Scourging the man-god before death, a mode of purification, ix. 257;
girls at puberty, x. 66 sq.
Scourgings, mutual, of South American Indians, ix. 262
Scouvion, x. 108.
See [Escouvion]
Scratching the person with the fingers forbidden, i. 254, x. 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 50, 53, 92;
as a magical rite to procure rain, i. 254 sq.;
rules as to, iii. 146, 156, 158, 159 n., 160, 181, 183, 189, 196;
as a religious rite, viii. 75
Scrofula, kings thought to heal scrofula by their touch, i. 368 sqq.;