Dyaks, belief in the souls of trees amongst the, i. 59, 60; abduction of the soul, i. 132, 133; restoration of the soul, i. 138; harvest custom, i. 68, 69, 353, 354; the Dyaks and bad omens, ii. 151; custom in epidemic, ii. 84; may not eat venison, ii. 86, 87; spare the crocodile, ii. 109; Dyaks and the palm-tree, ii. 329; festival of first-fruits, ii. 376 East Indian Islands, supposed cure for epilepsy in the, ii. 148, 149 Easter customs, i. 272, 276, 334; ii. 29, 181, 216, 217 —— fires, ii. 251, 252 —— Islanders, blood of an animal not shed by the, i. 182, 183; offerings of first fruits, ii. 381 Eating animals to get their qualities, ii. 85-89 —— the god, ii. 67-90 —— and drinking, precautions taken at, i. 160-162 Edersleben, midsummer fire festival in, ii. 262 Efugaos, cannibalism by the, ii. 88 Egeria, i. 5 Egypt, beasts responsible for the course of nature in Upper, i. 48; Egyptian kings deified, i. 49, 50; Egyptian kings blamed for failure of crops, i. 50; ancient Egyptian kings did not drink wine, i. 184, 185; temporary-rulers in Upper Egypt, i. 231; custom of burning red-haired men by the ancient Egyptians, i. 307; religion of ancient Egypt, i. 313; Egyptians and the pig, ii. 52, 53, 56, 57; the bulls Apis and Mnevis worshipped, ii. 60; sacred cattle in Egypt, ii. 60, 61; sacrifice of the ram in, ii. 92, 93; Egyptian type of sacrament, ii. 134-136; Egyptian scapegoat, ii. 200; the external soul in Egyptian story, ii. 315-318 Eifel mountains, fire festival in the, ii. 247, 248; harvest omens in the, ii. 271 Eisenach, ceremony of bringing back summer in, i. 263; ceremony of carrying out death in, _ib._ Elan, regard for the, ii. 117, 118 Elephant, ceremony at the killing of an, ii. 113-115 Eleusis, mysteries of, ii. 37 Elk, regard for the, ii. 117, 118 Ellwangen, harvest ceremony in, ii. 17 Emin Pasha’s reception in a Central African village, i. 155 Emu wren, ii. 336, 337 Encounter Bay tribe, their dread of women’s blood, i. 186 English tradition concerning the killing of the wren, ii. 140, 141 Entlebuch, human scapegoat in, ii. 199 Entraigues, hunting the wren in, ii. 144 Epidemic, ceremony in time of, i. 36; ii. 84, 187-189 Epilepsy, supposed cure for, ii. 148, 149 Erfurt, harvest custom in, i. 336 Ertingen, midsummer custom in, i. 89 Erzgebirge, Shrovetide custom in the, i. 244 Eskimos, charm for lulling the wind, i. 28; Eskimos and the soul, i. 122; reception of strangers, i. 155; Eskimo women, i. 170 Essex, hunting the wren in, ii. 143 Esthonian superstition regarding the welfare of cattle, i. 72 _sq._; blood not tasted by the Esthonians, i. 178, 179; belief concerning women’s blood, i. 187; preservation of the parings of nails by the Esthonians, i. 204; carrying out the effigy of Death, i. 270; ceremony at the eating of the new corn, ii. 69, 70; dread of the weevil by the Esthonian peasants, ii. 129, 130