—— spirit, the, as the grandmother, etc., i. 336-343; as youthful, i. 343-346; death of, i. 363, 364; binding persons in sheaves as representatives of the, i. 367-372; pretence of killing the, or its representative, i. 372-380; represented by a stranger, i. 375-380; represented by a human victim, i. 390-395; how the representative is chosen, i. 393; as an animal, ii. 1-67; as a cock, ii. 7-10; as a hare, ii. 11; as a cat, ii. 11, 12; as a goat, ii. 12-17; as a bull, ii. 19-24; as a calf, _ib._; as a cow, ii. 20, 21; as a mare, ii. 24, 25; as a horse, ii. 26; as a pig, ii. 26-31; parallelism between the anthropomorphic and theriomorphic conceptions of the, ii. 32; death of the, ii. 33; suggested explanation of the embodiment of the, in animal form, ii. 34; the ox as the embodiment of the, ii. 41-43 —— wolf, ii. 3-7, 30 —— woman, i. 342, 343 Cornwall, May-day custom in, i. 75; midsummer bonfires in, i. 101; ii. 262; reaping cries in, i. 407 Corsica, midsummer fires in, ii. 266 Cough, cure for, ii. 154 Court ceremonies, i. 22, 23; ii. 88 Cow, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 20, 21; sacred, ii. 61; man in cow’s hide, ii. 145, 146; cow as a scapegoat, ii. 200, 201 Cracow, harvest customs in, i. 340 Crannon, rain-charm at, i. 21 Creek Indians, festival of the first-fruits amongst the, ii. 75-78; opinions held regarding the properties of various foods amongst the, ii. 85, 86; seclusion of women by the, ii. 239 Crete, sacrifices in, i. 173; festival of Dionysus in, i. 324; worship of Demeter in, i. 331 Croatia, beating in, ii. 216 Crocodiles spared from fear of the vengeance of other crocodiles, ii. 109 Crops, kings and priests punished for the failure of the, i. 46-48; human sacrifices for the, i. 383, 384; ceremonies at the eating of the new, ii. 69, 71; sacramental eating of the new, ii. 68-77 Crying the Neck, i. 405-408 Curka Coles of India, their belief that the tops of trees are inhabited, i. 65 Curse, ceremony of making the curse to fly away, ii. 150, 151 Cyzicus, construction of the council chamber of, i. 174 Dacotas and the resurrection of the dog, ii. 123 Daedala, festival of the, i. 100-103 Dahomey, king of, a capital offence to see him eat, i. 162 Damaras, custom of the, after travel, i. 158; blood of cattle not shed by the, i. 182 Danae, ii. 237 Danger Islanders, soul snare used by the, i. 138, 139 Danzig, burying of cut hair in, i. 202; reaping custom, i. 333; harvest ceremony, i. 367, 368 Dards, the, rain-charm, i. 19 Darfur, veiling the sultan of, i. 162; the sultans and their courtiers, i. 222; the liver thought to be the seat of the soul in, ii. 88 Darowen, midsummer bonfires at, ii. 262 Dead Sunday, i. 254, 260