Skins of sacrificed animals hung in sacred groves, ii. 11;
of horses stuffed and set up at graves, v. 293, 294;
of sacrificed animals stuffed or stretched on frameworks, viii. 5, 257 sq.;
of sacrificial victims used to beat people, ix. 265;
creatures that slough their, supposed to renew their youth, ix. 302 sqq.
—— of human victims, uses made of, v. 293;
worn by men in Mexico, ix. 265 sq., 288, 290, 294 sq., 296 sqq., 301 sq.
Skipping-rope played by Gilyaks at bear-festival, viii. 192
Skoptsi or Skoptsy, the, a fanatical Russian sect, mutilate themselves, ii. 145 n. 1, iv. 196 n. 3
Skull of dead king, drinking out of, as a means of inspiration, iv. 200, vi. 171;