Osiris, worship of, 24 Oztoteotl, a Mexican god, 156 Palæolithic man, 34 _Papa_, Rock, a god of the Tahitians, 147 Papuans, customs of, 186 Paradise, the earthly, 126 Parjanja, deity in the Vedas, 81 Parliament of Religions, the, 28 Patagonians, 177 Patol, a deity of the Mayas, 123 Pawnee war song, 67 Perfection the aim of Religion, 235 Personality, the Sense of, 49 Personal rites, 191 Peru, culture of, 24 Peruvians, myths and rites of, 141, 142, 148, 190, 251 Pĕtara, sacred name in Borneo, 102 _Peyotl_, an intoxicant, 67 Pilgrimages in primitive religions, 157, 253 Pita, Father, the Brahmanic, 168 Places, worship of, 154 Plant-soul, the, 153 Pleiades, worship of the, 140 Po in Polynesian Myths, 125 Pole, the sacred, 152, 250 Polynesians, the, 25, 58, 59, 121, 124, 127, 140, 149, 158, 195 Prayer in primitive faiths, 103 _sq._ “Primitive” peoples defined, 11 Prophecy explained, 110 Psychic automatism, 54 Psychologic Method, the, 6 Psychology, experimental, 7 Puberty, rites relating to, 197 Pueblo Indians, the, 39 Puluga, god of the Mincopies, 75, 78, 113, 116 Quetzalcoatl, a hero-god, 145, 251 Quiche Indians, the, 72, 155, 169 Rain-making, rites of, 174 Reciprocal principle, worship of, 169 Revelation, universality of, 50 Ritual in Religion, 172 _sq._ Rongo, a Polynesian deity, 79 Sacrifice as a rite, 186 _sq._ Samoyeds, beliefs of, 14, 67, 83 Sanctuary, rite of, 226 Sangsangs of Borneo, 220 Saviour, myths of the, 128 Science and religion, 231 “Science of religion” premature, 3 Selene, the goddess, 37 Seminoles, customs of, 196 Semites, primitive, 23 Seposition of dead, 209 Serpent-worship, 160 Sex in deities, 20 Shamanism, origin of, 51, 57; nature of, 136, 218 Shamans, their occult powers, 65, 232 Sibiric tribes, the, 26 Sioux Indians, prayer of, 106 Sky, the notions concerning, 76 Sky-god, the, 78 Song in religion, 239 Soul, journey of the, 128 Souls, the doctrine of, 28, 70 _sq._; beliefs concerning, 76 Star-worship, 140 Stone Age, the, 33 Stonehenge, monuments of, 33 Stones, worship of, 146 “Sub-limital consciousness,” the, 54 “Suggestion” explained, 54 _sq._ Sumerians, gods of, 20, 23 Sun-worship, 138 _sq._ Supa, a Samoan god, 223 Superstition, a form of religion, 27 Svastika, the, 119, 236 Swan-maidens, the, 223 Tabu, the, 32, 38, 108, 156, 222, 230 Tahitians, myths of the, 147 Tangaloa, a Polynesian deity, 74, 75, 78, 99 Tehuelches, myth of, 77 Tepi, the custom of, 94 Teutonic rites, 182, 188, 190, 223 Theoleptic worshippers, 185 Theology, its aim, 4 “Theopathy” explained, 56 Theophorous names, 100 Thought, creation by, 124 Three as sacred number, 120 Thunder in mythology, 80, 81 Tina, an Etruscan god, 140 Tinné, an American tribe, 125
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