propitiation of dead, viii. 236
——, sacred among the Ostyaks, ii. 11
Eames, W., on voluntary substitutes for capital punishment in China, iv. 273
Ear of corn, reaped, displayed to the initiates at the Eleusinian mysteries, ii. 138 sq., vii. 38;
emblem of Demeter, v. 166
Ears cleansed by serpents, i. 158;
stopped to prevent the escape of the soul, iii. 31;
of sacrificial victims cut off, iv. 97;
of seers licked by serpents, vii. 147 n. 1;
regarded as the seat of intelligence, vii. 148;