PALMER, Mr., on the tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 42, 44; cited, 74 Pan, legend of, 91 Parker, Mrs. Langloh, on unborrowed character of Australian beliefs, 34, 35, 36; prayers for the dead, 36; cited, 297 Parmentier, M., on the Saturnalia, 113 note, 114; on the Sacæa, 118; cited, 183, 301 Pascal, Dr. Th.: fire-walking, 290 Patterns, incised, on portable small stones, 253 Pausanias, quoted, 209 Pei-a-mei. _See_ Baiame Period of Licence, the, 105 _et seq._ Persia: annual sacrifice of a criminal proxy king, 77; ride of the beardless buffoon, 167, 168, 169, 171, 301-305 Philippine Islanders: religious beliefs, 90 Phurdigan (Persian feast), 149 Pin-sticking of enemy's image, 3 Pirnmeheal (Australian god), 34, 66 Pliny, 108; on the Druids, 215, 216 Podmore, Mr., on fire-handling, 272 Polynesia: tattooing, 243; taboo, 259 Ponder, Mr. Stephen: fire-walking in Straits Settlements, 286 Pondo: period of licence, 188, 195 Priest, the ghastly, of the Arician grove of Diana, 207 _et seq._ Proserpine (goddess), 208, 211, 212 Prussian king, 'God's mouth,' self-immolation, 98, 130 Puluga (Andamanese god), 224, 226 Purdaghân (Persian festival), 189 Purim (Jewish festival): date, origin, rites, details, theories, conjectures, analogies, 77, 118, 119, 124, 141, 142, 145-160, 161, 162, 163, 168, 169, 176-181, 188, 189, 194, 198, 202 QUEENSLAND deity, Mulkari, 40 Quilacare (Southern India): self-slaughter of the king, 98 Quiteva, the (Sofala deity), 97 note, 234 RAIATEA (Society Islands): fire-walking, 273, 274, 277, 287 Rain-making magic, 62, 63, 64, 65 Rarotonga (New Zealand): fire-walking, 273-276 Regicide, religious, 94, 100 Red Indian beliefs, 295 Religious beliefs of barbaric races. _See_ under tribal names and gods Ride of the beardless buffoon, 301-305 Ridley, Mr. (missionary), on the Australian god Baiame, 25, 29, 30; on native ideas of great spirits, 66, 67; cited, 44, 238 Romans: customs at the Saturnalia, 108 _et seq._ Ross, Mr. Denison, cited, 143, 145 Roth, Dr., quoted, on the Queensland god Mulkari, 40