§ 2. _Magical Control of Rain_, pp. 247–311.—Importance of the magical control of the weather, especially of rain, 247; rain-making based on homoeopathic or imitative magic, 247 _sq._; examples of rain-making by homoeopathic or imitative magic, 247–251; stopping rain by fire, 252 _sq._; rain-making among the Australian aborigines, 254–261; belief that twins control the weather, especially the rain, 262–269; the rain-maker makes himself wet, the maker of dry weather keeps himself dry, 269–272; rain-making by means of leaf-clad girls or boys in south-eastern Europe and India, 272–275; rain-making by means of puppets in Armenia and Syria, 275 _sq._; rain-making by bathing and sprinkling of water, 277 _sq._; beneficial effects of curses, 279–282; rain-making by women ploughing, 282–284; rain-making by means of the dead, 284–287; rain-making by means of animals, especially black animals, 287–292; rain-making by means of frogs, 292–295; stopping rain by rabbits and serpents, 295 _sq._; doing violence to the rain-god in order to extort rain, 296–299; compelling saints in Sicily to give rain, 299 _sq._; disturbing the rain-god in his haunts, 301 _sq._; appealing to the pity of the rain-gods, 302 _sq._; rain-making by means of stones, 304–309; rain-making in classical antiquity, 309 _sq._ § 3. _The Magical Control of the Sun_, pp. 311–319.—Helping the sun in eclipse, 311 _sq._; various charms to make sunshine, 312–314; human sacrifices to the sun in ancient Mexico, 314 _sq._; sacrifice of horses to the sun, 315 _sq._; staying the sun by means of a net or string or by putting a stone or sod in a tree, 316–318; accelerating the moon, 319. § 4. _The Magical Control of the Wind_, pp. 319–331.—Various charms for making the wind blow or be still, 319–323; winds raised by wizards and witches, 323–327; fighting the spirit of the wind, 327–331. CHAPTER VI.—MAGICIANS AS KINGS • Pp. 332–372 Magic not the only road to a throne, 332 _sq._; danger of too simple and comprehensive theories, 332 _sq._; discredit which such theories have brought on mythology, 333 _sq._; magic only a partial explanation of the rise of kings, 334; social importance of magicians among the aborigines of Australia, 334–337; social importance of magicians in New Guinea, 337 _sq._; magical powers of chiefs and others in Melanesia, 338–342; evolution of chiefs or kings out of magicians, especially out of rain-makers, in Africa, 342–352; kings in Africa and elsewhere punished for drought and dearth, 352–355; power of medicine-men among the American Indians, 355–360; power of medicine-men among the pagan tribes of the Malay Peninsula, 360 _sq._; development of kings out of magicians among the Malays, 361 _sq._; magical virtue of regalia, 362–365; magical powers of kings among the Aryan races, 366–368; touching for the King’s Evil, 368–371; general conclusion, 371 _sq._ CHAPTER VII.—INCARNATE HUMAN GODS • Pp. 373–421