LAFITAU, Père, on the Manitou and Okki, 18, 19 L'Allemant, Père, on the Virginian creator, 22 Lagarde. Professor, on Persian feasts, 168, 169, 171, 302 Lagos: animal and human sacrifices, 128 Le Jeune, Father, on the meaning of Manitou, 18; the Algonquin god, 21, 23; cited, 42, 297 Licence, periods of, at ancient and savage festivals, 185-199 Lionetti (Italian conjurer), fire-handling experiments, 283 Lithuanian beer custom, 266 Livingstone, Dr., on Kaffir beliefs, 232 Livy, on the Saturnalia, 108 Loan-gods (or borrowed religion), theory of, 17 _et seq._ Lucian, on the Saturnalia, 108 Lyall, Sir Alfred, 55; on the foundation of natural religion, 59, 60; speculative generalisation, 74; quoted, 198, 220 Lydian kings as sacrifices, 129 MACDONALD, Mr., quoted, 235 note, 236 Mackenzie, Captain, on fire-walking, 270 Macrobius, on the Saturnalia, 108, 111, 120 note, 205 Magic, or witchcraft, 3, 10, 16; 46 _et seq. See_ under tribal names Magophonia (Persian feast), 119, 149, 168 Makogo (Wathi Wathi tribesman), on the future life, 72 Mandan Deluge legend, the, 23, 24, 25 Man-gods, 84, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 104, 138, 192 Manitou, meaning of the word, 18; superior being, 296 Manning, Mr., on early religious beliefs in New South Wales, 35; his terminology in question, 35, 36, 37; on exclusion of women from religious knowledge, 39; rebuffed by natives in his inquiries, 42; on taboo, 261 Marduk (Babylonian god), 92, 137, 138, 139, 142, 149, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 164, 165, 166, 171, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 189 Marimos: human sacrifices, 129 Mariner, on Tongan beliefs, 86 Matthews, Mr., cited, 57 note Masai (African tribe), 12 Mauritius: fire-walking, 284 Maximilian, Prince, on Mandan beliefs, 24 Maxwell, Sir Herbert, on trout and May flies, 266 Mbenga (Fiji): fire-walking, 276, 277, 279 Meath, portable engraved stones at, 253 Medicine-men, 33, 100 Meissner, Herr, on the Zakmuk and Sacæa festivals, 118, 142 Merodach. _See_ Marduk Mexicans: human sacrifices at stages of the maize's growth, 128; 184 Meyer ('Hist of Antiq.'), quoted, 118 Millar, Mr., quoted, on the Dunbuie finds, 247, 248 Mistletoe: a magical plant, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 221 Mithra-worship, 114 Moab: sacrifice of sons of kings, 105 Mock-kings, sacrifices of, 79, 94, 105, 110, 114, 119, 120, 131, 134, 131, 137, 153, 169, 178, 181, 182-185, 196, 197, 199 Mœsia: mock-king personating a god, 79; sacrifice of kings, 103; the killing of Dasius at the Saturnalia, 109, 112; cited, 114, 115, 121, 183, 185 Moffat, Mr., on Kaffir beliefs, 232 Molunga, Mulungu (Caffre god), 234, 235, 236 Mommsen, Prof. Aug., on the Cronos feast, 116 Montagnets (North American Indians), their application of the word