Rowan, the, effective against witchcraft, ii. 361 Royal and priestly taboos, i. 109-120, 149-209 —— blood not spilt upon the ground, i. 179-183 Ruhla, springtide custom in, i. 88 Rupture, cure for, ii. 330 Russia, Whitsuntide customs in, i. 76, 77; first-born sacrificed by the heathen in, i. 237; Eastertide customs in Little Russia, i. 272, 273; harvest custom in, i. 341; ceremony on the cutting of the first sheaf in, i. 364; Easter custom in White Russia, ii. 29; Russian wood-spirits, ii. 35, 36; Russian corn-spirits, ii. 36; beating as a charm in, ii. 216; midsummer customs in, ii. 265, 267 Ruthenia, fire festival in, ii. 265 Rye-boar, ii. 26, 27 —— goat, ii. 12 —— wolf, ii. 1-3, 5 Sabaea, kings of, not allowed out of their palaces, i. 164 Sabarios, festival of, ii. 69 Sables, superstition about killing, ii. 115 Sacaea festival at Babylon, i. 226, 400 Sacramental bread, traces of the use of, at Aricia, ii. 82-84 —— character of the harvest supper, corn-spirit eaten in animal form, ii. 31 —— killing of an animal, two types of the, ii. 134 _sq._ Sacramental killing of sacred animal by pastoral peoples, ii. 135-138 Sacraments in ancient Mexico, ii. 78, 79 Sacred cattle in Egypt, ii. 60, 61 —— persons’ vessels not to be used by others, i. 166; sacred persons are dangerous, i. 166, 167; not allowed to see the sun, ii. 225, 243 _note_; not allowed to touch the ground, ii. 224, 243 _note_ Sacredness and uncleanness not distinguished by primitive man, i. 169-172 Sacrifices, human, i. 235-237, 251, 252 Sacrificial king, i. 7 Saddle Island, the reflection and the soul in the, i. 145 Saffron Walden, May-day custom in, i. 76 Sagar, influenza in, ii. 189, 190 Saligné, harvest custom in, i. 343 Salii, the, ii. 210 _note_ Salmon-catching, ii. 121, 122 Salza district, Shrove Tuesday custom in the, ii. 29 Salzwedel, Whitsuntide custom in, i. 90 Samoan gods, i. 39; ii. 54 Samoans, the, and bleeding trees, i. 61; recall of the soul amongst the, i. 135; turtle not eaten by the, i. 163; Samoans and the butterfly, ii. 56; presentation of first-fruits by the, ii. 381 Samogitians, tree superstition amongst the, i. 65; birds and beasts of the wood held sacred by the, i. 105 Samorin kings, i. 225 Samoyed story, the external soul in a, ii. 321 Sankara and his shadow, i. 142 Santals, story of a soul by the, i. 126 Sardinia, Gardens of Adonis in, i. 290 Satyrs, representation of the, ii. 35 Savage, our debt to the, i. 210-212 Savage Island, kings killed in the, i. 48; collapse of the monarchy in the, i. 118; killing of strangers in the, i. 158 Savages and the soul, i. 121, 122 “Sawing the old woman,” i. 261, 262 Saxon villages, Whitsuntide custom in, i. 95 Saxons of Transylvania, charm for keeping sparrows from the corn used by the, ii. 130 Saxony, Whitsuntide ceremonies in, i. 243 Scandinavian Christmas custom, ii. 29