India, devil dancer drinks sacrificial blood in Southern, i. 34; human gods in, i. 41, 42; marriage of shrubs and trees in, i. 60; sin eating in, ii. 155, 156; iron used as a charm in, i. 175, 176; harvest custom in the Central Provinces of, i. 371, 372; custom during cholera in Central Provinces of, ii. 189; offerings of first-fruits in, ii. 374, 375 Indians of Alaska, preservation of cut hair by the, i. 201, 202 —— of Arizona offer human sacrifices, i. 251 —— of Guayaquil sacrifice human beings at seed time, i. 381 —— of Guiana, treatment of girls at puberty by the, ii. 232-234 —— of Peru and their fish gods, ii. 118, 119 —— of Virginia, initiatory ceremony amongst the, ii. 348, 349 Influenza, ii. 190 Initiatory rites, simulation of death and resurrection at, ii. 342-358 Innuit of Alaska, custom after a death amongst the, i. 177 Inspiration, i. 33; by blood drinking, i. 34, 35; by use of sacred tree, i. 35; 36 Inspired men, i. 36, 37 —— victims, i. 36 Irayas of Luzon, offerings of first-fruits by the, ii. 377 Ireland, May Day in the south-east of, i. 94; hunting the wren at Christmas in, ii. 142, 143; midsummer fires in, ii. 263, 264 Iron, superstitious aversion to, i. 172-174; as a charm, i. 175 Iron-Beard, Dr., i. 249, 257 Iroquois, ceremony at the festival of dreams by the, ii. 165, 166; scapegoat used by the, ii. 194, 195; time of licence amongst the, ii. 204 Isis, acorn goddess, i. 310, 311; named the moon by the aboriginal inhabitants of Egypt, i. 311; as a cow, ii. 61 Isle of Man, wind selling in the, i. 27; hunting the wren at Christmas in the, ii. 142; midsummer bonfires, ii. 263 Issapoo, the cobra capella the guardian deity of the negroes of, ii. 94, 95 Istar, legend concerning the goddess, i. 287 Italones, cannibalism by the, ii. 88 Italy, tree worship in ancient, i. 58, 59; custom of “sawing the old woman” in, i. 261, 262; gardens of Adonis in, i. 294; midsummer fires in, ii. 266; oak the sacred tree in, ii. 291; the external soul in Italian stories, ii. 307, 308 Itonamas, the, and the soul, i. 123 Itzgrund, harvest custom in, i. 338 Ivy girl, i. 344 Jack-in-the-green, i. 88, 89, 247 Jambi, temporary kings in, i. 231, 232 Japanese, expulsion of evil spirits by the, ii. 176 Jarkino, belief in animate trees in, i. 61 Javanese and rice bloom, i. 60, 61; ceremony at rice harvest, i. 355; Javanese and the soul, i. 124, 125 Jerome of Prague, i. 24 Jeypur, scapegoat used in cases of smallpox in, ii. 190, 191 Jubilee, i. 225 Jupiter represented by an oak on the Capitol at Rome, ii. 291 Kaffa, worship of human god in, i. 42 Kafir boys at circumcision, i. 171; New Year festival, ii. 74; elephant hunters, ii. 113, 114; burying of cut hair and nails by the Kafirs, i. 202, 203 Kakian Association, ii. 354-357 Kakongo, king of, not allowed to touch certain European goods, i. 160; not seen eating, i. 162