GASON, Mr., on the beliefs of the Dieri, 56, 57
note; on Mara Mura, 62, 63
German theory of Purim, 147
Georgia, stone-markings in, 243
Ghost-worship, 31
Gilgamesh and Eabani, legend of, 164, 165, 180, 181
Gillen. _See_ Spencer and Gillen
Gingero, king of: killed by kinsmen if wounded in war, 96
Gods, the evolution of, 82 _et seq._
Goethe, and native Australian beliefs, 35
Gold Coast: savage period of licence, 186
Goodwin, Mr.: fire-walking, 275
Gorten, Mr.: fire-walking, 292
Gounja Ticquoa (Hottentot supreme deity), 232
Greek religious beliefs paralleled with those of savage races, 38;
graves of gods, 90, 93
Greenlanders: religious beliefs, 87, 88
Greenway, Mr., on the derivation of Baiame, 25; 44
Greyhair: Zulu superstition concerning, 97
Grogoragally (Aust. son of god), 36, 37, 39
Gudgeon, Colonel: the Te Umuti, or fire-walking, 273, 274, 276, 285
Günther, Mr., cited, 44
Guyaquar Indians, human sacrifices by, when sowing, 127
HADDON, Mr.: New Guinea art, 249
Haggard, Colonel Andrew, on fire-walking, 284, 285
Haggard, Mr. Rider, cited, 228
Hale, Mr. Horace, on the Australian god Baiame, 25, 27, 28, 29;
on Koin, 27; cited, 43
Hall, Mr. S. C.: fire-handling, 276
Haman: theories concerning, 134, 161-181
Haman (Elamite deity), 78
Hanging, sacrifice by, 77, 78, 80, 127 _et seq._, 138, 148, 153,
175, 177, 178, 189, 195, 197, 199
Hartland, Mr., quoted, on savage ideas of superior beings, 35, 36;
prayers for the dead, 36;
censure of Mr. Manning's terminology, 36;
origin of belief in a supreme being, 224;
on Zulu beliefs, 227, 229, 232, 233, 234
Hastwell, Mr.: fire-walking, 287
Hays of Errol, their mistletoe life-token, 216 note
Hearn, Mr. Lafcadio, on fire-walking, 284
Heitsi Eibib (Hottentot superior being), 90
Hennessy, Mr. Pope, quoted, 58
Henry, Miss Teuira: fire-walking, 287
Heraldry, 260
Heriot, cited, on the Virginian Creator, 22
Herodotus, cited, 149
Hesychius, on the Sacæa, 121
Hindoo Koosh: harvest licence, 187
Hippolytus, legend of, 209, 218
Hirpi of Soracte, the, 271; fire-walking, 289
Hobamok (son of the god Kiehtan), 38, 39
Hocken, Dr. T. M., on fire-walking, 273, 276, 277-283, 285, 293, 294
Home, D. D., fire-handling by, 272, 276
Honolulu: fire-walking, 292
Horses of Virbius, 139
Hos (N.-E. Indian tribe): feast of licence, 187
Hottentot religious beliefs, 231, 232
How (Tongan elective king), 86
Howitt, Mr. A. W., on the Australian god Baiame, 25, 31, 32, 34;
the Kurnai goblin Brewin, 27;
initiated by the Kurnai, 52;
change of views on Brewin, 53;
on the attributes of native great spirits, 66;
cited, 12, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44
Humman (Elamite deity), 139, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 166, 169, 172,
173-181, 189
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