55];
- Osiris as deity of, [728]
- Venus, development of, [808] f.;
- the bearded, [408]
- Vesta, origin of, [805]
- Vestalia, the, sadness in, [221]
- Vetala, original character of, [645]
- Victory as god, origin of, [696]
- Vishnu, history of, [733]
- Volcanus, origin of, obscure, [802]
- Voltaire, the "Candide" of, [1173] n.
- Wakes, Irish, origin of, [364]
- War, future of those killed in, [75];
- sacrifices in, [1035]
- Water, substitutes for, in purificatory ceremonies, [199]
- Waters, sacred, [306] ff.
- Week, the seven-day, [607], [610]
- Werwolf, the, [243]
- Wicked, the, annihilation of, [52]
- Winds, whether divinized, [326] f.
- Wisdom of Solomon, the Devil in, [689]
- Witches, Thessalian, [895]
- Wives, slaughter of, as offering, [1028]
- Wollunqua, the, unique kind of totem, [576]
- Woman, magical dread of, [592]
- Women, alleged early scarcity of, [430];
- Word "church," larger sense of, [1112]
- World, the, future destruction of, [836];
- Worship, forms of, [1081] ff.;
- Xanthus, the, river or god in the Iliad, [312]
- Yaçna xvii, conception of worship in, [320]
- Yahweh, development of, [765];
- Yama, history of, [735] ff.
- Year, sabbatic, Hebrew, [622]
- Yeast, prohibition of, [265] [n. 1]
- Yezidis, the, attitude of, toward Satan, [693]
- [639]Yggdrasil, nature of, [276]
- Yima, [735]
- Yoni, the, veneration of, [406]
- Yoruba, gods of, [660];
- rebellion in, against old custom, [628]
- Zealand, New, cosmology of, [679] [n. 4];
- Zeus, [768] f.;
- dream sent by, [922]
- Zikkurat (Ziggurat), the, Babylonian and Assyrian, [1086]
- Zodiac, signs of, cult of, [716]
- Zoroaster, [745];
- verses ascribed to, [1132]
- Zoroastrianism, pre-Sassanian, [1109]
- Zuñi, the, economic ceremonies of, [497]