custom of slaying chiefs in the, [266] sqq.
Pelion, Mount, sacrifices offered on the top of, at the rising of Sirius, ii. [36] n.
Peloponnese, worship of Poseidon in, i. 203
Pelops restored to life, i. 181
Peneus, the river, at Tempe, ii. [240]
Pennefather River in Queensland, belief of the natives as to the birth of children, i. 103
Pentheus, king of Thebes, rent in pieces by Bacchanals, ii. [98]
Peoples of the Aryan stock, annual festivals of the dead among the, ii. [67] sqq.
Pepi the First, ii. [5];
his pyramid, [4] n. 1