—— and Blagdon, C. O., on the power of medicine-men among the wild tribes of the Malay Peninsula, i. 360 sq.
Skein, tangled, as a talisman to keep off ghosts, ix. 153 n. 1
Skeleton drenched with water as a rain-charm, i. 284
Skene, W. F., on the Picts as Celts, ii. 286 n. 2
Skin of slain animal placed on a dead man to recruit his strength, iii. 68 sq.;
of sacrificial victim in Greek ritual, iii. [pg 464] 312;
of ox stuffed and set up, v. 296 sq., viii. 5;
body of Egyptian dead placed in a bull's, vi. 15 n. 2;
of sacrificial victim used in the rite of the new birth, vi. 155 sq.;
of sacrificed ram placed on statue of Ammon, viii. 41, 172;