-- on food of dead, 171 -- on iron, 64 Taboos, 73, 75 -- on food, 113, 119 Tale, far-travelled, 87-102 'Tales of West Highlands,' 93 Tales, Popular (_see_ 'Märchen') Taylor, Mr. Isaac, 62, 81 Temples, Egyptian, 112 -- Greek, 111 -- Peruvian, 105 Thamyris, 97 Theal, 38 Theocritus, 29 -- on Adonis' feast, 105 Thunder-bird, 117 Tiele, 3, 62 Toots, Mr., quoted, 65 Tortures inflicted on boys, 33 _Totam_, spelling of _Totem_ in 1792, 105 _Totem_, or _Ote_, or _Otem_, 105 -- in Egypt, 118 -- in Greece (?), 109, 110 -- in Israel, 115 -- in Peru, 105 Totemism, 227, 278, 279 -- explained, 106, 107, 245-275 -- in Egypt, 107 -- in Greece, 107 -- in relation to the family, 245-275 -- of Semitic people, 115 Totem not to be eaten, 113 Troad, mice myths connected with, 103-120 Tsui Goam, 149, 197-211 Tumatuenga, 45 _et seq._ Tuoni, Hades of Finns, 171 Turndun (_see_ 'Bull-roarer') Turner, his 'Samoa,' 119 Turtle, Totems of Iroquois, 110 Tutenganahau, 45 Tylor, 38, 50, 127 -- on star myths, 142 Uranus, 48, 61 Urvasi, 65, 66, 67, 77 -- etymology of, disputed, 68-71, 72 Vannus Iacchi, 36, 37 Veda, gods of, 212-242 -- Rig, 65, 66 Vedas, 213, 216, 217, 234, 241 Vishnu Purana, 67 Volkslieder, 157, 159 Wäinämöinen (_see_ 'Kalevala') Wäinämöinen, 100 Wallace, Alfred, 43, 44 Water tabooed to frog and beaver brides, 77-80 Welsh, 74 -- fairy, 82 'West Highlands, Tales of,' 93 Wind, charms to raise, 35 -- god of New Zealand, 45 -- myth, 55 Wives not to be seen, 72, 73 -- not to use husband's name, 74 Wolf and Kid, story of, 54 -- Totem of Iroquois, 110 Women, customs of, 71-75 Yorubas, 73 Zend Avesta, 117 Zeus, 6, 47 -- and the ram, 6 -- as a beast, 134 -- as medicine man, 200 -- loves one of Pleiades, 126 -- shares accomplishments of savage medicine men, 83 -- swallowing myth of, 53 Zoolatry, 226 Zulu, myth of, 84 Zulus, 117 Zuni, 37 ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS. Transcriber's Note Illustration captions in {curly brackets} have been added by the transcriber for the convenience of the reader. Archaic spelling is preserved as printed, as is variable spelling and inconsistent hyphenation and accent usage in quoted material. Minor punctuation errors and inconsistent hyphenation and accent usage in the remainder of the text have been repaired. Page 36 has a reference to 'physical researchers' in relation to spiritualism. This may be an error for 'psychical researchers', but as it is impossible to be certain, it is preserved as printed. The following typographic errors have been repaired: Page 38--slas amended to slats--"It was nearly hidden by symbolic slats ..."