Sealing up eyes, nose, and mouth of the dying to prevent the escape of the soul, iii. 31
Seals, supposed influence of lying-in women on, iii. 152;
taboos observed after the killing of, iii. 207 sq., 209, 213;
supposed to have sprung from the severed fingers of the goddess Sedna, iii. 207, viii. 246;
care taken of the bladders and bones of, viii. 247 sqq., 257;
the bones of, returned to the sea, viii. 258 n. 2
Sealskins in sympathy with the tides, i. 167
Season of festival a clue to the nature of a deity, vi. 24
Seasons, Athenian sacrifices to the, i. 310;
magical and religious theories of the, v. 3 sq.