Snakes respected by the North American Indians, ii. [217] sqq.;
sacred at Whydah, [287];
souls of dead in, [293], [294] sq.;
souls of dead princes in, [288]
Society, stratification of religion according to types of, ii. [35] sqq.
—— Islanders, i. 312
Solar and lunar time, attempts to harmonise, i. 80 sq.
Solomon Islands, ii. [85], [126], [127];
belief in the transmigration of souls in the, [296] sqq.
Solstice, the midsummer, rain-making ceremony at the, ii. [179]